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A short comment this week as we are in Dubai exploring the opportunities for corporate management development and vocational training in this exciting growth centre.
In my youth, one of my favourite books was A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute. In the last part, English girl Jean Paget, who has survived World War II as [...]

This paper has been prepared by Andy Middleton of Pembroke Training. It is based on guidelines from Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton’s excellent book “The Knowing-Doing Gap”. All of them seem applicable to the work we do with our clients and provide sound advice on what really needs doing to make change happen. Think [...]

Dear Richard
Thank you for these insights.
I particularly like the viral approach to change and subscribe to it in my business undertakings.
Your son has a refreshing approach to team leadership and one that will hold him in good stead as he continues to grow.
Brefi is an inspiration to my own organisation as I continue to [...]

It is said that people don’t like change. Certainly many change programmes fail because people do not embrace change and consciously or unconsciously reject recommendations that would lead to a better performance.
We live in a world of change and most people embrace the benefits without even noticing. The last Christmas season recorded huge growth in [...]

Whenever I have to prepare a proposal or develop a programme for a new workshop, I start by checking our in-house resources. Recent searches have reminded me of the excellent products developed by Andrew Halfacre and I would like to remind you of what you can find on the resources section of our web site.

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Know everything– keep on top of your brief and your subject – knowledge gets respect

Have clear timelines

Give positive feedback in front of others

Have a laugh

Delegate – very, very important – don’t take on too much it gets no-one anywhere

Daily stand-up meetings – 2 minutes every morning so everyone knows where they are

Weekly retro [...]

One of my favourite applications of coaching is to help people through thresholds. In my case I specialise in "helping managers who think they should be directors and directors who still think like managers". Moving from being a manager to a director is not a continuum; it is a conceptual leap into another identity, different [...]

Dear Editor
Just a small note based on your suppliers comments on NLP and failure
There is a basic presupposition in all NLP training which I have undertaken, that is there is NO FAILURE only FEEDBACK, so for someone to use the word failure and NLP together is a very strange concept for most NLP Practitioners.
I feel [...]

What Is a "Mastermind Group"?
Simply put, a Mastermind Group is a meeting of minds that establishes powerful ongoing relationships, providing members with opportunities to collaboratively grow and sustain their businesses.
Napoleon Hill might not have coined the term ‘Mastermind’, but he was definitely the first author to [...]

I was talking to a colleague the other day and she commented on how hard she had found it to learn because the Indian culture did not recognise failure. The focus for young people was always on success. Then Andrew Halfacre submitted his thoughts on the value of failure. I am delighted, therefore, to feature [...]

From visiting editorial writer Andrew Halfacre.

I have been musing on a favourite quote of mine from Tony Robbins

"Success comes from good judgement
Good judgement comes from experience
And experience, often, comes from bad judgement!"

Because I failed my driving test the first time I found the determination to [...]

I shall be leading a delegation to Dubai in February. Brefi Group and Matthew Boulton College will be visiting Dubai between 25 February and 1 March. We shall be staying at the Tulip Inn Knowledge Village Hotel. If any readers would like to meet up with us, please contact me. Following this [...]

Dear Editor
I read your informative article. I have a question about the UK prime minister’s office which I hope you could answer. I need to draw the organization chart of this office. I visit their site at: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ and http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp but unfortunately I couldn’t find it. What I need is similar to those I [...]

Here are some notes about the benefits of NLP contributed by Robbie Steinhouse of the NLP School Europe.
BUSINESS
Neuro Linguistic Programming is used widely in business, and has found its way discretely into many courses on sales, presentations, planning, and team building, often without being mentioned by name. You could choose to study something narrowly [...]