Did you know that the Olympic Games originally ran for at least one thousand years, from 776 BC to 373 AD at the ancient site of Olympia? This town of 750 significant buildings can be found in the Peloponnese, a peninsula in the southern part of Greece. The Roman Emperor Theodosius I, a Christian, abolished the Games, as part…
Three weeks ago we drove to East Germany to broaden our view of the world. We enjoyed Berlin, Potsdam, Leipzig and Quedlinburg – they were all good! Once I found out that you could stay in Colditz Castle though – it’s a Youth Hostel today – I booked it straight away! For those who need a reminder, Colditz is a…
At work you are getting a new CEO. They have been brought in to improve things. It feels like a big wave of change coming towards you. Whatever the prompt: to keep up with customer expectations, technology advances, social change, revenue, profitability, global growth, all or any of these, your new CEO wants and has been hired to deliver significant…
I am just back from a wonderful three weeks of backpacking around the country of Mexico, including one week with my daughter. Threaded amongst all my fantastic experiences, my biggest problem was that my footwear was not up to the job. We are talking about my sandals. I had made an assumption, that my lovely sandals (featured above, on the…
I am getting ready to deliver customer service training for a digital infrastructure company. One of the activities we ask participants to do is to write down THREE words to describe their very best, ideal self: What might yours be? When I did the exercise, my answers were: Brave Compassionate Connected We ask the learners to take the exercise extremely…
I never thought I would be able to catch a ball with ease and confidence. At school it was always too difficult, there were lots of people better than me and my eye sight didn’t help. I was part of a swimming club but never really managed any sports involving teams or balls. When Tim Gallwey asked for a…