Once more the UK is going through its democracy ritual. The choices for Prime Minister are perhaps less polarising than Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, but they feel uninspiring to me. The politics of envy play out once more when people look at the ex-investment...

Good communication skills are essential for any leader. As a leader you may have the most insightful and groundbreaking vision the world has ever seen, but if you can’t articulate it then it will never happen. Even if you can, to a degree, articulate your vision, if...

For the second instalment of this short series on leadership, I am going to discuss what it takes to be a leader. In my last post I did talk briefly about three qualities of leadership, integrity, learning, and passion. So, let’s expand on these. Integrity comes from...

One of the topics I have often written about is leadership. There are a couple of reasons for this. One is that much of the skill set within NLP is essential for effective leadership. And the other is that today, in my opinion, the world is bereft of good leadership,...

What you believe produces your results, which reinforces your belief, which produces your results. If you have empowering beliefs you can be spiralling up in life, but if you have disempowering beliefs you can be spiralling down instead. One of the examples propagated...

If we all agreed about everything all the time, then life would be a breeze. But we don’t, and sometimes it isn’t. Often, we do find ourselves in a disagreement with others. Maybe when buying a car or a house, or at work with a supplier, a customer, or with your...

What does being assertive mean to you? Does it bring up images of being bossy or rude, or people who must get their own way all the time. Or does it bring to the surface feelings of fear. In her book Perfect AssertivenessJan Ferguson defines it in this way; “Being...

Personal development encourages positive thinking and suggests you become the Best Version of You that you can be. But in our modern world we are faced with many challenges in our work, family, and social lives. All set within a society that seems to be focused on...

This week is World Autism Acceptance Week. Like most of these sorts of events its purpose is to raise awareness. Everything starts with awareness. You cannot change anything unless you first acknowledge the problem. And here the problem is society. It seems to me that...

The GROW model is one of the most popular models used in coaching. This is because it is simple and effective. It is a process model that gives a coach some structure to guide their client through change. It’s most suited where the purpose of the coaching is very goal...