Posted on: 29th January 2008
“What do you do with a boss that has meetings and you have no idea what was agreed at the end?”, “How do you reduce the chances of others misunderstanding your instructions?” and, “What is the most powerful medium for communication?” Were three of the questions that fueled the speech that I delivered to the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce this morning. I provided some immediate take-away tips and tricks.
For those who attended, great to meet you - let us know what happens when you put it into practice…
Posted on: 28th January 2008
I just had a conversation with someone who was convinced that their opinion was a fact. I have recently been learning to notice the difference between descriptions and evaluations helping me to understand how we habitually position our thoughts in the external world. (more…)
Posted on: 24th January 2008
This evening I joined Paul Spencer from Stonemartin to deliver a brief business seminar to undergraduates from University of Reading… Questions from the audience included, "What’s the best way to market a new business?" and, "What makes a great leader?"
Posted on: 24th January 2008
I just had a PR enquiry asking me to comment on more recent, technical and sophisticated learning analytics that are now available. In declining the opportunity to provide comment I had a quick rant. I guess that’s what a blog is for so I have decided to publish my knee-jerk first response:
Whilst I recognize that it’s important to evaluate process-based training against certain performance criterion, the false sense of security supplied by stats can seriously corrupt the learning manager into investing in what he/she can demonstrate and measure as a quantifiable result, rather than what’s really needed. (more…)
Posted on: 22nd January 2008
I recently delivered a one our experience of NLP to students studying for Masters Degrees in PR and Marketing. It was delivered as an open frame - responding to and utilising students’ questions. Most questions seemed to relate to where NLP came from and how it can be used to influence your reader/listener/viewer/audience. It was a pleasure to talk to them. Engagement was extremely high, they were facinated and wanted to know more. Paul Simpson, who runs the graduate PR course said, "You certainly got them thinking which is no mean feat!"
