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Letting go - and let your business grow.
Autumn 2008

Happiness is a state of being when we have equanimity and calmness, where we feel more grounded and balanced, and hence happier. We also feel more confident, more motivated, more open and more emotionally stable. Research has found that when a person is in this state of well being, productivity increases because there is less negativity around and the individual becomes more able to share and handle challenges. When a person is more productive it benefits the organization. The question is How do we reach this state of equanimity? Is it possible to have such a state?

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Young Managers - what do you want?
Summer 2008

Haven’t we wondered what it is that will keep the young managers in their position? What do they want and how do we attract them? The “ME” generation particularly is one that seems to be elusive and challenging to retain. Employers have been pushed to resort to increasing their salaries to where it has become quite absurd and incompatible to the experience of the recruit. And yet they continue to post a challenge to employers.

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Empathy
Spring 2008

In coaching, we often use the term ‘empathy’ – we say to the person we are coaching that ‘I empathise with you’, rather than ‘I understand you’, but what do we really mean and do we mean what we say?

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E-Learning - best practice in training and communication
Winter 2007

Has the thought that e-learning might be one way to spread a learning culture in your organization ever strike you? Then the thought passes as it seems quite a formidable task, implying a lot of IT know-how and set up. Let us take a look here to see whether it is that formidable after all and what should the considerations be.

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Assertiveness - an Asset for Leaders
Autumn 2007

One of the traits expected in leaders is ‘Assertiveness’. Is it a trait that is inborn or is it like a skill, where it could be learnt? Assertiveness can definitely be learnt and it is not just a trait confined to leaders. In fact assertiveness goes a long way to creating an honest and positive relationship, free of misunderstanding and poor relationships.

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Mindful Communication
Summer 2007

What is mindfulness? It is about being fully aware, focused and paying attention to what is in front of us and what we are doing NOW, not what was there before or what will be there in the future. Mindfulness helps us be aware of our action in the now and the present. If you stay mindful and focused, you will not become a prisoner of your thoughts because you are in the present.

Read on to see how I find mindfulness to be the key to good communication, interpersonal relationships and our own peace.

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Enhancing My Creative Potential
Spring 2007

This is a follow up on the previous article on “thinking out of the box”. We now look at creativity from the individual point of view and how we can learn to be more creative.

Both creativity and innovation are two sides of the same coin and that coin is the currency that buys successful outcomes. We create and innovate to improve and to achieve better results. That brings us to the question: can we be creative? Can we be more innovative? or Is creativity reserved only for those born with it?

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Thinking out of the Box? Or in-the box?? Or no- Box?
Winter 2006

Robert Alan Black (Creativityforlife.com) had used the terms ‘in-the-box’, ‘new-box’ ‘other-box’ and even a ‘no-box’ thinking as compared to the commonly known term ‘out-of-the box’ thinking. Are they very different or are they just the same body in new clothes?

“Going out of the box” implies a breakaway from the usual paradigms and mindsets. This can be really challenging and begs the question whether it is really necessary to go out of the box. Can creative thinking be found within the box or in the box? And what does the “box” refer to?

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The Cycle of Change and the Reactions
25 October 2006

Change brings fear as there is a sense of the unknown and hence a sense of loss of control and is very much part of our working life.  It will take time and effort for employees to understand what the change is about and what it involves. The success of the change will depend largely on the commitment of the stakeholders to the change and to making it work. Transparency and understanding the process will help to avoid a over-reaction amongst the team, which often end up with resistance.  

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