When facilitating a virtual meeting you should ‘cue’ your next speakers to avoid total silence or everyone talking at once. Send them a virtual red cue light… ‘Jo, I’ll turn…
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To help leaders and managers bring strategy to life in their part of the business, apply this simple sense-check. Would the strategy make sense if you chatted it through with…
Visual metaphors that are too close to what your business actually does can trigger conversations that stall. For example, if you are an airline, using air travel metaphors and images…
People can’t possibly adopt and advocate any new ways of working when they are still clinging to the old ways. When introducing change, celebrate what has gone before. Bank what…
To achieve your goals at your next event, do everything by the book, your playbook. You’ll need at least five chapters: The results your event will deliver An at a…
What is the key to a successful event? Ensure that participants leave your event engaged and armed with clear actions, then deliver change once back in the workplace. Broadening participation,…
Whatever journey you are on, the experience of professional guides always adds value. If your journey is to explain your business strategy – and take all of your people with…
To help ensure you maintain a bright, positive and optimistic mindset at work seek out some company that will give you a lift – other upbeat, constructive, energetic people. They’ll…
As you wait for your turn to present, watch the audience as well as the presenters. If a speaker does well, make a note of the physical space they presented…
When thinking through how to build a great relationship with an important stakeholder, try taking a different perspective! Instead of simply seeing things from your point of view, or indeed…
Do you only focus on the things that have gone wrong? Team meetings are rarely characterised by celebrations of what has gone well. Instead we often focus on what has…
Are you clear from the outset about who is covering what at your live event? The rehearsals for live events are often characterised by comments such as ‘I thought you…
