Crisis Leadership and Resilience – 6 Tips

Crisis Leadership and Resilience – 6 Tips

Crisis Leadership and Resilience – 6 Tips I have dealt with crisis many times before, in management of it and latterly as a communicator. Currently I am only on the periphery of this one, so it’s given me time to reflect. This situation is not going away soon...
Positive Mentoring

Positive Mentoring

Positive Mentoring How many of you have mentors and if so, what difference have they made to your life? Mentoring has been brought into sharp focus for me over the last few days, following the sad untimely death of a bit of a Royal Air Force legend, Squadron Leader...
Crisis Communications – What’s the Plan?

Crisis Communications – What’s the Plan?

Crisis Communications – What’s the Plan? I heard an ex NHS Comms colleagues say, ‘the CEO thinks we have a communications crisis because our take-up of the staff flu vaccine is not good and we will be severely criticised’. I heard a business colleague say, ‘we have...
Media Training for Sales – What’s that about?

Media Training for Sales – What’s that about?

Media Training for Sales – What’s that about? I was recently asked to adapt my media training course, to deliver 2 development workshops for a sales team.  On the face of it, why deliver this type of training for a team unlikely to appear in front of main-stream...

What Spins Your Props?

What Spins Your Props? I heard the term ‘spinning your props’ from an ex-military colleague. What it means is an understanding of what moves and inspires you; that is the motivation to get you out of bed. These core influences define us as a person and in my...