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There are few skills quite so vital to a leader as good communication: it’s the reason that NLP training has become so popular over the last few years.  A lack of communication can lead to everything from the inability to hit targets, to a decrease in morale amongst the team that you’re responsible for managing.  [...]

Memory is vital to any professional, and it’s no surprise that so much money has been spent on memory training to try and improve our recollection.  Several modern factors (some you might not be aware of) are believed to be responsible for reducing our recollection.  If you want to increase your memory performance, avoid the [...]

It is never too late to seek further education, although as we get older, it can be more difficult to find the time to do so.  Work, family and social commitments often leave people wondering where their time has gone, and make the idea of adding studying to the list particularly unappealing. One effective way [...]

If a company faces insolvency or other financial problems, the wheels can come off very quickly.  Employees can become de-motivated by the uncertainty and this often leads to them failing to do their job properly at a time when 100% commitment is required from every staff member.  Keeping teams motivated and successful during a period [...]

As an office leader, it’s inevitable that at some point you’ll have to deal with conflicts and problems within the workplace.  Problem-solving training will help you to do so decisively, and with the minimum of long-term damage.  That’s why you should follow these five steps: Identify the main issues.  As a first step, it’s important [...]

Innovation is a hard to define quality that can lead to revolutionary breakthroughs that help individuals and organisations to make changes for the better.  For that reason, it is a much sought after skill, and all businesses make efforts to encourage it.  There are hundreds of great examples of innovation in workplaces of all shapes [...]

As a manager, it is important to avoid complacency at all times.  Even if business is good at the moment, a rival can have a breakthrough or factors can change in an instant that could have a negative impact upon an organisation.  For this reason, it is important to continue pushing the boundaries of what [...]

Meetings can be a huge source of waste for an organisation.  Waiting for everyone to arrive, get settled and finish chatting wastes countless hours each working day, and is a real drain on productivity.  While the opportunities for communication and collaboration that meetings provide can be a good thing – and essential to innovation – [...]

The world of education and training can sometimes fall victim to fads, with new approaches to learning often turning out to be little more than a flash in the pan.  According to e-learning market research, however, this is not the case with one of the biggest changes ever to sweep across both teaching and learning.  [...]

The eyes are said to be the windows to the soul, but something similar – and perhaps even more profound – can be said about the written word, which can serve as a gateway to the collected knowledge of the human race.  Just as the soul may be ultimately unknowable, the vast amount of existing [...]

For many in the business world, teambuilding is a learned skill – one that is disregarded only at a leader’s peril.  Teams that work together well to complete assignments within budget and on deadline are not like Aphrodite, born fully-formed out of the waves.  Instead, they must be nurtured over time.  Indeed, good leaders understand [...]

Salespeople need to constantly adapt their techniques and methods.  Failing to do this can quickly leave them lagging behind their competitors and missing out on important sales and opportunities when they come around.  Keeping on the cutting edge of new techniques and constantly developing skills is the only way to remain effective and cope with [...]

Is your brain right, or left brain hemisphere dominated?  The answer to this simple question is believed to have some influence over whether an individual has a logical or creative way of thinking, and why that is.  The idea of two hemispheres that function somewhat independently to each other was brought to popular attention by [...]

There are many benefits associated with an effective workplace e-learning system. In 2008, businesses in the UK were found to be investing £37 billion a year in staff training to continue developing and improving the skill levels of their people.  It is clear that all businesses should be investing in this area, but what are [...]

According to the University of Utah, the average college student reads at a rate of up to 350 words per minute.  Whilst this may have been an adequate reading speed in high school, it may make university-level studies problematic.  College classes often require students to complete vast amounts of reading in relatively short spans of [...]

Physical fitness is a common theme of daily life in the modern world.  Children are taught related skills in school, and in the adult world, a variety of media information serves as a continual reminder of the importance of a body that is physically fit.  In contrast, there is very little understanding of brain fitness, [...]

In some ways, the brain is an organ much like any other and given the correct stimulus, it reacts in a predictable, physical way.  Just as aerobic exercise will cause the body to create additional red blood cells, mental stimulation will trigger the brain to make new neurons, or brain cells.  This process is known [...]

In business, knowing what not to do can often be just as important as understanding the correct steps to take in a given situation.  Nowhere is this principle more applicable than in the realm of teambuilding.  Most leaders understand that strong, dependable teams do not sprout overnight, but what they may not realise is how [...]

The importance of verbal communication skills is nothing new: the renowned Greek philosopher, Aristotle was already writing about the ‘language of persuasion’ over 2,000 years ago.  In some ways, little has changed from that era to this one.  People who want to get ahead in the world still need the ability to convince others to [...]

As an employer, it is essential to understand how the minds of employees work.  Getting to know individuals, and how they approach problems, is the best way to ensure they can be encouraged to reach their full potential and deliver their best work. All workplaces need a balance between creativity and logic.  Creativity is required [...]