by David Goldring | Mar 9, 2012 | Article, Learning
If it seems like there’s a little more room to breathe around the Inspire blog it’s because I’ve just finished disposing of a hefty can of spam. I trawled through the older blog posts and filters and ended up obliterating nearly 3000 items of electronic junk-mail. I...
by David Goldring | Mar 7, 2012 | Learning, Uncategorized
I am increasingly convinced that Integrity and Energy are the key to sales success. In some work I am doing for a leading advertising sales business our research is proving that the most successful salespeople long term are those who combine personal motivation and...
by David Goldring | Nov 28, 2011 | Education, Leadership, Learning, Uncategorized
This weekend a number of challenging conversations led us to ponder how we can support colleagues and clients to use business tools to express themselves and reach their full potential. It was 11am in London, and a worried mother shot me a dagger look as I passed a...
by David Goldring | Sep 16, 2011 | Education, Leadership, Learning, Lumina, Uncategorized
It’s been an exhilarating experience being part of the new Free School experiment sweeping the UK – we’re a community with the opportunity to build a school that reflects our values and ethos, and this week the doors of Eden Primary opened. Ziggy (our four year old)...
by David Goldring | Apr 28, 2011 | Leadership, Learning, Other
Back in the early 90’s, as a sales manager buying training services I was swayed by our training providers well compiled “feedback” reports that demonstrated 8 out of 10 cats preferred their training. As the person charged with demonstrating return on...
by David Goldring | Apr 21, 2011 | Article, Happiness, Leadership, Learning
This week it is Passover, and as Jews we partake in a celebration of freedom from slavery and oppression. We are commanded to tell the story of Moses and how he’d led the ancient Israelites from Pharoes enslavement. In our home my father always recreated the...
