Category: Personal Development
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Navigating the Self-Employment Roller Coaster
It has been way too long… I am embarrassed at how my social media posting has dropped, at the length of time it has taken for me to post another blog… however, that is because I fell into the curse of the self employed! What curse? That of taking on too much work through anxiety…
· Adult Education, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, imposter syndrome, Leadership, learning and development, Mental Health, Motivation, Non-profit projects and organisation, Personal Development, Professional Development, self awareness, self employment, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Wellbeing -
March Newsletter
Winter suddenly feels behind us as March brings unexpected warmth! It feels a time of rejuvenation, of growth amid and in spite of the economic challenges continuing. My year has suddenly ramped up this month and in doing so my social media has fallen by the wayside. So moving into April I will be looking…
· Adult Education, Book review, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, DISC, employee engagement, engaging with employees, imposter syndrome, Leadership, learning and development, mentoring, motivating employees, Motivation, Non-profit projects and organisation, Organisational Development, Personal Development, Professional Development, self employment, work life balance -
Book Review – Quiet
By Susan Cain I only learned I might be an Introvert last year… at 54 I think that it would have been handy to have learnt a lot earlier! However, with it only recently become vogue to identify at extrovert or introvert, I guess it is better late than never. Reading Susan Cain’s ‘Quiet’ has…
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Identifying latent skills
I tend to mention in my posts, fairly frequently, the importance of undertaking a skills audit of your staff and I would like to explain why. But first, what is a skills audit? A skills audit is an audit of the existing skills that your staff possess. This can be designed around for their current…
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‘Meh’ to ‘Yeh’
So, last week I had a very unsatisfactory after work run. I class an unsatisfactory run one in which I feel as bad at the end as I did at the start! When there is no impressive time within which I ran to make it feel worth it. When I don’t notice the beautiful colours…
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Review – ‘Surrounded by Psychopaths’ by Thomas Erikson
My reading of ‘surrounded by Idiots’ raised such interest in me that I was thrilled when a colleague loaned me ‘surrounded by psychopaths’. This was written after Erikson recognised that a select group of people were using the information he provides in his first book to manipulate others. He wrote this book to provide us…
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Review – ‘Surrounded by Idiots’ by Thomas Erikson
I’m on a bit of a development roll at the moment as I prepare for personal and professional challenges ahead. I’ve just finished reading Thomas Erikson’s ‘Surrounded by Idiots’ which explains the four types of human behaviour the DISC profile tool explores. The four types, you may know, are Red-Dominant, Blue-Analytical, Yellow-Inspiring, and Green- Stable.…
· Book review, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, DISC, employee engagement, engaging with employees, imposter syndrome, Leadership, learning and development, mentoring, motivating employees, Motivation, Non-profit projects and organisation, Onboarding, Organisational Development, Personal Development, Professional Development, self awareness -
Making a change…
I’ve recently been thinking about my work future. I’ve been thinking of my career and where I want it to go. I’ve been wondering if it is the right fit for me, if it is fulfilling, and what, besides the money, is important to me. Going freelance or being a sole trader has always had…
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The continual rise and fall in importance of learning and development
Why is it, whenever there needs to be a tightening of the budget, learning and development is one of the first departments to be impacted… and how can companies maintain a learning and development programme in such circumstances? A learning and developing culture can be cultivated with very little expense. And when employees are encouraged…
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Five year plans
I recently reacted to a LinkedIn post that was reminding us we are in control of our working lives, and that we should not feel we are stuck in a rut. My response was: ‘This is a fresh perspective for those of us feeling in a rut! We are in control of our working lives.…
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Psychological Safety in the Workplace
Not a buzzword! Wikipedia defines psychological safety as: ‘… the belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes. In teams, it refers to team members believing that they can take risks without being shamed by other team members.’ That sounds rather extreme doesn’t it… it…
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Engaging with Volunteers
As a charity or community organisation, your volunteers can be the lifeblood of your work. Without volunteers, you may struggle to reach all the people you wish to support. However, engaging with, motivating and keep volunteers can be tricky. If you want to develop a successful volunteering programme, here are a few ideas! Keeping volunteers…
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To Mentor or to Mentee..
Humans have a need to learn and to help others. This is why we are curious and talk to each other, why most of us enjoy experiencing new things or places. However, Clutterbuck (2014) warns us that sometimes our need to help others, to pass on our wisdom, outweighs our recipient’s desire to learn, or…
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Communities of practice…
…are groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area by interacting on an ongoing basis.” ―Etienne Wenger, Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge What defines a community of practice is a group of…
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Speed mentoring…hmmmm…
Ok, so feeling a little ridiculous right now. It’s 3.32am and I have given up fighting the little voice in my head. I have to get my thoughts out there. Speed mentoring. Really? When I first heard the term used it was by an American colleague who was contacting me about a mentoring programme she…
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Imposter Syndrome…
The imposter syndrome: it can be a fleeting sensation that you only ever experience the once or one that cripples us with nerves at every available opportunity. I am the later. I hide my imposter syndrome behind jokes and constant re-questioning that can drive those around me mad. I become consumed with nervous energy and…
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The practice of critical reflection…
We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience. – John Dewey Critical reflection is self-critiquing…gently… Stepping back from and actively looking at how you work allows you to see ways in which you may have been able to achieve the same result in a better way. It is an internal quality…
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