What Is The Ultimate Question
Yes it is, it’s not who? or where? or how? or when? or why? What? is the ultimate question. The question that will give you the answer you need; to change, develop, grow or do whatever it is that you want to do. Of course, the important bit is what comes after the what? What? … Continue reading What Is The Ultimate Question
A Procurement story: from confrontation to co-operation.
Procurement has become an increasingly important function in a wide range of industries and business sectors. It is seen as a strategic function, a function that touches and influences all aspects of a business’s operation. Procurement should facilitate, enable and empower but procurement is also often misunderstood and can lead to confrontation. The language … Continue reading A Procurement story: from confrontation to co-operation.
The big ‘Oh’. How to manage your mid-life opportunity.
30. 40. 50 or even 60. Birthdays with a zero in them seem to mark a watershed in our lives. A day can pass in the blink of an eye, the years fly by, but the anniversary of another decade of life often makes us sit back and take stock of what we have done … Continue reading The big ‘Oh’. How to manage your mid-life opportunity.
What can a "Modern Family" teach us about negotiation?
A letter from a woman to her Ex-husband’s new girlfriend was doing the social media rounds recently, I’ve copied it below and then will talk about what this can teach us about negotiation: You must be cringing as you read this. You must be thinking I’m going to school you on how to treat … Continue reading What can a "Modern Family" teach us about negotiation?
When should you take charge of your own personal development?
At the beginning of our lives, the responsibility for our development belongs with other people. Our parents and our family decide what we should learn and how we should learn it. Then the Education System joins in and we are led towards knowledge and skills that the wisdom of the time decides that we will … Continue reading When should you take charge of your own personal development?