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Mental Health Days and Young Workers
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Mental Health Days and Young Workers

Routine mental health days can teach Gen Z workers to avoid stress. Learn how a productive mindset turns pressure into...

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Seven Essential Skills Every Team Needs to Survive Tough Times
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Seven Essential Skills Every Team Needs to Survive Tough Times

Learn seven team skills-change management, goal setting, clear communication, productivity, motivation and...

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Profit is Not a Dirty Word: Training People Boosts Profits
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Profit is Not a Dirty Word: Training People Boosts Profits

Learn how focused leadership and staff training boosts profit, lifts productivity and drives business growth. Discover...

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Training Should Not Be a Box‑Ticking Exercise
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Training Should Not Be a Box‑Ticking Exercise

End box-ticking courses. Proper, purposeful training builds communication, leadership and decision skills, raising...

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How to Improve Your Memory
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How to Improve Your Memory

Improve memory by turning ideas into quick sketches. Learn why drawing lights up your brain, boosts recall by 23%, and...

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Optimum Nutrition
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Optimum Nutrition

Discover optimum nutrition: a low carbohydrate, high protein and high fat plan that mirrors body composition and cuts...

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April is Stress Awareness Month
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April is Stress Awareness Month

April is Stress Awareness Month. Learn why some stress helps, avoid harmful stress, stay in Perfect Balance and join...

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Become a Better Communicator: Three Key Questions
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Become a Better Communicator: Three Key Questions

Learn how three simple questions boost better communication at work. Clarify meaning, get concrete examples, and spot...

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How to Achieve Work-Life Balance: A Conversation Between Friends
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How to Achieve Work-Life Balance: A Conversation Between Friends

Learn practical work life balance steps: rate time use, set goals, boost health, manage stress daily. Simple tips help...

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Cultural Differences in Communication Styles
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Cultural Differences in Communication Styles

Learn how cross-cultural communication styles differ in words, status, time and body language. Get clear tips and...

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How do you train leaders and manage change?
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How do you train leaders and manage change?

Discover leader training for change management. Build an adaptive mindset, practical skills and emotional intelligence...

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How to Inspire People With Different Motivational Methods
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How to Inspire People With Different Motivational Methods

Learn why fear and anger fail and how positive motivation built on desire inspires teams to excel. Gain practical tips...

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Turn Worry Into Plans
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Turn Worry Into Plans

Learn how to turn worry into action with five clear planning steps. Cut anxiety, lift mental health and move towards...

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What is the OSCAR Coaching Model?
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What is the OSCAR Coaching Model?

Learn how the OSCAR coaching model turns vague aims into SMART goals, clear actions and ongoing reviews so you drive...

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Common Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
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Common Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Learn how to avoid common management mistakes like micromanaging, shifting decisions and unrealistic deadlines, and...

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How to Improve Employee Retention
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How to Improve Employee Retention

Reduce staff turnover and cut hiring costs by boosting employee retention with praise, fair workloads, flexible work,...

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How to Tap Into the Hidden Skills of Your Workforce
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How to Tap Into the Hidden Skills of Your Workforce

Learn simple steps to spot hidden skills, run a suggestion scheme and fund staff training so you unlock employee...

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How to Create a Successful Remote Training Session
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How to Create a Successful Remote Training Session

Master remote training with smart tech, lively trainer delivery and prepared, engaged learners. Follow our tips to run...

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How to Tell Whether an Idea is True
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How to Tell Whether an Idea is True

Use critical thinking steps to test an idea, check facts and spot false beliefs. Apply our nine-point logic checklist to...

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Why Do Things Happen?
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Why Do Things Happen?

Discover Aristotle's four causes and learn a simple map to uncover every root cause behind any problem, from fires to IT...

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10 Ways To Improve Remote Online Training
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10 Ways To Improve Remote Online Training

Learn ten proven ways to make remote online training lively, interactive and effective. Boost learner engagement, recall...

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How to Prevent Burnout at Work
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How to Prevent Burnout at Work

Learn how to prevent burnout at work by balancing workload, prioritising tasks and building social support. Follow pro...

