The Top Tips Blog

A few readers got in touch about my recent post on why listening is such a great skill.

Interestingly each reader who got in touch mentioned that it was good to be reminded...

You probably think of yourself as a kind and thoughtful individual. Someone who cares, someone who is considerate, someone who displays gratitude.

Maybe you're someone like Charles Plumb.

Charles...

I can't stress enough how important it is to be a great listener. Listening is the key skill for sales people, managers, negotiators, coaches, teachers and parents.

Everyone really.

I...

Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity.

I think we can all agree that this a time* of increased adversity.

We all need to increase our levels of resilience right now. For...

A while ago I needed to walk to our local GP's surgery and collect a prescription for my daughter and I didn’t feel great about it.

I could have done without this chore. It was...

You’re mistaken if you think this post is about Communication. It’s about Effective Communication.

There's a big difference between the two.

When you listen to someone talking...

Here’s one of my favourite tips to help you regain more time.

Whatever task you’ve got on your to do list, whatever job you’ve got lined up, simply don’t do it as well as...

It's funny where we find inspiration.

It can be when you're crashed out on the sofa watching one of those programmes where someone struggles against adversity and somehow their challenge just...

I was mugged in the early hours of Wednesday morning in the streets of Barcelona.

Someone jumped me from behind and snatched my phone. It’s a long story so buckle up.

It’s been a very...

I spoke with a client earlier this week and we scheduled a few dates for the leadership team development work I’m running with them.

While we were scrolling through calendars, finding...

A short while ago I pranked my daughter about the tickets I’d bought her for this year’s Reading Festival.

Well now it’s here. The Reading Festival kicks off today and she’s...

Some words just go together don’t they? If I said “Fish and . . .” most people would finish that simple phrase with the word “chips”.

Lots of words lead us on like...