Category: Communication
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4 Things to Focus on over Christmas
Welcome to the last blog of the year (non Aconcagua related at least), it certainly doesn’t feel like 12 months since I was writing something very similar last year! Year 3 was the year that I tried to work out what I wanted to be when I grow up and as Kili Consulting comes to…
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3 Things over Christmas to set yourself up for 2016
Welcome to the last blog of the year and what a year it has been – tempus fugit ……… and some! It has been an interesting and challenging year in so many different ways, but one in which I have gone to work on myself and made massive progress. I am looking forward to a…
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5 Lessons for Life and Business
A year ago yesterday my Dad passed away from a huge and sudden stroke. It was a shock then and remains a stark and absolute reminder that even the strongest, invincible, seemingly unstoppable comes to an end. This is as true for people as it is for products, services and customers. It has been a…
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How to ensure a merger or acquisition succeeds
I was watching an old series of the David Attenborough show “Life” and there was a very interesting piece on baboons in Ethiopia that caught my attention for a number of reasons, not least because it parallels very well the spike in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) we have recently been seeing. The action followed one…
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Play to Strengths
I have just returned from a wonderful weekend at home in Devon – which included a walk on Dartmoor with a couple of pals from our 2013 Kilimanjaro expedition and an old mate. Four more different types you could not imagine, and the experience of planning and going on the walk got me thinking about…
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Shameless Hornblowing
I was very lucky to attend a wonderful concert at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester last night, the premier music venue in the Northwest no less. The event was a celebration of the 500 year anniversary of Bolton Boy’s school, 100 years of the Girl’s school and a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the…
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The Days are Long but the Years are Short
I was indulging in a little social media surfing and came across this simple little video that really resonated with me, so I thought I would share it; this was put together by a lady called Gretchen Rubin, a best-selling author and exponent of mastering living more effectively http://www.gretchenrubin.com/. As usual it got me thinking…
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Plan to Perform
My daughter came in to the bedroom earlier this morning excitedly waving her notepad at me and declaring “I have planned out my morning”! As you can see from her to-do list – she had indeed planned her morning. She duly followed through with her plan and had a successful day! Now this fits smack…
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Two Ears versus One Mouth
“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.” ― Diogenes Laërtius My colleague and friend Malcolm Follos has been using this expression in meetings and workshop for years as a way of setting a precedent around ground rules; I have followed suit and can hear…