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  • Sunday Zephyr – What, Why, How!

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    How’s your Sunday going? Here is a good video for the new year. Can’t see the video – click here

  • A New Year and Just a Little More Training

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    Welcome to 2019. I am back for another year of training, assessment, coaching, online development etc, etc. Just getting back into work by finishing off an assessment re-write and of course marking some assessments for those students who didn’t want have any break at all over Christmas. Yes, once again somebody posted an assessment on…

  • Balance and Time management

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    I delivered a training session for Panasonic yesterday on Time Management. There are so many things I could say about time management but the key for me is a few critical concepts. No excuses. Your time is really up to you. Manage it. Get disciplined. Spend a few hours trying the apps and strategies and…

  • Hands on Learning

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    I am witnessing some interesting movements in assessment to more valid assessments eg actually having to conduct a stakeholder meeting rather than writing about how you would do it. Complicates the process but is more meaningful.  We are not doing this type of learning though in class. We are still talking about how to do…

  • Modern management

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    I am delivering a 3 day project management course this week and I know that my biggest challenge is to get the participants to understand that project management is all about people management. You can have a great logical plan but if the people are not engaged then……..Watch the video below. It’s not about PM…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Magic

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    Photo by Karly Santiago on Unsplash How is your Sunday going. I had a very busy week and for some participants I hope I wove some training magic. Whether I did or not is not for me to interpret but what ever I did I am never going to be bale to perform magic like this guy in…

  • Critical Thinking

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    Photo by Cristofer Jeschke on Unsplash I posted a video last Friday on decision making. Good decision making also requires critical thinking skills. This has never been so important. Read the article below with some great tips and resources to assist you to develop your critical thinking skills. A good primer to the topic is outlined in the…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Communication

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    Photo by Gabriel Matula on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? I’m out this morning doing the Seven Bridges Walk in Sydney. Should be interesting. Ever had a complex topic to explain and just got more and more confused as you tried to explain it to the training participants. Here is a comedy classic to remind us all…

  • I’m Back!

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    Photo by Vladislav Babienko on Unsplash Sorry, Sorry. I haven’t posted anything for a while. Been a bit busy. I was recently asked to do a little bit of design work around decision making. I found this great short video explaining some of the key principles. Can’t see the video – click here

  • Sunday Zephyr – Fit!

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    Photo by Guillaume Briard on Unsplash How is your Sunday going. I am currently in Stanley and soon going to be travelling to Cradle Mountain where I will be hiking my face off. This travel is a holiday but I travel a lot for work and it is difficult keeping fit when you don’t have much time and…