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It has long been recognised that a certain amount of challenge is a good thing. This is true in both the business and academic worlds. Challenges serve the useful function of motivating workers and learners to strive for excellence. This leads to such positive behaviours as time management, developing new levels of efficiency, and delegating [...]

WARNING: This article contains the top 3 ways to avoid creative thinking!
Clive Lewis, Founder and Managing Director of Illumine Training looks into this very important, but widely ignored subject from the perspective of a senior manager and business leader.
I looked at the first question above and was reminded of the single question, two hour philosophy [...]

Many companies today engage in personal and employee development. This helps give them a competitive edge in the business world and it ensures that their employees handle themselves in a professional manner at all times. It is important that employees show that they are empathetic to the needs of their peers and customers, are self-aware, [...]

Leading with passion and for passion is essential. Being able to share your own passion for something is one thing, but being able to lead others so that they are able to consistently experience passion in what they do, is something else entirely.
Passion, in a work context, is one of those misunderstood phenomena. As a [...]

Article written by Clive Lewis, Illumine’s Director of Training.
Nearly every organisation states that ‘our people are our most important resource’ but many fail to release the full potential of their people, particularly in tough times. Why?
The last couple of years have been tough. Very tough. And for many organisations the tough times aren’t over yet. [...]

If you, as a manager, coach or a trainer, want to help people to find their passion what should you do? Here are our top ten tips to help you start thinking.

Accelerated learning (AL) provides executives with a range of rapid response tools. Here Clive Lewis outlines what these are and why they are so important.
So you are familiar with accelerated learning (AL). Good for you. But take note; if you are a trainer or a training manager the issue isn’t about how AL can help [...]

Clive Lewis, MD of Illumine, argues that managers start applying AL techniques to the everyday challenges they face.
Accelerated Learning (AL) is a must for managers. Why? Because of information overload. For our personal and business lives we simply have to find smarter ways to sort, absorb and handle the increasing quantity of information that comes [...]