When times are tough people need to ‘up their game’. Here Clive Lewis of Illumine highlights how leaders and managers can develop the ability to reach out and communicate more powerfully .
What’s your natural reaction to economic uncertainty? Do you take fewer risks, delay making the big decisions, keep your head down?
In business such a […]

Is your passion for work likely to suffer because of the economic slowdown? Anthony Landale considers why this is a leadership issue that is more relevant than ever.
Are you energised by your work? Do you have a passion for what you do? Are you pursuing a big dream?
In the past few years we’ve heard […]

… if you spend 40% of your day reading (reports, email, journals, books for qualifications etc) and you double your reading speed - you save a day a week… just think if you trebled your reading speed!
At the moment things are changing daily… inflation up… gloomy annual reports published… new reports into how we are […]

Are poor writing standards damaging business? In this article Anthony Landale looks at the problems caused by inaccurate grammar and highlights a fast training solution.
If you want to know just how embarrassing and damaging it can be to make high profile gaffes with English then look no further than George Bush. As most of us […]

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a communication approach which can transform your impact and your ability to communicate. Here Anthony Landale outlines the fundamentals.
 
If you were advised to work on your communication to others, how would you go about it? Would you try to develop your Powerpoint presentation skills? Pay more attention to the way […]

Don’t struggle with business communication when English is not your first language
So, you are global. Communication is high on the list of your priorities. Geography, culture and language can cause differences. It’s time to consider that even when team members speak the same language, differences in semantics, accents, tone, pitch and dialects can be obstacles to successful communication.
To address […]

See Clive Lewis (World expert in Mind Mapping for Business Advantage) live at the Illumine Business Mapping Seminars:

Friday 29th August 2008 (Central London)
Thursday 4th September 2008 (Manchester)

These seminars are not sit and listen, they are practical events that will give you the techniques you require to be able to Mind Map for Business Advantage. Find out […]

The experts claim that we can all be more creative. See some quotes from the Creativity special issue of New Scientist magazine (October 2005).
“Merge two previously separate concepts that are in conflict with one another. For example, combinations such as ‘friendly enemy’ and ‘healthful illness. The more discrepant the concepts, the more likely they are […]

How do we spend most of our time communicating? The amount of time we spend communicating prepared presentations in a formal setting to groups of people is tiny compared to the amount of time we spend in informal, impromptu one to one discussions. The diagram below shows this graphically - most of our time is […]

A series of tips and hints on energy and well-being taken from a new pocket book written by Gillian Burn, one of our expert trainers and a specialist in health and well-being.
KEEPING HYDRATED

The body loses two and a half litres of fluid in normal body functions daily. This needs replacing.
Try and drink 8-10 glasses […]