Blog tag: work collegues

Have you ever wondered how to end ‘blame game’ behaviour at work? Here are the top tips from the experts: Eleanor Shakiba; author of Difficult People Made Easy When blame game tactics are at play, you’re likely to find lots of ‘us and them’ style stories being told. Employees who…

“Busy” has become a word so packed with meaning in social circumstances, it has become has common a response as ‘fine’ to the question ‘How are you?’. Habitual it might be but are you telling people what you really want to when you use this in conversation? Busy can be…

When we hear the word Psychopath we commonly think of mass murderers and other criminal elements. Did you know that people with psychopathic tendencies make up 1 to 2 percent of the population? We encounter them frequently in our lives and they are particularly well designed for high power corporate…

Beware the boundary violators – we all know them, the space invaders and the time suckers. They waste your time, make you feel uncomfortable and seem to make you say and do things you don’t want to.  A lot of people have issues with setting and maintaining boundaries with others.…

When Andy Cohen Wray begin learning NLP 18 months ago, none of us knew where it would take him. Working for Heathrow Airport at the time, Andy was a keen sportsman and had done some hurdling competitions, deep in the back of his mind though was an idea. Fascinated by…

There are three main skill sets that ensure success in business: people skills, technology skills and problem-solving skills.Problem-solving is a high level thinking skill. It involves accurately assessing an issue, identifying potential solutions and choosing the most effective solutions to implement. Building the problem solving skills of your team benefits…

Toxic team dynamics are behavioural or communication patterns which destroy a healthy workplace. Key signs of a toxic team are: Think of a toxic team like it’s a dysfunctional family, everyone knows it doesn’t feel good but they are still compelled to ‘play’ their role. Toxic teams can creep up…

Over the last 15 years we have been working in the field of leadership development we have become fascinated by the questions people ask us about leadership: What makes a good leader? What makes a bad one? Does the world need leaders who are strong, single minded and driven to…