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
Last Saturday, YES, Saturday, we went to Energus in Cumbria’s Energy Coast to deliver the Development Day for the 60 Year 12 and 13 students from Cumbrian schools and colleges who have been chosen from over 250 who applied for … 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
The Achievement and Enterprise Coordinator at Our Lady and St Chad’s Academy in Wolverhampton – where we had previously worked – asked us if we could help with confidence and teambuilding with their more-able / academic students in KS3. We … 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
Here’s another short blog post for you – it’s a daily reminder, print it off, put it on the fridge, next to the kettle, at your desk, on your bike, on the mirror…you get the idea: “Be SO GOOD … Continued
Future Skills – research and responses. There have been a few new studies and reports written recently about careers development, support and access in the UK. I read a few of them over the weekend and will try and make … Continued