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Positive Me Books

Had the pleasure of trying out these positive me books last week. A positive me colouring book (which is extremely therapeutic) and a positive me journal of self-care & mindfulness activities. The journal consists of activities, such as; • Keeping track of your fruit & Veg intake • Keeping track of your water intake  • Meditation • Keeping note of your weekly feelings • Completing random acts of kindness • Activities for the different senses • Meal plan And a whole load more of activities. It’s a great way to find yourself and allows you the time to sit and think about … Read on

June 25th, 2019

Remarkable!

 Feedback from a delegate on our DILProgramme. “The journey I have taken so far has been remarkable. More confidence has grown. I am comfortable addressing my areas of development and see it as growth” Mel Mallinson – Citizens Advice    

June 25th, 2019

Coaching

How sure are you that you are Coaching your team rather than strongly encouraging them to do things your way? Check out Myles Downey’s spectrum of Coaching and see where you fit. Now ask your team where you fit. Read on if you need some tools to help you coach.

Coaching at the first level requires nothing more than great questioning and listening skills.  Need some advice on that? Keep an eye out for next months blog that takes us back to basics on questioning and listening skills. We gave you some models including the GROW model and the Perceptual … Read on

October 2nd, 2018

Building High Performance Teams

“Successful teams all give themselves the time to learn to be a team.” (Katzenbach and Smith, 2001) Whether you are a team member or a team leader you have a role in building your team to high performance.

Tannenbaum and Schmidt (1958)

In 1958 Tannenbaum and Schmidt gave us a continuum that is a simple model of leadership theory which shows the relationship between the level of freedom that a manager chooses to give to a team, and the level of authority used by the manager. You can see that as the team’s freedom is increased, the manager’s authority decreases. … Read on

September 4th, 2018

Looking After Your Own Career

It’s that time of year. The sun has arrived and we spend more time outdoors often causing us to reflect on what we should be doing. Is one of these things managing your life and career? Here are some tools to help you while reflecting in the garden with a beer.

Wheel of Life

This tool helps you reflect on every area of your life and make some decisions on where your focus should be. This is great to do individually or as a family group. (Click on the wheel for the tool)

Self Analysis

Use … Read on

July 1st, 2018

Assertiveness

Take a moment to think about how realistic your new year’s resolutions were.

• Have you avoided having that conversation with your boss about new opportunities or a pay rise?
• Are you still waiting on the right time to tell your partner about your dreams for 2018?
• Are you saying yes to things at home and at work that you promised yourself you would stop doing in 2018?

Here are our top tips on being assertive and asking for what you want.

What is assertiveness?

Being assertive is positive and it is about:-

• Standing up for your own rights in a

February 1st, 2018

Why Time Management is Like Losing Weight?

Time Management is like losing weight – we all know how to do it but we slip into bad habits!!

Here are our Top 9 Tips

1. Use the Urgent and Important Matrix 
2. Work Out When You Are Most Productive
   • Do your most important tasks in your most productive time
   • Routine tasks should be done when you are at your least productive
3. Be Proactive
   • Take responsibility
   • Think about the implications
4. Cope with Your Email
   • Schedule certain times of the day to open and respond to them
   • Don’t always give in to pressure to reply immediately
5. Clear Your Desk
   • How many pieces

June 1st, 2014

Christmas 2019

We had a lovely Christmas lunch yesterday at Zizzi’s. The wine went down a treat and the food was delicious.

December 19th, 2010