Conference Facilitation & Team Building Blogs

Why are your best people leaving your business?

As the economy recovers there’s been a significant increase in the mobility of smart people wanting to progress their careers.

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Is ‘always on’ culture actually good for customers?

To what extent does an “open all hours” policy with regards to communications give added value to clients, or help generate new business?

 

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4 Ways to Make Zoom Calls More Engaging

Zoom calls can be tiring, and we have all had plenty of them over the past year and a bit. Whilst they can drag on, they are incredibly useful and if used correctly can increase camaraderie within a team and increase the overall quality of communication.

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Two Key Motivational Forces for your Team

The writer and psychotherapist Anthony de Mello writes: ‘Some say there are only two things in the world, love and fear.’

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Will you have a job of the future?

Many have predicted dramatic change ahead for the careers of millennials and our children. What we’ve neglected to notice is that in 20 years those of us who have now mastered their chosen profession will still be working, but their jobs will be very different at best and more likely extinct.

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6 helpful tips for when your feeling overwhelmed

Do you find that the more time saving devices and strategies you adopt, the more responsibility you take on? 20 years ago we looked forward to ‘Tomorrow’s World’ in which we’d have less to do and more time to relax. Reality is very different for many.

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5 ways to capitalise on the conflict in your team

Understandably most of us would rather avoid conflict with colleagues.  Our experience confirms that it’s rare that conflict within teams leads to a positive outcome. 

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How changing your routine can re-energise you

Always eat the same food?  Go to the same shop? – why not renergise yourself by doing it differently ….

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Can a Robot do your Job Better?

For years robots have been building cars and assembling televisions.  In fact, the first robot was designed by Leonardo Da Vinci as far back as 1515.  More recently in his June 2013 TED Talk, Andrew McAfee suggests that within a few years droids will take the majority of our jobs.

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Do Zoom Meetings Move You?

I’m not talking about physical movement although that is important in meetings.  I’m talking about feeling moved, emotionally.

Tears, passion even laughter can all be hallmarks of an effective meeting, much as they are in literature or drama.  In the same way that we find ourselves binge watching a thrilling box set, a well led meeting will attract attendees.  They will turn up early, well prepared and keen to engage.  Does this sound like your business meetings?

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