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Who are you when you are not there?

The other day I overheard some people speaking about me. I was both surprised and grateful for what they had to say. A few days later I spoke with some colleagues about someone we had just met, and we were ...
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Are you worthy of investment?

Are you worthy of investment? There are many people around us who can help and support us in achieving our goals. They are often successful and busy people, and keen to help, but they will pick and choose who they ...
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Cobwebs that become cables

“Habits are at first cobwebs, and then they become cables.” Spanish proverb Often, we don’t even notice the cables. They become such a fixture in our lives, and yet they bind us. Everyone would like to change something in their ...
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Success = Happiness… or does it?

I saw this equation the other day… Struggle + Stress + Sacrifice = Success Many of us buy into this in our pursuit of success. We use the expression ‘no pain, no gain’, and we tell ourselves the pain is ...
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Adaptive Learning Report

Insights Media recently did some research on Adaptive Learning. The report has contributions from many L&D experts and Paul was one of the interviewees. He commented “I was honoured to be invited to venture my opinion on adaptive learning for ...
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How to find the performance levers

Paul has been invited by the CIPD Branch in Black Country to run a session on ‘How to find the performance levers’. The webinar takes place on 25 October from 1-2pm. Please register your attendance here…  
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Was it so hard?

Most of us have hard and difficult things that loom on our horizon – and they look scary. Have you ever noticed that the hard and difficult stuff only ever seemed hard and difficult before you began it? Think back ...
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The Future of L&D featuring Paul Matthews

Paul recently discussed The Future of L&D with Ashish Manchanda on the Risely RiseUp Radio podcast, the impact training courses typically have (or lack of…) and what needs to change for training to be future fit… Full episode here…
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