Hello, How can you LAUNCH your Resilience? Recently there’s been a lot of talk about stress, wellbeing and resilience in education – there’s a lot of stress about generally due to austerity, uncertainty and changes in the social and political … Continued
Hello, I hope you’re well? We were looking at the year–so–far recently and during that time I did some personal reflection on the personal aims I set in January after reading a report highlighted in Adam Alter’s superb ‘Irresistable’ book, … Continued
It’s as easy as falling off a skateboard… My name is Bernie, I’m 51 and 11 months and I fell off a skateboard last Saturday. There, I’ve said it, admitted it. I’m an idiot. We were having a family … Continued
On Saturday 24th February I was honoured to be chosen as the guest speaker for #SkillsFest2018 in Barrow in Furness, South Cumbria. Skills Fest is an annual celebration of jobs, placements and opportunities in the South Lakes / Furness region … Continued
You are an influencer. Whether you realise it or not, you are affecting, influencing and inspiring people every day just by being you. Colleagues, friends and acquaintances will watch you , listen to you and be moved by you. I … Continued
Quiz time: Q: What do the following words have in common? Belief Understanding Interest Learning Decisiveness A1: They are all featured in our #YourEnterpriseAlphabet cards as definitions. A2: They spell BUILD as an acronym. Building (see what I … Continued
The theme I’m adopting this year for my business and personal life is embodied in the Socrates Quote at the top of this post: “The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but … Continued
From all of us, to all of you, Have an amazing and Happy Christmas and a prosperous and exciting New Year! Here’s to 2018 and all it may bring!
Habits, habits, habits. What word springs to mind when you see ‘habits’ – Good? Bad? Clerical? – I bet the main one was ‘bad’, right? Most of us would agree that we have a few bad habits wouldn’t we? Some … Continued
On 7th November 2017 I stood in front of 200 nurses at the Nursing in Practice Conference at the NEC, after lunch to do the keynote speech about domestic violence. Specifically, I was telling Sarah Gosling’s story. Sarah was brought … Continued