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August 2010 | Generate Some New Ideas | This issue is all about generating ideas. Articles include: Unleash Your Own Creativity; Innovation - The Ultimate Leadership Challenge; Creativity and Team Working; and 2-10-2 How to turn 2 ideas into 10 ideas in 2 minutes. We'll also take a look at the Reversal technique and there is a FREE guide to "Generating and Communicating Ideas" to download. Read the latest issue here... |
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| September 2010 | Read Faster... For Business... For Study... |
Key themes: Speed Reading |
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| October 2010 | Communicate With IMPACT! | Key themes: Verbal Communication, Written Communication, Grammar, Presentation Skills, NLP | |
| November 2010 | Improve the Way Your Learn... | Key themes: Accelerated Learning, Mind Mapping, Speed Reading, Memory Improvement | |
2010 past issues: |
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| July 2010 | Respond Faster and More Effectively in Difficult Situations | This issue is all verbal communciation and how we are all needing to respond faster and more effectively - especially in difficult situations. Articles include: Saying the Right Thing... At the Right Time..., Ever Been Caught on the Spot When Someone Says: "A Quick Question for You"...", Don't Blow It - Reach Out and Communicate Powerfully. It also includes a free guide to verbal communication to download. Read the latest issue here... |
| June 2010 | Creativity for Logical Thinkers | This issue is all about creative thinking. Articles include: Are You Ever Guilty of Making the Single Most Common Creative Thinking Mistake; and Running Creativity Sessions. It also includes Top Tips to Free Your Creativity. Read the latest issue here... |
| May 2010 | Mind Mapping Mastery | This issue coincided with Learning at Work Day 2010. It's all about Mind Mapping and how this versitile technique can help in business. Articles include: An Indroduction to Mind Mapping; Note-taking with Mind Maps; Mind Maps as a Business Tool; and Mind Mapping for Anyone Who Manages Projects. Find out more and read this issue... |
| April 2010 | Facilitating for Success | This issue is for anyone who needs to faciltiate, train, lead discussions or motivate others to get the most from groups and teams. Articles include: Wouldn't it Be Great if Working in Groups Was Easier?; Facilitate to Get Group Agreement FAST!; and 7 Priciples of Effectvie Faciltiation. Find out more and read this issue... |
| March 2010 | Rewire Your Brain | We've packed this issue full of hints and tips to help you "Rewire Your Brain"; so you can form new and lasting habits, do more and remember more. It features guest writer Vanda North - Co Author (with Richard Israel) of Mind Chi: Re-wire Your Brain in 8 Minutes a Day, Strategies for Success in Business and Life. She'll introduce you to Mind Chi - the 8 minute a day programme that can help give you the reins of self control.Articles featured in this issue include:Re-wire Your Brain to Combat Information Overwhelm; Memory Mastery - A Brilliant Memory Can Transform Your Impact at Work; Right Those Wrongs: Make a New and Lasting Habit - Mind Chi in Action; and Fun Stuff - Speed Read a Newspaper in 10 Minutes. Find out more and read this issue... |
| February 2010 | The Engagement Agenda | This is the second part of our 'Engagement Series'. It concentrates on Employee engagement. Articles include: What is Engagement? The Current State of Play; How to Have More Engagement; and Implicatins for Managers and Leaders. Find out more and read this issue... |
| January 2010 | Engage and Motivate for Success | This is the first of two engagement and motivation newsletters. This issue concentrates on passion, values and creating a state in which you and your teams are passionate about their work. Articles include: Choose Your Passion; Values - A Key Driver of Passion at Work; and How Can We?!! Find out more and read this issue... |
2009 issues: |
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| End of Year Review | This newsletter was produced as a review of the best articles of the year. Find out more and read this issue... | |
| December 2009 | Creativity and Innovation - Nobody Does It Better | With this newsletter we thought it would be a good idea to think about how to generate new and innovative ideas. Either your own or using the collective knowledge of the people around you. We'll discuss a couple of the creative thinking techniques available to you in this newsletter to help you generate new ideas, empower people and nurture creativity in your teams. Articles include: Bolster Your Creativity, Today; and 2 - 10 - 2 - How to turn 2 ideas into 10 ideas in 2 minutes. Find out more and read this issue... |
| November 2009 | It's Only Written Words | The second of our 'Communication Series', concentrating on written communication. Articles include: Don't Blame the Reader - It's Up to the Writer to Ensure the Message is Clear; and Brush Up On Your Grammar. Find out more and read this issue... |
| October 2009 | Thinking (and Speaking) On Your Feet | The first of our 'Communication Series' concentrating on verbal communication. Articles include: Verbal Communication in Business - More Improtant Than You Think?; 10 Ways to improve Your Verbal Communication Skills; Fear and Excitement; and Helping Listeners Receive Your Message. Find out more and read this issue... |
| September 2009 | Using Both Sides of the Brain | This issue focuses on the left and right sides of the brain. Articles include: Building Better Brains; Are Your Brain Fit?; and Left Brain... Right Brain... Find out more and read this issue... |
| August 2009 | Developing People | This newsletter discusses some of the people development techniques available to you. Articles include: Cultivate Your People for a Healthy Crop; and Developing the Leaders of the Future. Find out more and read this issue... |
| July 2009 | Workplace Wellness | At work we need to concentrate, be creatve and communicate - yet there are so many factors that can have ian adverse effect on performance. This is is all about workplace wellness. Articles include: Who Needs Well-being, Work-life Balance and a Healthier Lifestyle; The Vitality Factor; and Retaining and Motivating Your People. Find out more and read this issue... |
| June 2009 | Think Differently | This issue is all about thinking differently. Articles include: Prepare for the Upturn with Big Breakthrough Ideas; Come Together, Right Now; Top Talent. Full Throttle; and Retaining and Motivating Your People. Find out more and read this issue... |
| May 2009 | Engage and Motivate | This issue is all about engagement and motivation. We discuss how you can motivate and engage yourself and others to deliver stand out performance. Articles include: Leaders Need Passionate Teams, Especially in Tough Times; Stand Out Thinking for Stand Out Performance; Help People Perform with Passion; Ten op Tips to Help Your People Find Their Inner 'Passion'; and Motivating People. Find out more and read this issue... |
| April 2009 | Do More With Less | This issue gives the discusses the tools and techniques that will help you to learn, maximise that learning and continue to develop throughout your career and life. Articles include: Three Techniques that Make a Big Difference; Save a Day a Week; and Motivating Your People. Find out more and read this issue... |
| February/ March 2009 | Building Better External and Internal Relationships | It doesn't matter whether we are selling to our bosses, to our colleagues or to our clients, we have to build closer realtionships in order to offer better value. Articles include: Relationships are Important at Work; Selling Products and Services: The Importance of understanding Your Customer/Client Relationships as the Economy Tightens; Selling Products and Services: From "Death of a Salesman" to "Smarter Selling" - Developing Partner Relationships; Selling Products and Services: From Price to Value - How to Build Trust with Buyers; and Selling Ideas: Business Relationships at Work... That Work!. Find out more and read this issue... |
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