The Top Tips Blog

Knowing when to delegate tasks is a key leadership skill. To help improve your ability to delegate the right job at the right time I'm going to talk about Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet. Both multi...

I spend more and more time training people how to delegate effectively these days. Delegation used to be just one small part of a day's Time Management training but over the years I've discovered...

If you want to be able to ask for anything then you need to be prepared to hear the word "No".

I often talk about power of the word "No". When you grasp the confidence to politely but firmly...

Over various Top Tips emails occasionally I’ve mentioned my friend Keith. He’s a lively soul and young at heart. Always up for an event, a couple of beers or three and the first to say...

I got a pretty severe summer haircut this week. I didn’t realise it was quite so brutal until everyone I met later that day said “Now, that’s a haircut!”

To...

Yesterday was our 21st wedding anniversary and so we celebrated with a few drinks. It's important to show that you care about the most important people in your life.

Charlotte enjoyed glasses of...

Everyone should learn how to use a model to negotiate with. And I have a very cool rock and roll one to share with you.

Negotiating is a very underrated skill which is odd because it can easily...

I’m pretty sure that this Top Tips is going to get me into trouble.

That’s because I’m going to share with you two things that my wife doesn’t do.

Firstly, she doesn’t...

Every week I share an idea or thoughts about how to do something like how to be a better manager. Well, this week it's the opposite, we're going to look at something that we definitely should not...

"Now this is a story all about how,

My life got flipped, turned upside down”

I’m always interested in the stories people tell themselves. An individual’s perspective on the world...

People are often very hard on themselves and are quick to judge something they do as a failure.

Worse than that, they apply that same label to themselves.

"I tried that and it didn't work. It...

Like many people across the country* you might well have more time on your hands than ever before and, coincidentally, a larger choice of TV programmes to watch.

If you're like me then some of that...