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tdowe | 
10th Aug 2007 at 11:25 | 77 views | 
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So today……
Had an awesome business networking breakfast event. Used my 60 second slot to briefly explain what I do and to offer any one in the meeting who is an employer, employee, runs interest groups, or knows any one in schools, mother and toddler groups, support groups etc to do them a free presentation at any of their venues.
From that I have been asked to present at a team meeting for Bank of Scotland and to do a series of presentations to local community groups at a regula...
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tdowe | 07th Aug 2007 at 10:45 | 182 views | 0 comments(s)
Just got back from the most AMAZING, INSPIRING and OUTSTANDING course – SRI Coaching – NLP and Beyond. A NeuroStrategy Practitioner Certification course. It met all of my expectations and a zillion more and now I am stoked! There are so many ways that these skills can be used to benefit people all around me and I am thrilled to be in a position to go out and do that. I can – and I most certainly will!
Having got back on Sunday, I spent yesterday catching up in the office and w...
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tdowe | 20th Jun 2007 at 11:03 | 70 views | 0 comments(s)
It’s a little while since I posted on this Blog, the reason being, that as in any good life in order to grow - or discover how much we have grown - sometimes life smiles and throws us a sideball!! Haha!! How we react is a test of our character - or perhaps more accurately - it reveals our character!
One of the reasons for starting this Blog in the first place was to drive footfall to my website. Aaah! Those were the days - when I had a website!! And I have to say, to all of you who ...
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tdowe | 22nd May 2007 at 11:24 | 261 views | 0 comments(s)
When you are inspired to dream and that dream becomes a physical entity by writing it on paper something magical happens. An invisible link is formed between though and reality and without needing to know the How your dream can come true!
I met a fellow business adventurer this morning at a networking meeting and we got talking about goals. He said, I’d never really set goals throughout my life until about 9 months ago. At that time I really wanted something more from life and my business...
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tdowe | 16th May 2007 at 10:21 | 271 views | 0 comments(s)
Are you the Leader in your own life? or, are you following a life plan written for you by others? Your parents/teachers/friends/society’s expectations of you? Did you make a conscious choice to do what you do? or did you just go with the flow? Do the next expected thing? It’s time to recognise that we have one life and it is ours to live and be the leader of.
Familiar words - but how many people really lead their lives? How many people decide to be a leader in their own life? Live l...
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tdowe | 14th May 2007 at 10:58 | 274 views | 0 comments(s)
When I first started to get into goal setting I thought Great! This is easy! All I have to do is set some targets, write them down, read them daily, take some action and I’m there! Magic!
And I did just that, however, in order to continue the momentum of achievement, once you have realised that first set of goals and you’re now moving on to the second or third set of goals I realised that they were all short term, they were all do-able and they were all a bit ordinary.
Someone said...
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tdowe | 13th May 2007 at 11:25 | 120 views | 0 comments(s)
According to a recent government report the business world is currently in a leadership crisis.
Up and coming managers, those who will be our business leaders of the future do not see examples of “inspirational leadership” in their work places. Employees long to see a genuine shared vision, real confidence and trust in teams and respect for colleagues, customers and employees. Less than 40% of managers actually see these traits on display in the workplace.
Where did all our leaders...
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tdowe | 13th May 2007 at 08:56 | 115 views | 0 comments(s)
Leadership means so many different things to different people, what does it mean to you? Do you consider yourself a leader? Have you been called to take up a leadership role? Do you feel up to the challenge of being a leader?
So many questions I know, but these are all questions that lead us to wonder what leadership is and are we up to it?
Leadership comes in many guises. Most often we think of a leader as being a strong political figure or business guru. Someone who will take centre stage an...
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tdowe | 10th May 2007 at 10:25 | 158 views | 0 comments(s)
Following a recent government report highlighting a leadership crisis in the business world, we now have a parliamentary review in Social Care which highlights a similar lack of leadership with in the social care sector. What’s it about and how can we ensure leadership skills are developed for the future?
Social Care Minster Ivan Lewis announced that the centre piece for the government’s vision for 21st century social care will be a skills academy, Social Care21 to focus on developi...
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tdowe | 09th May 2007 at 10:03 | 704 views | 0 comments(s)
We have all heard about and probably talked about setting goals for ourselves or for others at some point in our lives whether that’s in business or our “New Year’s Resolutions”! But how many of us have actually taken the time to think about what we really want in our lives? for each area of our lives? At different times in our lives?
In business we might have had targets to achieve, we may have set targets to achieve. We might have written a business plan. We might have...
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