There’s a thought that’s been fluttering around in my head for a few months about why training for professional and personal development often seems to lack the potency we might wish.

Maybe some of you will have heard of NLP or Neuro-Linguistic Programming.  It’s all the rage in the sort of circles I move in – the realm of coaches, management consultants, trainers and professional communicators.  Some academics and psychologists brand it as gimmicky, without an adequate basis in research, and productive of a cult-like mentality.  To [...]

Last Thursday, I attended a networking event, Castle Leslie - A Business Built on Branding Brilliance which was hosted by several Northern Ireland women’s networking organisations, including one that we belong to, Women on the Move. The speaker, Sammy Leslie, a direct descendent of those who originally owned Castle Leslie in County Monaghan, was speaking about how she [...]