by Maureen Steele | Dec 22, 2020 | Training Box Occasional Blog
Tips and strategies to support your personal effectiveness in uncertain times 2020 was a most unusual time for all of us and we have had to adapt. Uncertainty has become the norm. With vaccinations against COVID-19 on the horizon, we can at least now start to be...
by support | Jan 8, 2015 | Presentations And Public Speaking, Training Box Occasional Blog
“The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.” Edward R. Murrow The media is there to...
by support | Nov 8, 2014 | Interpersonal Communication, Skills For Personal Business Success, Training Box Occasional Blog
“The medium is the message.” Marshall McLuhan The contacts made in business networking will be useful in a number of ways such as growing your business, reaching new clients or in reinforcing your own professional reputation. However, like all marketing...
by support | Nov 8, 2014 | Coaching, Training Box Occasional Blog
When you want to coach for innovation, your challenge is to resist the natural tendency to voice an immediate solution or to give advice. Instead, start an exploration process. Move from telling to asking questions that encourage the other person to refocus their...
by Maureen Steele | Jul 8, 2013 | Presentations And Public Speaking, Training Box Occasional Blog
During a briefing session with a client last week to prepare for a presentation training programme for his team, I asked the question, “What should the participants be able to do (or do better) after the training, that they cannot currently do?” His answer was that...
by Maureen Steele | Jan 7, 2013 | Communication Skills For Job Seekers, Training Box Occasional Blog
January is the time for resolutions – perhaps yours is to move on and find the ideal next step up the career ladder; or perhaps – in these difficult economic times – the decision to look for a new post is not even your own choice; or maybe you are a...
