Category: Learning resources
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Dealing with difficult conversations
Photo by Candice Seplow on Unsplash Over the next three weeks leading up to Christmas I am delivering a lot of training around conflict and difficult conversations. It is Christmas – conflict central. I read a good article on how to maintain your control when having these difficult conversations. I hope it helps out. Read the article here.
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Removing the box
Photo by Riccardo Annandale on Unsplash I am and have been delivering some training around innovation and continuous improvement. Great area of study but difficult to train people in as it really requires you to start thinking differently. The article is an excellent starter with some good material on some of the innovation tools such as six sigma.…
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Leaders and learning
Photo by Daniil Silantev on Unsplash I am in Melbourne today training the senior managers at BMW. Below is a good article on leaders and the importance of learning. Read the article here
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Resilience
Photo by Frantisek Duris on Unsplash I was writing some learning material on resilience last week and found it difficult to get any really good resource material. If you have to do anything with resilience as a topic here are some good links. Read the following guide: Emotional Resilience Toolkit Read the article: 5 ways to boost your…
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Sunday Zephyr – Thinking
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? I’m working today, and I was working yesterday and all of last week. Busy times. I am getting some balance in by running and riding my bike. I’m busy with facilitation and writing and honestly I am not complaining, it has been very interesting. I was doing…
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Business and team goals
Photo by Thomas Serer on Unsplash I have been doing some writing about business goals, team goals and KPI’s this week. Exciting stuff. Dan Pink, love his books, has just sent out a short video on this which uses index cards. I am going to do this in future. I usually just ask a team the question –…
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Getting Assertive
Photo by Heidi Sandstrom. on Unsplash I have been doing a great deal of training lately around people performance, conflict and dealing with difficult issues and 90% of the time it boils down to being assertive enough to deal with the problem. Not easy to do. Not something I found easy either but it was required and I…
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Meetings – Good Video
Photo by Štefan Štefančík on Unsplash I delivered an effective meeting program last week which was great fun. Good group of people and good content. I found a video which I also thought was useful if you need a couple of quick tips on effective meetings. Can’t see the video – click here
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Sunday Zephyr – Long Weekend
More info on the photo here How is your long weekend going (For OZ readers)? I am a big fan of podcasts. I listen to them when I run and basically every time I drive or travel. I have always just relied on iTunes for my podcasts but recently I found PodcastOne which has some…
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Emotional Intelligence
Photo by Tommy Ferraz on Unsplash Just about every topic I talk about at the moment contains some aspect of emotional intelligence. I am due to deliver a full day program on EI in a few weeks time. Below is a pretty handy article if you are trying to get a easy handle on the topic. Read the…