by Chris Mackel | Aug 1, 2022 | Adding value, Attitude, Emotional intelligence, Fear, Goal setting, Influence, Leadership, Self Awareness, Teams, Unlock Potential
It was Martha Jane Cannary (better known as Calamity Jane) who remarked “If a girl wants to be a legend she should go ahead and be one.” The England woman’s football team certainly proved the truth of the statement made by a pioneering...
by Chris Mackel | Jul 25, 2022 | Attitude, Emotional intelligence, Influence, Leadership, Self Awareness, Teams, Unlock Potential
Douglas McGregor, writing over 60 years ago in his pioneering book “The Human Side of Enterprise”, stated that “Most teams are not teams at all, but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the other for power,...
by Chris Mackel | Jul 11, 2022 | Attitude, Fear, Unlock Potential
“Push past the Iceberg!’ That was the advice of our rafting guide as this black grit covered monster challenged our path down the Alsek River in Alaska. He didn’t need to add the words “Quickly!” We were ten days into a trip down the Alsek River from the Yukon...
by Chris Mackel | Jul 4, 2022 | Attitude, Fear, Unlock Potential
It was the famous motivational speaker Zig Ziglar who remarked that ‘It is your attitude, not your aptitude that will determine your altitude!’ Is this statement motivational hyperbole or the truth? What exactly can attitude do for us? I propose looking at the...
by Chris Mackel | Jun 30, 2022 | Adding value, Business opportunity, Grants, Springboard, Unlock Potential
The Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) has just opened doors for applications for what it is calling the “Adding Value Grant Scheme.” This scheme will provide up to 40% of eligible project costs or £300,000 (whichever is the lesser...
by Chris Mackel | Jun 27, 2022 | Goal setting, Unlock Potential
Do you ever find yourself working incredibly hard and yet not getting what we really really want? It doesn’t matter what the “want” is – more money, better job, more job satisfaction, more time with the family, a better level of fitness and health etc. Somehow we...
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