19 November 2018
Experience is the best teacher
Ever wondered about the best learning experience you ever had? I’ve been chatting with Vicky Deighton this week about this and she shared her best learning experience. “I remember the first time I got into a light aircraft, it was a sunny day in August and I had decided to try and overcome my fear […]
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8 November 2018
Values and a horse called Opus changed my life
This was the statement that headed up the entry for York Press Business Awards “Business Personality of the Year” and which resulted in me being shortlisted down to 3! I’ve been overwhelmed by the messages I have received in the last few days since the award was announced and just wanted to put together a […]
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6 November 2018
Lack of investment in developing managers and leaders
We are rapidly approaching the end of another year and yet we are still seeing a lack of investment in management and leadership skills in many SMEs. We often hear managers and leaders say they have had no formal development in this area and many just assumed the role because they were good at their […]
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25 October 2018
Deadening and Demoralising?
“People are reporting that they find work a mixture of crushing, deadening and/or demoralising. Their workload is often heavy and relentless and there is little or no support.” – Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Is this you? What is interesting is that we can be the cause of this, for example, we place unrealistic […]
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22 October 2018
A new job…frightening and scary or spookily good?
If you would have asked me last year where I would see myself in a year’s time, my answer would certainly not have been ‘employed’. As a business owner of 8.5 years, I considered myself ‘unemployable’ and thought that my attitudes and values would only really fit with working for myself. Fast forward a year […]
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11 October 2018
Is a lack of focus on employee engagement impacting on increased mental ill health?
I was talking with a prospective client this week who are concerned at the increase they are seeing in sickness due to Mental ill health. It was interesting as they had mixed thoughts as they wondered whether it was good that people were now feeling able to say that their sickness is due to mental […]
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27 September 2018
Being authentic at work
Here’s a question we get asked a lot – How can you remain authentic when you act differently at work than at home? We call this difference between home and work as being your “professional self”. By this we mean staying true to your values and what is important to you at work, however, how […]
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26 September 2018
Being vulnerable
Have you ever shown your vulnerability at work? Yikes it’s a scary thought! However, when people share their vulnerability, it tends to break down barriers, shows a more human side and people are more likely to trust you and connect with you. Showing a vulnerability demonstrates honesty and openness and displays trust in one another. […]
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26 September 2018
KATHS BLOG – MY FIRST 90 DAYS
Wow, what a whirlwind it’s been, and I can’t believe I am already 3 months in. I joined Pro-Development in June, in a supporting role to assist with back end functions to help free up our learning & development consultants to get on with what they do best. Having not started a “new job” in […]
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