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Every day we learn more about the brain. It’s the most important and most mysterious organ of the body, as it controls everything we do. However, we do know that a few simple changes can give your brain a great work out, keeping it in shape and helping you to stay mentally healthy for the [...]

The following article is adapted from materials used on our Energy and Well-being course and 90 minute session – Eat Well, Perform Well. Brain Food = foods that improve brain function. Your brain is a complex organ. Like our bodies we can keep it in tip top condition by watching what we do and don’t eat: [...]

Tired, overwhelmed, just in need of some mental and physical nourishment? You could be stressed! According to numerous pieces of research, we remain healthy and stress free, if we eat high energy and nutritious foods that provide the energy and stamina to cope in potentially stressful situations. Conversely, we are more likely to end up in poor health, have [...]

NURTURE yourself each and every day of the week with these 7 tips: 1. N – NUTRITION (nb UK’s growing weight problem) Importance of breakfast – breaking the fast. Water – 2 litres a day. Healthy snacks - fruit, energy oat bars, nut and dried fruit mixes. Instead of high sugar and fat alternatives. Fruit and [...]

With ever increasing volumes of work and the need to be more conscious of the work/life balance and well-being, how can individuals and organisations overcome becoming stressed about it all? At work, stress is caused by a multitude of reasons and situations with different people showing different levels of resistance. In this article we are going to look [...]

Everyone has a different approach to being organised for learning and to suggest that everyone takes the same approach would clearly be folly. However, it is worth setting up an environment that is conducive to effective learning. Here are a few things to think about that are taken from our exclusive delegate only Post Course [...]

Keep your body and mind in tip-top condition with these simple exercises specially chosen because they help you to relax and maximise your learning capabilities. Busy day? New things to learn? Create a pause… as if you were pressing the pause button on your remote control… allow your mind to wander to a favourite place, holiday, [...]

In this article, Vanda North introduces Mind Chi – an 8 minute a day program that can give you the reins of self control, allowing you to overcome problem areas or achieve goals for greater overall success and fulfilment in business and life. Your Mind Chi Basic 8 minute program takes 28 days to create [...]

In a previous article we used Mind Chi to create a Plan for ‘Achieving your Perfect Size’ (go to that article).  In this article, Vanda North provides a complete 28 day execution to ensure you reach your goal. We’ve adapted the following from the book ‘Mind Chi – rewire your brain in 8 minutes a day’ You need to [...]

We all want to feel on top of our game – but how can we achieve it? Here Anthony Landale looks at the key issues and the ways in which organisations are encouraging their people to feel more vital. There’s a new word that has recently entered the management lexicon. Vitality. It seems as though [...]

Are we fooling ourselves, do we really want work-life balance? Are we really prepared to give up financial rewards for a healthier lifestyle? This is an important question for organisations and staff. The costs of work-life imbalance are real. Exhausted people can’t concentrate, don’t have creative ideas and communicate poorly. But even in organisations where [...]

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 [...]

Facts and Figures Absence costs British Industry over £10 billion per year (CBI Absence Survey data) A loss of around 192 million working days 3% working time lost Average of 7 days per employee in absence In an Industrial Society survey 9 out of 10 workplaces are affected by excessive stress Main causes of absence [...]

Achieving the balance between work and life is a key challenge of our time. Our clients constantly report how difficult it is to manage all their work tasks efficiently and get home in a fit state to have quality time outside the workplace. Work-life balance has often been regarded as a soft-issue, a ‘nice-to-have’, but [...]

How can you develop your emotional intelligence? Here Anthony Landale takes a look at the practical and proven ways that help people to build their EQ and what benefits this can have on themselves, their colleagues and the business. How can you develop your emotional intelligence? Here Anthony Landale takes a look at the practical [...]

Hallmark Cards is the UK’s leading greeting card company producing some of the most innovative ranges on the market. So how come its people need training in creativity?  Anthony Landale takes a look. Did you know that Britain is the ‘greetings card’ centre of the world? In total we send an astonishing 2.2 billion cards [...]

Do you dare to choose balance as a life priority?  According to Lisa King, OD Manager at the Common Services Agency, practical tools and more honesty can get people what they really want. Are we fooling ourselves, do we really want work/life balance? Are we really prepared to give up the financial rewards of work [...]

Too much focus in accelerated learning (AL) has been on how it enhances the training experience. Here Clive Lewis argues that the pressing need is for business users to start applying AL techniques to the everyday challenges they face. So you are familiar with accelerated learning (AL), or at least some key elements of it.  [...]