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Women In Business: How To Play To Your Strengths To Get Heard
Many of our female clients struggle with various workplace challenges, from being told to ‘smile more’ or that they are ‘too passionate’. While men also have communication challenges at work, there are common themes...
Published: March 5, 2020
How To Be More Coherent When Speaking Using Vowels
The delivery of what you say can make all the difference in how your audience remembers you - for both the right and wrong reasons! Remember that lacklustre speech you endured that almost sent...
Published: March 5, 2020
How To Have Difficult Conversations At Work
Conversations can be difficult for a number of reasons, but usually it’s because we’re worried about how the other person will react, or that we will make them feel bad. We can pendulum-swing between...
Published: February 17, 2020
Falling In Love: How Communication Is Key
Communication is essential to any human relationship, yet its effects are rarely felt more keenly – even sharply – than while walking the knife edge of a first date. Here the conversation can pendulum...
Published: February 14, 2020
Live Your Brand Values And Use Business As A Force For Good
Many organisations create and then communicate their brand values to their staff and customers. Some take it further and make big promises with audacious goals. They may gather press to announce their vision… And...
Published: February 5, 2020
6 Ways To Nail THAT Interview And Bag Your Dream Job
This month we’re focusing on investing in yourself. It’s a chance to step back from the grind, to remember what really matters and to take steps to achieve what is actually important to us....
Published: January 22, 2020
How To Create Connection Anywhere, With Anyone
How close are you to your co-workers? A key study by Relate revealed that only 75% of employees say they have good relationships at work. And new research suggests that one in ten have...
Published: January 13, 2020
Q&A with Emma – What are your resolutions & goals for 2020?
Thanks for sitting down with me. I know that you're a great believer in planning ahead and I know that you've spent time recently setting a vision and actionable goals for the year ahead...
Published: January 3, 2020
Want To Grow Your Confidence? Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone
There are few people who actively enjoy discomfort. The sheer fact that we are human gives us a preference for feeling in control. Discomfort probably doesn’t feature on the top 10 emotions we like...
Published: December 31, 2019
What Can We Learn From Greta Thunberg’s Communication Style?
At the age of just 16, Greta Thunberg is known all round the world as the face of the youth climate change movement. From her initial protests outside the Swedish parliament to being featured...
Published: December 19, 2019