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Author: Darren

  • Sunday Zephyr – Trivial Stuff

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    Photo by Ardian Lumi on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? I am relaxing and having a few days off. Time for some stupid trivial stuff that just amuses. Watch the VR video below and maybe dance. Remember that you can move around the dance floor using your mouse. Explore and have fun. Can’t see the video –…

  • Productive meetings

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    Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash One of the big questions in regard to productive, effective meetings is how many people should attend. The basic answer to that is only the right people but how many of the right people. HBR has released some research which indicates that it should only be somewhere between 5 to 8 meeting attendees.…

  • Emotional Intelligence Test

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    Photo by Amanda Dalbjörn on Unsplash Last week and again this week I will be conducting some emotional intelligence training. I often get asked if there is a reasonable free test online and after playing around a little I have found that the test below is probably the best you are going to get for free. Try it…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Giving clear instructions

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    Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? It was a very busy week for me loaded with a lot of communication, both from me and a lot of other people. There is a standard training activity in communication programs about giving clear instructions where two people back to back try to provide clear instructions…

  • Emotional Intelligence and Meditation

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    Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash I am speaking to groups in Bourke and Lismore next week on Emotional Intelligence. One aspect of this is the use of meditation to not only keep stress etc at bay but also to increase awareness and emotional intelligence. I came across this article recently and it does a great job of…

  • Is this a good thing?

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    Photo by Franck V. on Unsplash If you missed this article during the week from the ABC, read below. Is this a good thing or are we missing something? Keen to hear your views. Read the ABC article here.

  • Sunday Zephyr – Relax

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    Photo by Tim Marshall on Unsplash How’s your Sunday going? I ran a half marathon this morning and it went well. Now it is time to relax. Got 10 hrs to spare? If you even have a small fraction of ten hours to spare here is a very relaxing video of oceanscapes from the BBC. Sit back and…

  • Sunday Zephyr – HOT!

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    Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash How’s your Sunday going? Hope you had a great week. As you are aware this post is often a diversion from my normal business type posts. I like hot food, sort of. Hot but not too hot, whatever that means. I guess it is different for everyone. Watch the video below. When…

  • Trust, Trust, Trust!

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    Photo by Jelleke Vanooteghem on Unsplash I talk about trust a lot. A lot more than I ever thought I would but trust is what holds organisations together and for that matter society. Lack of trust leads to gossip, fear and chaos. In an organisation trust must exist between the senior managers, managers, the employees and the customers.…

  • Meditation and Emotional Intelligence

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    Photo by Josh Adamski on Unsplash I was presenting to a group last week in Dubbo on Emotional Intelligence. I mentioned at the end of the program that meditation was a very useful tool that they could use to increase their awareness and hence emotional intelligence. I got the usual looks of disbelieve and hence once again I…