A Procurement Professional’s Guide To Buying Christmas Presents

It’s that time of year again, your family require Christmas presents to keep the relationship going, you have a limited budget and you are running out of time. Do you start with a plan? Do you wander round town looking in the shops, choosing stuff at random and then try to fit the present to … Continue reading A Procurement Professional’s Guide To Buying Christmas Presents

A wearable coach

I bought a Garmin Vivoactive watch recently and it has changed my life. I always thought I was pretty active: I played hockey, enjoyed walking, surfed, kayaked and did occasional endurance events like the 3 peaks challenge. Recording my daily steps was an eye opener. Yes, I completed lots of steps when I played hockey … Continue reading A wearable coach

The Burning Issue

Most great things start with a conversation and I hope that a conversation with Toby Parkins of UkNetWeb has started something great.       There are lots of opportunities for business leaders to talk with each other at networking events all over Cornwall (and the rest of the UK, I’m sure) and we attend a … Continue reading The Burning Issue

A New Partnership with Positive Purchasing

We’re really pleased to announce our new partnership with Positive Purchasing. We are now their NLP delivery partners and will be delivering advanced, NLP based Procurement courses with them. Positive Purchasing is a specialist training and consultancy business focused on transforming procurement capability worldwide. They help organisations realise dramatic results through the development of people … Continue reading A New Partnership with Positive Purchasing

Be Careful What You wish For. . .

Be Careful what you Wish for – The Class of 53 story: The story, as told by lots of consultants and coaches (and it appears in a huge number of books) , goes like this: In 1953, researchers surveyed Yale’s graduating seniors to determine how many of them had specific, written goals for their future. … Continue reading Be Careful What You wish For. . .

Using Cardboard to Start a Cultural Change Programme

I was recently involved in the introduction of a long cultural change project with a client in Cornwall. Polymermedics Ltd. is a UK injection moulding company delivering high quality plastic products to the medical, hygiene and pharmaceutical market. They are currently expanding and realise a need to work more effectively as a cross-shift/ Cross-departments team; recognising … Continue reading Using Cardboard to Start a Cultural Change Programme

What Colour is Your Black Belt?

By Carl Fitzsimons. Carl is HR Director: UK, Ireland & Netherlands at John West Foods.   Carl sent me this piece he wrote recently and I wanted to share it with you – he kindly gave me permission to do so. What colour is your black belt? A strange question? Perhaps. For some five years … Continue reading What Colour is Your Black Belt?

5 Ways to Motivate Your Workforce

The Myth of Money as a Motivator Fiona Crump is a founding partner of evolution personal and Corporate Development Ltd. and is Director of Personal Development.  She is an NLP Master Practitioner and NLP Coach and has a huge amount of experience from working with a wide range of organisations across the UK. Here she … Continue reading 5 Ways to Motivate Your Workforce

How To Build A Cathedral

By Martin Crump. Martin is a Director and co-founder of Evolution.  He is a certified NLP Master Trainer with a wealth of experience of working with organisations of all sizes and types across the UK.   We have recently finished a really interesting piece of work with the Diocese of Truro. The Church of England, … Continue reading How To Build A Cathedral

Well Being Gift Packs

I was recently asked to write some well being gift packs for Out Of This World Gifts.  These packs are designed to help you overcome phobias, conquer insomnia, look after your back or improve your general happiness. I’m really pleased with the results, both the content and the way they look – see below. Each … Continue reading Well Being Gift Packs