Metaphors make your words sizzle and sing. They give instant clarity as brains are more wired to images than just words. They’re the quickest route to the brain. They’re visual,…
Are you and your team "Yes but" people, or "Yes and" people? Do you naturally tend to say "yes and" or do you naturally say "yes but"? The answer to that…
Bite the bullet on people who are deadwood in your organisation Recently I was working with a client and had an interesting conversation with a senior manager. The client was…
The humble traffic light - green, amber, red - is a quick and powerful way to find out what people really think about the meetings they attend. It's simple. Ask…
We all know you need to practice before you present. But when it really matters, and your job could be on the line, what is the ideal number? Is it…
I've been talking about Parkinson's Law in relation to meetings for over 30 years. Simply stated (in terms of meetings) it says that a meeting will run for as long…
Every now and then, I go through my emails and set up a pile of filters to delete the email newsletters and other things that I simply never read -…
Recently I have come across two businesses that in my humble opinion have missed the point. I am not going to identify either business as that is not the important…
The other generations are not "wrong", they are just different! I have found myself talking a lot in the last couple of weeks about the different generations and their different…
Confirmation bias is the phenomenon that when making a decision, people tend to look for and consider data that supports their own view or opinion or the decision they "want".…