by Alisha Smith | Dec 3, 2018 | Article, Leadership, Learning, Other
The 2018 Shipping Report opened my eyes to some interesting ideas and got me thinking about unconscious bias in hiring and talent management. You can download a copy of the report from The Lighthouse Company website and also watch the 10 brilliant manifestos that we...
by Alisha Smith | Jul 9, 2018 | Article, Leadership, Learning, Other
One of the areas Sales Leaders were keen to cover in our latest Inspire programme was “Proactive Networking”. They had noticed that some in the team were ignoring the importance of widening and deepening their networks of industry contacts. The resulting...
by David Goldring | Nov 9, 2014 | Article, Education, Happiness, Learning
Adam Hopkinson’s angry old man rant about how we are using , and abusing, communication channels, was an interesting start to my week. His basic premises is that we should pay more attention to the channels we use, avoid switching mid conversation (i.e. moving...
by David Goldring | Oct 9, 2014 | Article, Happiness, Leadership, Learning
Kids were late for school on Tuesday, my fault, and I made our new schoolrun rota pal late too. Now I realise my error, but when I grabbed my phone from my son while doing a 3 point turn, to look at the map, I was cursing Jools. I had done her a favour, and she...
by David Goldring | Feb 15, 2013 | Article, Education, Happiness, Leadership, Other
Well like many of us, I was able to avoid the temptation of reposting it as suggested. Not only was I sceptical of Linked-ins motives, but I was wary of the methodology- and my own motives. Yet after seeing a few posts about it, and personal comments, I couldn’t...
by David Goldring | Jun 28, 2012 | Article
‘Locus of control’ is an aspect of personality psychology. It essentially relates to how much control you feel you have over your life. ‘Locus’ just means ‘place where something happens,’ especially if that something is an abstract concept (for example, a particular...
