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Written by: Colin Graves

What can Trainers, Coaches and Managers learn from the King's Speech? - Click To Read Article
This article was inspired by the film 'The King's Speech' which has received universal acclaim. The focus of the film is obviously the King, but our focus is on his coach and the power of coaching in enabling goals to be achieved.

Presenting Yourself With Impact at Work - Click To Read Article
Based on the best selling book 'Presenting Yourself With Impact at Work' the top ten tips gives you a head start whether you are presenting to get a sale, get a new job, to engage the team , to make change happen or going for an interview

What's a Drumming Workshop got to do with Leadership - Click To Read Article
You may be asking what drumming has got to do with Leadership! This article explains our experience in running drumming workshops as part of leadership development programmes.

Powerful Questions - are you asking enough of them? - Click To Read Article
Are you asking enough powerful questions? Have you noticed that sometimes we are so keen to help people that when they make a statement or ask us a question we always try to provide an answer? Perhaps, at times, we don't know enough about the situation but we answer anyway. Perhaps they just need some space to work the answer out themselves but we takeover that space. Maybe we would help more by reframing the question into a more powerful question? Equally, perhaps, sometimes the questions we ask ourselves may limit the answers that we get? This articles gives some hints and tips on asking powerful questions

Making A Difference - The Star Thrower Story - Click To Read Article
This is an urban myth story that you may have heard before and is worth repeating for the impact it has had on so many people

Amygdala Hijacks and what to do about them - Click To Read Article
How come we sometimes see 'out of character' behaviour and where does it come from? Those of you who know about the amygdala are probably smiling by now - those that don't are probably thinking I made this name up! This article looks at the impact the amygdala has on us and how by being more aware we can keep it in check.

The top ten tips for Presenting Yourself with more Impact - Click To Read Article
Whatever we do in life at some stage we have to present our ideas - so how do we present with Impact? This paper gives the top ten tips to help you really make an impression next time you present.

Goal Setting and Creating Well Formed Outcomes - Click To Read Article
You have probably seen lots of articles urging you to make new year resolutions and goals. Recently we were discussing travel. One of the group, Paul, told us that he had a goal to travel to 100 different countries. I think Paul was already up to around 70 and so was well on the way. However all of a sudden everyone wanted to count up the number of countries they had been to. Instead of a general goal to travel and see places, suddenly we all had a more specific goal - exactly how many countries we wanted to see and by when. So are your goals specific enough? There are eight steps to create a well formed outcome outlined in the article.

Using all the senses to get your message across - Click To Read Article
How do the great communicators get their message across? Why do some people seem to get your messages while others don't? This article gives some hints and tips to enable you to use all the senses to get your messages across.

Common Sense Leadership - Click To Read Article
This article was inspired by a meeting with an ex colleague of mine who has survived several economic downturns, numerous reorganisations and tens of bosses over a 22 year period in a large multinational organisation. I asked him how he did it and he said, to him, it was just common sense! This article outlines his top 8 tips for common sense leadership.





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