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Posted by on Nov 20, 2009 in communication, education, personal development, technology | 0 comments

The following are successful posts from the archives: The Five Habits of Highly Passive People 5 Assertiveness Techniques The Ten Worst Business Phrases of All Time The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Schools Convert You-Tube Videos for Embedding in PowerPoint How to Be...

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Cutting the Crap of Recession-Speak (Part 2)

Posted by on Feb 25, 2009 in business, positive psychology | 0 comments

Breaking news – Gordon Brown has become a personal development guru! I’ll have to watch out for my customers… In Cutting the Crap of Recession-Speak (Part 1) I contrasted the advice of entrepreneur Sir David Tang with our Prime Minister Gordon Brown.  Tang urges small-but-optimistic thinking, whereas Brown preaches a kamikaze imprudent doctrine of spend, spent, spend. Now it...

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Train the Trainer Workshop

Posted by on Feb 11, 2009 in communication, confidence, news and events | 0 comments

You’ve landed a new job or got landed with a new task.  It involves training people.  You don’t know where to begin. You don’t know if you can stand up in front of crowd of people.  You don’t know how to structure the session.  Maybe you’re someone who has been training for a while but was never properly instructed in the methods or coached on your skills.  Or maybe you’re...

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Assertiveness and Workplace Confidence

Posted by on Jan 21, 2009 in assertiveness, communication, confidence, personal development | 0 comments

We are holding a workshop – Assertiveness and Workplace Confidence – at QUB, Belfast on Wednesday 18-19 February. The realities of modern work life – flat structures, tough workloads and the need to exert influence across traditional boundaries – ensure that assertiveness skills are not an optional extra.  Aggression is unacceptable; passivity is ineffective. In this...

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