In many ways changing behaviour is the holy grail of learning and development these days. But actually changing behaviour - although it may be the object of a training programme - isn't always the end result. Because in fact changing your own behaviour, or indeed changing someone else's, isn't that easy...
Blog Category: Blog
[Article] What have we learned?
This week marks a full year since the first time I held a meeting of my team via zoom. We’d been due to have one of our full-day team meetings, but with the looming threat of COVID-19, I decided on the day before to switch to a virtual meeting.
[Video] Personality types
Explaining what personality types are all about is quite a big task, but there are some aspects of personality that are quite easy to spot and they can be helpful...
[Article] Leadership Development – can we do it online?
Towards the end of the first UK-wide lockdown in 2020, I had a conversation with a client about a Leadership Development programme. We talked at length about the pros and cons of doing it online. I eventually wrote this paper, to capture the arguments for and against.
[Video] What is NLP?
I often get asked: "What is NLP?" and I could give you an official definition or a couple of one-sentence answers. But NLP is a rich and complex field and, I think, merits a fuller explanation.
[Article] Difficult to live with?
I was having a conversation with a friend about the break-up of his long-term relationship. “Apparently,” he said, “I’m difficult to live with.” Well, he’s my friend. So I won’t hear a word against him. But it did get me thinking about why it can be hard for two people who love each other to share a home without driving each other crazy.
[Article] Whether the weather be fine…
It’s often been said that British people are obsessed with the weather. It’s true that we do talk about the weather a lot, and it’s usually the easiest way to make ‘small talk’ with a British resident.
[Article] Could do better
What are your development goals for this year? Mine include developing the skill to create the same magic in an online training as I’m used to seeing on site, venturing into the world of podcasts and finding a way to read a few more from that mountain of books I keep adding to…
[Article] What is Coaching?
‘Coaching ‘is one of those words that means different things to different people. It’s often confused with Mentoring and sometimes means little more than giving feedback. Here’s my take on what it means and why it’s useful…
[Article] Lockdown 3.0
As people in the UK face further weeks in total lockdown and in other countries around the world the picture is not much different, how are you doing? Is this the ‘new normal’ everyone has been talking about? Or are you tired of being restricted, restless and unfocused? How is your mental health?
[Video] Our new training room
If 2020 was the year of discovering how to deliver learning experiences online, 2021 is about putting the Brilliant Minds magic into everything that we do. To that end...
[Article] Time to Reflect
According to David Kolb’s model of learning, Reflection is an important part of the learning process. By observing and reflecting, then coming up with concepts and ideas, we make sense of our experiences and learn from them. So how do you and I reflect?
