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Transferable Skills: How Coaching Expertise Enhances Leadership as a Centre Director

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During my time as Centre Director at Bede’s Summer School, I vividly remember facing challenges where group leaders raised concerns about scheduling and programme specifications. Instead of quickly making changes or dismissing their feedback, I used my coaching skills to engage with them. Through active listening—a key element of coaching—I understood the underlying issues and …

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The case of keeping business away on weekends; a plea for email restraint

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Picture this: it’s Saturday morning, and you’re finally anticipating the prospect of a well-deserved weekend break.

Humour as a catalyst in doing business

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Humour! I’d consider it a universal “law”; everybody laughs at some point; everybody has the need to violate the logical sequence of thinking and speaking, the politically correct attitude and the noble handling of expressing language.

Improvise and Rise

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“Um/Er/uh”, “Well”, “Actually”, “You see”, “I mean” and so many more are common filler words meaningless in theory but life saving to our psychology in communicative situations. And this is because they provide these seconds of hesitation that your mind is whirling to find what to say next.

Summer Holiday Business Greetings: Make them authentic

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The past month I’ve caught myself thinking about summer destinations, getaways, untroubled moments and a break in business activity. At the same I’ve realised that the mind and the body need to recuperate after a much challenging year with loads of adjustments and strenuous moments.

Verbal Intelligence; or to put it simply it’s all about Words

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With so much going on around the world, it’s probably high time we juggled many issues troubling us. And what a better way to start with than sharing our ideas, concerns, conflicts and ideologies through words and verbal communication.

Conflict resolution

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Just say the word conflict and you will receive some uncomfortable looks. Especially at the workplace it is almost impossible to avoid it since you have to deal with different personalities and all range of issues.

Pinch Punch and White Rabbits

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February is the border between winter and spring. February 2021 is another month probably taking us a step further from the pandemic.

Lipstick and the Stock Market: Is there a connection?

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Lipstick made its initial cosmetic appearance in during the era of the Ancient Egyptians, but the theory that this beauty product can be used as an economic indicator was first recognized when the United States industrial production severely declined, while sales of lipstick (along with cheap entertainment) increased between 1929 and 1933 during the Great Depression.

20 Christmas greetings in English for your business contacts

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It’s This Time Of The Year When (Almost) Everyone Needs To Send Christmas Wishes To Colleagues, Associates And Partners.