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It’s said that inspiration is where you find it…well here is my inspiration for today. Andy Ripley is a rugby player from the 1970s; he wrote the following: Dare we hope? We dare. read more of Inspiration! By definition there can only be 100% of something; 101% or 110% is just not possible otherwise IT becomes the 100%. When speaking in business if our desire is to affirm a positive commitment, why not say “I agree completely”; if we have to use percentages to express the level of our agreement/support, “I agree 100%” will read more of 100% Gravitas Gifts are a strange thing, they come loaded with expectations. When gifting you hope the recipient will be pleased to receive it; receive a gift and you may have a number of potential reactions: read more of Feedback – it’s a gift! What is the point in deferring the activities, the events, the happiness that you need, until retirement? It’s time for a paradigm shift: in-thinking; in-acting and in-doing. Regular, mini retirements that redress the sole, the mind and the body are an alternative worthy of consideration; I am. “I’ll be happy when I can…” “it’ll be alright when I am read more of Retirement; it’s time to re-think. A wise man learns form others. If you have a spare 30 minutes you may find this podcast from the BBC informative and stimulating. Listen to comments from Sir Stuart Rose of Marks and Spencer, Damon Buffini of Permira, Sir Gulam Noon, Vincent Tchenguiz and Professor Manfred Kets de Vries of INSEAD business school read more of Lessons from Entrepreneurs Just as the gladiators of ancient Rome had the coliseums, there are is perhaps no better environment to observe the finest business brains, tacticians, technical innovators and seat of the pants, gung-ho egos compete than the Formula 1 motor-sport championship. Returning after the winter break, the 2010 season begins on Sunday 14th March in Bahrain. Forward thinking read more of The world’s best university How fitting for International Women’s Day; Kathryn Bigelow becomes the first woman to win best director at the Oscars, as The Hurt Locker wins the best film prize. 2010 is the 82nd time the gold statues have been awarded so why then has it taken so long for a women to win? Let’s hope the publicity associated with read more of A first for women The traditional model of rewarding an employee typically equates to ‘the-going-rate’ or ‘market level’ for the job. The employer expects and the employee agrees to a specific set of responsibilities and the implied associated activity. In return for the reward, the employee is expected to work for a ‘nominal’ number of hours. On occasion, it doesn’t matter how read more of Payment by results It is with much regret that we have to postpone our C.I.P.D. – South East Wales branch presentation planned for Wednesday 10th February 2010. Training courses don’t work – save your budget and switch to something that does! An unprecedented work schedule means we will not be in Cardiff on the 10th. Apologies to those who had already read more of News update – South East Wales CIPD Event It’s appropriate on the first day of the New Year to look forward. The Business Artisan theme for 2010 is summed up in one word: Utilisation. Utilisation of: OK, deep breath, read more of New Year: looking ahead. |
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