Who am I? Raising Self Concept and Self Esteem
Ever been in a group setting where people are introducing themselves and noticed what they say? OK, this is a strange question – of course you listen to what people say. But, do you really notice what...
View ArticleWhy Soft Skills of Leadership Are So Hard to Develop
Leadership is the ability to motivate and influence a group toward the achievement of goals. As a manager, what is your role in motivating and retaining employees? How are you measured? What do you do?...
View Article10 Reasons Why Training Fails So Often
Millions of people in as many companies spend billions a day on training, in an attempt to improve on skills and competences, assimilate new concepts and learn. Learning involves physical changes in...
View ArticleCalculating ROI of e-learning
Welcome to the world of calculating ROI of e-learning! According to a survey, the worldwide market size for e-learning tools was estimated at a staggering $235M in 2002, and is rapidly growing towards...
View ArticleGroup Coaching – Transforming Groups into Teams
Some purists will have their hackles up after reading the title of this post, stating that the only form of coaching is one-to-one and any form of group coaching should be termed training, workshops or...
View ArticleIs there a difference between Accent and Pronunciation in Language Learning?
I was speaking with a French woman this morning who said that she is terrified to speak English as, in her words, “I have a bad accent.” We then spoke about this and it turns out that she was told...
View ArticleLearning to Listen – One of the hard Soft Skills
One of the most important keys to becoming a good learner is the ability to listen – to become, what is often termed, a ‘good listener’. Many consider themselves to be good listeners, although what...
View ArticleDeveloping Team Skills Through Delegation
Delegation is one of the key aspects of leadership and management and one of the kingpins in the development of human capital throughout the organisation, a skill that can be learnt, but one that is...
View ArticleJob Stress Management – Methods of Managing Stress in the Workplace
For many of us, our jobs are a major cause of the stress in our lives. The sources of stress at the workplace can be long hours and physical exertion, a demanding boss, coworkers that we don't get...
View Article25 Tips to Motivate People in Your Organisation
Organisations which suffer from a lack of initiative coming from their people can often find the solution to their problem internally, in the systemic roots of their corporate culture. Those...
View ArticleLanguage as a Window into Human Nature
Language and meaning are a fascinating subject – as illustrated in the video below, which shows the way, in which, speakers attempt to put meaning into words – sometimes producing the desired effect...
View ArticleLanguage is What Makes Humans Unique
Language is what separates humans from animals and is one of the most important aspects of being human – it is what makes us unique. Although, anyone who has attempted to learn a foreign language will...
View ArticleMind Mapping The Perfect Project Plan
The perfect plan for any project, whether it be starting a business or writing a book, is mind mapping. (A unique technique of organizing your mind on a specific topic on paper.)(Visited 2,599 times, 1...
View ArticleEven Negative People have Positive Intentions
If you are in a situation where you are rubbing shoulders in some way with negative people, the title of this post will be quite hard to believe and accept – I mean, how on Earth can negative people...
View ArticleLifelong Learning
Lifelong learning is a valuable tool for personal and professional development at any age, but particularly for Third Agers. This article reports on how one Third Ager learns from young adults in his...
View ArticleLearning 3.0 Are we up to the challenge?
I decided to write this post in response to one of the comments I received on the site relating to Learning 3.0 – the comment being, why do we need different versions? That in itself is an interesting...
View ArticleThere’s no point fighting stress – Manage it!
Have you have ever been in a stressful situation – what am I saying? Everybody has been, and go through stressful situations nearly everyday of their lives – stress is a natural fact of life. So why do...
View ArticlePresentation Skill – Preparation – Part 1
Presentations, that’s speaking in front of an audience, as we all know, are one of the biggest sources of stress that many of us encounter in our working lives, and which turn perfectly confident,...
View ArticleLook at Yourself After Watching This – How do you Feel?
You may have had a bad week, you know the sort of thing – the boss or your partner getting you down… Maybe your computer has been playing up or you’ve had a hard time with a colleague or a client at...
View ArticlePresentation Skills – Preparation part 2
If you have read the first part of this two-part series you will be ready now to put it all together to prepare for a presentation to be at your best and to start enjoying speaking in public – and, to...
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