We tend to spend the first part of a New Year considering aspects of our lives that we don’t usually think about, often analysing our relationships, careers, hobbies or where we live. Some people make resolutions or set goals they wish to achieve in the year ahead and if they create a plan and stick [...]

On our confidence and assertiveness courses we frequently find that one or two people have had an extended period of absence from work, or have been out of work for some time. For these people, they describe themselves as having lost their confidence. Sometimes, they return to work and things are not how they were [...]

I work with a great deal of people who are fantastic at setting massive goals and dreams. For some people this is enough and they have a goal which consumes them and they single mindedly work towards it and ultimately achieve it. For others, they generally set off with a great attitude and then slowly [...]

I was thinking recently about the day that I finished working and moved into the world of being my own boss. I can remember the feelings well: excitement, fear, uncertainty and joy. I was taking a chance on something that I really believed in and although things didn’t move in the direction I had planned, [...]

A colleague of mine from a few years ago gave me a wonderful idea for New Year and I’d like to share that here. At midnight as the year changes click your fingers. Then the following year do the same, as the year changes click your fingers. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to [...]