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How to make the shift from management

Recently you were promoted, and part of the prize was being asked to manage a team. It’s not been easy, but you have arrived. When you wake up each day, you know it’s possible to go to work, work with your team and get things done. Yet you have a gnawing feeling...

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Does this house look sad to you?

Many of my clients like to develop their emotional intelligence in their coaching work with me. Whether emotional intelligence is innate or something we need to learn from scratch, we can all improve. Some of us use visual clues automatically when working with others....

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What’s Your Visual Monitor?

  I really like matoke, a staple foodstuff in Uganda. It’s made by steaming and compressing cooking bananas in nearly every home everyday. Families monitor stocks of these bananas visually and easily, to make sure you have enough and never run out. Last month...

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What do you monitor?

  I really like matoke, a staple foodstuff in Uganda. It’s made by steaming and compressing cooking bananas in nearly every home everyday. Families monitor stocks of these bananas visually and easily, to make sure you have enough and never run out. Last month...

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Can You Press the Button?

  Recently my mother had a fall and waited 48 hours to “press the button” for an ambulance to take her to hospital. Why did she wait? A mixture of reasons. She hoped the fall was more minor, and that the pain would be manageable. She hoped to get better by...

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Refocussing – One Step At A Time

Sometimes you reach the stage in your career where the old model doesn’t work any more. It used to work, but… I’m at that stage right now. Working for myself no longer satisfies, I want to be part of something bigger, contributing my people development skills to a...

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Curious about Culture Change

  “We want to get as many people as possible excited about railway travel!” This was the strapline of OBB-Infrastruktur, part of the Austrian Federal Railways, shown at a presentation in Vienna last week. I was part of forty railway professionals from the UK,...

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How to Avoid Expensive Mistakes

With the evolution of bid management, recruiting the right bid leader for your business can be extremely challenging.  It is littered with risk and has the potential for missed opportunity if not planned for effectively. The direct and indirect cost of an ineffective...

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Is there a growing trend towards bid management In Ireland?

Is there a growing trend towards bid Management In Ireland? Bid management now appears to be a thriving profession, with more and more organisations realising the benefits of procuring sales through an effective and efficient bid team? I hope so, I’ve recently setup...

Do your bids require a Bid Manager or Bid Leader?

Bid Management is now a thriving profession in Ireland, with more and more organisations realising the benefits of procuring sales through an effective and efficient bid team. Do your bids require a Bid Manager or Bid Leader? Many organisations are still unclear as to...

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