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Becoming more assertive can empower you to create better relationships and prevent bad feeling. What’s more it improves your decision-making skills and helps you to deal with challenging situations, not to mention reducing stress in...

You may think that flexible working is just for parents, but it isn’t, it’s available to everyone and offers numerous benefits for employees AND employers. In fact, flexible working is becoming more and more mainstream,...

Emotional intelligence, is a key area in personal and professional development and has been a key component in the way many companies develop their leaders for over 20 years.  But not all companies are giving...

My work takes me throughout the UK and, on my travels, I meet some great managers and some who are not so great! Most people want to be a great manager and to be a great...

Everyone wants to be happy at work and at home, so why is it so hard? I’ve often heard the saying, ‘Leave your personal life at the door’. This strikes me as an old fashioned...

A friend of mine recently retired and the young age of 53 having worked in his company since the age of 16 working up to a senior level. He decided it was time to relax...

Christmas traditions can be wonderful, the familiarity of Christmas smells, music and food -the congregation of families merging together for the festive season....Bliss! Or, indeed, this could be some people’s worst nightmare! Here's how to...

Some people see hibernation as a positive thing however for some it's a way of avoiding difficult situations. They either think if they wait long enough the issue may just go away - or they...