What is a «facilitating environment»?

Some time ago, I was running a workshop about leadership for charity bosses. During the conversation, one of the participants told us about the time when her charity lost a

Stress and work

A major issue with businesses is the extent to which stress felt by people in the business is created by the circumstances of the business and in the business. This is a

GradStart for graduate recruits—programme definition

GradStart for Businesses is a programme designed to enable graduate recruits develop the personality, skills and knowledge they need to function optimally in the workplace.

Why is GradStart for Universities needed?

The government, and other organisations, such as The Complete University Guide and The guardian, publish league tables of graduates’ prospects by university. These tables,

Helping students get (better) jobs

GradStart is a programme of workshops and associated supporting activities which raises students' abilities before and during job search. It is tailored to meet the needs of,

An approach to hiring and inducting graduates that works

During the course of our conversation, it became apparent that Waterstons not only has a well-developed process for bringing new graduate recruits into the business, but also

A (very) short piece about the stages of a work relationship

The five stages of a business relationship

A short piece about the principles of networking

These ten principles of networking (particularly aimed at startup businesses) have been developed from thirteen years of networking, coaching and teaching about networking and

The key quotations

Of all the quotations in my collection—over a thousand—these seem to epitomise emotional intelligence at work more than most.

A short piece about elevator pitches

The idea of an ‘elevator pitch’ is that you get into a lift (elevator) only to find that inside is the very person whom you need to persuade to help your business. What do you