by Kate Mercer | Jan 28, 2015 | Team Development
Listening to the news, especially the business news, can sometimes be unsettling. Not many signs of positivity or growth, and you have doubtless had to increase your focus on business development. While this is clearly the right way to go, it can seem to make the job...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 26, 2015 | Leadership
Want to ensure that people always leave your office more inspired than when they came in? Then here are six communication skills that will help you to become a better leader: Be more focused on others than yourself You have not communicated well if people have not...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 23, 2015 | Leadership
We recently came across this interesting article on Paul Sloane’s Destination Innovation website which is worth posting here: Ellen Langer is a social psychologist and a professor in the Psychology Department at Harvard University. She has been described as the...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 21, 2015 | Leadership
You’ve got your vision, your passion, and your strategy and plan. So why is it that despite displaying appropriate leadership competencies, you sometimes fail? In practice, there is one factor that distinguishes success and failure in leadership: your...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 16, 2015 | Organisation Culture
Today’s post is taken from an article in the The Times this week: “‘Soft skills’ need to be taken much more seriously as factors for business success, says a campaign by employers” (14/01/15). We couldn’t agree more with its message:...
