6th May, 2011 - Posted by stellacollins - 1 Comment
We’re often asked whether it’s wrong to write in the personal tone in business or science writing and whether it’s appropriate to write with more impact and to connect to people rather than write in the impersonal tone. Most academic science writing is written in the impersonal because it’s not necessarily important who did an » Read More
18th April, 2011 - Posted by bethcurl - No Comments
We are in the process of finalising the design for our Managing People Time and Pressure course, for 24 -25 May and would like to hear from you – is this what you need? Would you like to maximise individual and team performance and achieve more ? If so read on.. . So who is the course intended for? » Read More
6th April, 2011 - Posted by stellacollins - No Comments
Listening to the radio this morning there was an article about the census that caught my attention. Apparently one quarter of the population have not completed their forms and there are going to be census collectors out knocking on doors to try to encourage people to complete them. My attention was drawn to this article » Read More
1st April, 2011 - Posted by stellacollins - No Comments
How do you know who you’re talking to? Knowing who you’re communicating with saves time and effort, whether you’re influencing, selling or negotiating because when you know who you’re talking to you have far more idea about what they want. And this is the same whether you’re communicating face to face or in writing. When » Read More
20th March, 2011 - Posted by bethcurl - No Comments
Networking: A Key Skill for Developing Your Career Networking is proven to be the most effective way of finding your next career move, so we spend some time on the Career Management Workshop (see blog entry Why Have a Career Management Workshop? 20.3.11), exploring how to network. The participants this week came up with a » Read More
20th March, 2011 - Posted by bethcurl - No Comments
Why Have a Career Management Workshop? What is in it for the Employer? This week, I have been running one of my favourite programmes – Career Management Workshop. My client, a major global company in the life sciences sector, gives employees an opportunity to take stock of where they are in their careers, and to explore their » Read More
4th March, 2011 - Posted by bethcurl - No Comments
Like so many other people, I really enjoyed “The Kings Speech” and I am delighted that the film won so many awards in the Oscars. It was a heartwarming and inspiring account of real events and even if there were some historical inaccuracies, I felt that for me, it brought this period of history and the » Read More
4th March, 2011 - Posted by stellacollins - No Comments
We are huge fans of Robert Cialdini’s work on the power of persuasion because he’s an expert and always backs up his ideas with solid research. Here’s a piece that we came across recently, courtesy of New Scientist, that appears to add weight to Cialdini’s principle of social proof/ consensus which states that we are » Read More
25th February, 2011 - Posted by stellacollins - No Comments
This week was the 2nd day of an Effective Writing workshop – we’d had a break of a month after day 1 and done some 1:1 coaching with each of the people attending. So what did they learn? The programme covered a 7 step writing process, starting with Step 1, considering your audience. Who are » Read More
22nd February, 2011 - Posted by stellacollins - 2 Comments
Last week I ran a 2 day workshop on communicating to influence and it was great to hear people become more confident in their powers of persuasion so you might like to hear what we covered. We started by working out what were the basics of communication – what are the elements, visual, vocal and » Read More
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