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​Selective Perception and Confirmation Bias
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​Selective Perception and Confirmation Bias

Learn how selective perception and confirmation bias distort judgement, and use three simple questions to widen your...

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Remote Teams - Management Techniques
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Remote Teams - Management Techniques

Struggle with remote team management? Learn six clear steps to build culture, sharpen virtual communication and drive...

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How to Recover Economically From the COVID-19 Lockdown
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How to Recover Economically From the COVID-19 Lockdown

Learn an economic recovery plan to cut costs, boost marketing and adapt your model online. Master business recovery...

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How to Understand More
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How to Understand More

Learn how analysis, context and picture thinking help you break ideas into parts, rebuild them and boost critical...

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How do you know that what you believe is actually true?
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How do you know that what you believe is actually true?

Learn 12 ways of knowing, see which sources stand up to logic, data or proof, and build reliable knowledge with simple...

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Six Reasons Why Leadership Training is Important
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Six Reasons Why Leadership Training is Important

Discover six evidence-based reasons why leadership training boosts team performance, prevents costly mistakes and...

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Understanding Human Behaviour
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Understanding Human Behaviour

Learn the four simple laws of human behaviour: thought sparks action, pleasure or pain guides it, and long-term thinking...

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How to be More Confident
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How to be More Confident

Build confidence with four proven tactics: use positive self-talk, study until you feel skilled, act before conditions...

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A Christmas Tale
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A Christmas Tale

Remember the Red Devil Action Man toy? Return to Christmas 1970 when a boy’s wish, a failed parachute and a firm dad...

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Take Back Control
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Take Back Control

Stop blaming luck, leaders or your past. This guide shows how personal responsibility lets you take back control, raise...

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How to make more money
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How to make more money

Learn how to make more money by producing value, trading it with smart marketing and sales skills, then saving and...

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After Brexit Vote: What is the plan now?
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After Brexit Vote: What is the plan now?

Explore the post-Brexit economy; a free market plan that swaps EU rules for choice, trims red tape and lets 65 million...

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Natural Law: Use it or lose it
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Natural Law: Use it or lose it

Learn why the natural law use it or lose it drives skill maintenance and personal development, and see how our Black...

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I have made an amazing discovery
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I have made an amazing discovery

Learn how to persuade with ideas, not dry facts. Use the 70/30 rule to plant ideas, spark emotion and back them with...

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Onus of Proof Principle
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Onus of Proof Principle

Learn why the burden of proof stays with the accuser, why you can never prove a negative, and how to push back against...

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How Can I Motivate Staff?
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How Can I Motivate Staff?

Learn proven staff motivation techniques that replace threats with rewards, goal setting and praise. Engage teams, boost...

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Aristotle Blog
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Aristotle Blog

Learn how Aristotle philosophy shapes clear thinking: tabula rasa learning, inductive and deductive reasoning,...

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Plato's Blog
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Plato's Blog

Explore Plato's theory of innate ideas and perfect Forms, roots of philosophy branches and education theory, and see why...

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What Could you Learn from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle?
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What Could you Learn from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle?

Discover how Socrates' sharp questions and the Socratic method can help you define fairness, think clearly and build...

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Management Training: Delegation
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Management Training: Delegation

Learn why poor delegation stalls teams and how our six-step management training guide helps you assign tasks with skill,...

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Praise and appreciation
4 min read

Praise and appreciation

Learn why staff appreciation and timely praise at work beat cash alone for employee motivation. Discover proven ways to...

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6 Fundamental management skills
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6 Fundamental management skills

Learn six fundamental management skills new managers need: goal setting, clear talk, planning, conflict control,...

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Seven skills of management training
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Seven skills of management training

Management training gives managers seven vital skills: clear goals, strong communication, smart priorities, plans,...

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Communication styles for leaders
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Communication styles for leaders

Learn why leadership communication hinges on words, tone and body language, and how blending logic with rhetoric turns...

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Don't you trust me?
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Don't you trust me?

Learn how to handle 'don't you trust me' questions by shifting the talk from feelings to facts. Use logic, evidence and...

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Front line management training
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Front line management training

Front line manager training builds planning, complaint handling and leadership skills that lift service and output....

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