Category: Training Videos
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Sunday Zephyr – HOT!
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…
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Trust, Trust, Trust!
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.…
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Meditation and Emotional Intelligence
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…
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Managing teams effectively
Photo by Matteo Vistocco on Unsplash I am spending the next two days training a group of health professionals (32) on how to manage teams more effectively from building capability, managing motivation and change through to managing conflict and performance issues. It will be an engaging two days. I know that I will refer to Googles research regarding…
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Sunday Zephyr – Time?
Photo by Aron Visuals on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? I delivered a Time Management program last week which went down very well. It reminded me of the importance of getting organised and being disciplined regarding your own time. I had a great group who appeared to enjoy the program and took away some good tips. Below…
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Petrified of Presenting?
Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash I got that question again last week. How do you stand up there talking to us and make it look so easy? Don’t you get nervous? Yes, I do but it does dissipate quickly. I’ll be honest it used to terrify me. My only answer as to how public speaking became my…
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Sunday Zephyr – Humour
How is your Sunday going? I am relaxing a little today as I have a huge week ahead of me. Even though it is a big week and I will be tired my strategy is as always to have a few laughs and enjoy it as much as possible. Humour in training is absolutely essential.…
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Measuring business in a different way
Photo by Caju Gomes on Unsplash Interesting video below on measuring the intangible stuff in business. The guy, Chip Conley also wrote a book on this. The link below has some great points but check out the Emotional Equations. I have used some in training. Useful and fun. Link to emotional equations. Can’t see the video – click…
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Sunday Zephyr – When?????
Photo by Alex Iby on Unsplash How’s your Sunday going? I’m getting closer and closer to retirement and I am really confused. I have read a few books and done some research but the big question still arises. How much money do you need to be able to retire? Can I retire early is also a very relevant…
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Gestures
Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash Yes, another comms video. I like this one as it does point out some interesting differences in gestures across the world. Can’t see the video – click here