by Kate Mercer | Aug 24, 2015 | Leadership
Have you ever wondered how someone you manage, or you yourself, can be remarkably effective in one situation, and completely at sea in another, similar one? With one person, you are consistently persuasive, inspiring and eloquent, while with another you struggle to...
by Kate Mercer | Aug 17, 2015 | Leadership
Don’t you just love the comfort zone? Most of us do. We look for, strive for and have created products and entire industries to help find and maintain high levels of comfort. You’ll find this desire for the comfort zone in all areas of life – physically, mentally,...
by Kate Mercer | Aug 10, 2015 | Leadership
On the subject of how your age and generation affects your world view, and consequently your relationships in and out of work, here’s a great guest blog from David Shindler, who writes and consults on employability: How do you react when someone says to you ‘you...
by Kate Mercer | Jul 26, 2015 | Leadership
It’s a commonly held view that people either “have what it takes” to be a leader or they don’t – they are born with certain characteristics which fit them to be a leader, and if they don’t have these characteristics, they’ll never make the grade. If...
by Kate Mercer | Jun 28, 2015 | Leadership
Have you ever wondered why the training you get on some courses, however interesting and entertaining, doesn’t ‘stick’? How many course folders have you got gathering dust on your office shelves? And how much of the content can you recall, or more importantly,...
