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Empowerment

Your reputation for confidence

by Paul on 7 July 2010 · 0 comments

Remember, invisible miracles don’t impress anybody.
Others think of you in terms of what they know or
notice about you.

Who controls the conversation?

by Paul on 30 June 2010 · 0 comments

As a manager, every time you provide your people an answer for which you could have asked a question, you have removed their need to think for themselves.

Motivation: animated

by Vandy on 30 June 2010 · 0 comments

Mastery and purpose have a far greater impact on levels of motivation than financial reward

Just occasionally in business, the habit of sharing information openly comes back to bite you.

Motivation to act (or not) arises from our assessment of the consequences of acting vs. not acting

What does a label say about you?

by Vandy on 15 April 2010 · 0 comments

Use care when using psychometrics that label people, or group them into a particular category.

Catch them doing something right

by Paul on 24 February 2010 · 0 comments

Many of the ideas of management grew out of the latter stages of the industrial revolution where there was careful measurement and specification of results.

How to develop an extra sense

by Vandy on 18 February 2010 · 0 comments

Dave Hall, CEO of HFL Sports Science, reflects on his experience of the Highlands Ability Battery and the ‘Aha!’ moment it unveiled: The HAB experience is an intense one – challenging the complete set of faculties to expose natural tendencies within operational, interpersonal and management styles.  Familiar already with many (more simplistic) psychometric testing regimes [...]

Business magic – Self belief

by Vandy on 1 February 2010 · 1 comment

We’re inclined to think that we need to know everything before we take the leap and try something new. I challenge that view.

What can undermine confidence

by Paul on 20 January 2010 · 0 comments

Confidence is something many of us wish 
we had a bit more of, especially in 
circumstances where we feel powerless.