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Summer brings lighter days, not just in terms of sunlight but also in workload as clients and colleagues take their annual holiday, here are 10 tips to get the most from the next few weeks:
One idea to help your team is to buy ice creams for your team, spontaneously, one sunny afternoon
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Follow us on TwitterMost of us don’t just rely on email we are shackled to it.
It's easy for the number of emails you receive to get out of hand. Follow the 10 tips below to beat email overload
For all of the benefits of instant, cheap, portable, electronic communication wouldn’t it be good to spend a little less time responding, filing and deleting the endless stream of messages?
Inspired by a variety of sources, here are a 10 techniques that might help: Read more »
Make an enquiry Become a contact on Linkedin Follow us on TwitterI have struggled, writes Michael McCarthy, for the Independent, to find a way of expressing my elation at seeing the first butterfly of the year. Have you seen yours?
For opportunities to experience the wonder of nature with your team
It was a brimstone, a bright yellow brimstone, he continues. Using science, and rationality, I can tell you quite a lot about it: that it was an insect; that it belonged to the butterfly family Pieridae, the whites… that in its caterpillar stage it had fed on the plants buckthorn or alder buckthorn; and that it had hibernated disguised as a leaf, probably in an ivy clump, until the first warm day in March woke it up. Read more »
Make an enquiry Become a contact on Linkedin Follow us on TwitterThis team building task gets teams thinking creatively, communicating and planning.
Planning is important to the success of this team building task
Overview
Small teams are asked to build the tallest, most cost-effective, free-standing tower using a packet of dried spaghetti and a packet of jelly babies within the set time limit. Read more »
Make an enquiry Become a contact on Linkedin Follow us on TwitterIn 2011, as financial restrictions begin to bite, it is going to be vital for organisations to optimise their resources. And surely any organisation’s most valuable resource is its staff.
Make sure you get your team off to a strong start in 2011
In these leaner times it is going to be increasingly important to draw a distinction between financial capital and human capital. Whilst there’s little doubt that finances are restricted, now is not the time to constrain your people. In fact this climate of change offers the perfect opportunity to unleash new talent within your organisation, encourage innovation and allow the next generation of leaders to identify themselves. Read more »
Make an enquiry Become a contact on Linkedin Follow us on TwitterWhile several million people were transfixed as Lord Sugar chose his sixth apprentice at the weekend, it’s worth asking if the ‘world’s toughest job interview’ even works.
In the pasts Lord Sugar not been able to keep hold of his 'top' performers. Will this time be any different?
Of the five apprentices ‘hired’ so far, none of them currently works with Lord Sugar! Tim Campbell the first apprentice left after two years, Michelle Dewbury lasted only 11 months in the company. The 2007 winner Simon Ambrose resigned to set up his own business, Lee McQueen won the 2008 show only to quit after little more than a year and the 2009 winner Yasmina Siadatan is now a busy new mum. Read more »
Make an enquiry Become a contact on Linkedin Follow us on TwitterEver wondered what motivates people.
This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.
Make an enquiry Become a contact on Linkedin Follow us on TwitterDuring my first week as an intern at Fresh Tracks, I followed Dan Collins to London to observe the launch of the brand new training film, Innocent Success. Being no ordinary company, it is perhaps unsurprising that Fresh Tracks chose to launch this exciting new venture in an extraordinary way.
If only BA Baracus had heard of webinars
After experiencing my first ‘webinar’ (which, after a small amount of research I discovered was not in fact a German composer, but actually an interactive live seminar on the web), I’ve been contemplating the enormous effect of the communications ‘revolution’ that has followed the development of the internet. Read more »
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The challenge is to take a length of rope and lay it out on the ground to make a perfect square. Throughout the task all team members must wear blindfolds. Read more »
Make an enquiry Become a contact on Linkedin Follow us on TwitterDespite rising unemployment recruiters of senior managers are claiming it is still far from easy to attract talent. People in secure employment are far less willing to switch jobs than they were two years ago.
It's imperative to develop the talent within our organisations. This young man obviously has high aspirations but may be too young for the managment development training.
It is therefore imperative to develop the talent within our organisations, a fact supported by a Deloitte survey that found 60% of business leaders intend to increase investment in management development in the months ahead. Another survey carried out by PwC reports that 85% of CEOs expect to overhaul the way their organisations manage people during change. Read more »
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