Month: May 2015
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Sunday Zephyr – Entrepreneurs
If you have an hour today and want to see a good presenter and learn a little more about entrepreneurs then watch the video below. I really like watching Guy Kawasaki. He is a great presenter. Can’t see the video – click here
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Your hourly rate
I do an exercise with my project management participants which gets them to calculate what their hourly rate should be if they start working for themselves to achieve the sort of total income they would like to have. It serves two purposes. One, it allows me to see what spreadsheet skills they have and two,…
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Better workplaces
I just started reading this book the other day – Work Rules. Many trainers I know are assisting organisations to work more effectively and obviously it isn’t a bad idea to see how one of the best organisations at effective workplace management does it. The organisation I am writing about is Google. The slideshow below…
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Get productive this week
A good week to get productive. Below is a simple infographic showing you how, courtesy of Makeuseof.
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Sunday Zephyr – Flying
I hope your Sunday is going well. I hope your flying through the day with a smile on your face. Some of you may be flying but I am pretty sure that none of you are literally flying through the day. The guy below is and if you have ever had the desire to fly then…
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MOOCs for Executives
If you are a regular reader you know that I am a big fan of MOOCs. I have recently been thinking about MOOC’s ability to be used for senior management training where time is always an issue. Would it work? On the face of it, it sounds like a great idea but there could be…
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What training is not!
It has been quite a while since I released a new video but I had a bit of spare time over the last few weekends and I was keen to play around with some green screen stuff and this video was the result. I haven’t gt it right yet but I am learning. I hope…
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Leadership
I have a few leadership programs coming up soon as well as later in the year I am going to be interviewed on my views of how to lead people effectively. I was looking around at some resources and found these two excellent videos. I thought you might enjoy them. There are many more out…
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Sunday Zephyr – The Internet of Things
How is your Sunday going? Hopefully the weather is good and you are outside doing things. Maybe you are doing things while being connected to the internet of things. I was a little unclear about this term until recently. If you don’t know what it means or you just want to learn more check out…
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Empathy
Empathy is a critical trainer skill and it is a topic that comes up often during training. It is important to understand what empathy is and be very aware that it is different to sympathy. Watch the clever video below to gain an understanding of empathy. Can’t see the video – click here