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Techniques for restoring balance by Brian Chernett

Being the CEO can be a very stressful job. You probably knew that when you took it on. Some stress can be good and enable you to do your job better. However,if stress is affecting your ability to do your job effectively, you need to do something about it. Building time into your day where […]

Discovering your Inner Genius through Reflective Practice by Tiffany Kay

Have you ever experienced a moment of absolute clarity or inner guidance that you just couldn’t ignore? Perhaps it was a decision or course of action arising out of nowhere, that was so compelling that you just had to follow it. Four years ago I was running a successful business and training consultancy, LifeMatters. I […]

Achieving and Maintaining Balance in Business by Jayne Storey

The thing about balance is that it never achieves anything, except…well, being balanced. You’ll notice that outstanding achievers in any field you care to mention from business, to sport, the arts, science, politics, invention and design are never the most balanced of individuals and hardly lead balanced lives, so focused are they on breaking new […]

Balancing Act – Return on Investment (ROI) with Return on Energy, Effort and Enthusiasm (ROE)

by Christine Marsh CPT, Prime Objectives In these challenging times, the obvious focus for any business is on obtaining a return on investment (ROI) . Whilst you continue to strive to become more efficient in the systems and processes you have invested in, let’s not overlook the wellbeing of people who need to feel effective […]

What Price Gold? by Andy Mouncey

I caught one of the post-Beijing ‘This is how we dun it’ gigs towards the back end of last 2008 – in this case British Cycling as told by Dan Hunt, coach of women’s endurance squad – who all did rather well, as you may recall. As is usual at this level there are a […]

Leaders find the balance by Paul Bridle

What is the first thing we learn after we are born? If you think about it, the first thing we learn is ‘balance’. From keeping our head up on our shoulders to sitting up, feeding ourselves or walking, the first part was getting the balance right. And it never stops really. If you want to […]

To Become a Thought-Leader, You Need to Stop Thinking! By Jayne Storey

The practice of meditation is a necessary skill for those who wish to enhance their baseline creativity and develop the intelligence, insight and intuition necessary to become a Thought-Leader. After all, outstanding minds in all fields – from the arts, to business and indeed sport – have one thing in common, and that is the […]