Category: Paul’s Monday Tips

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 ...
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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 ...
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Done is better than perfect

In early 2012, Mark Zuckerberg wrote a letter to prospective shareholders in the upcoming Facebook IPO. In it, he said, ...
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What if you don’t have the Talking Stick?

I was reminded this week of the Talking Stick that was used by North American tribes to confirm the person ...
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Is it really that bad?

We always extract meaning from every experience we have. Then, according to the meaning we create, we label the experience ...
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Your precious life

How would you answer this question at the end of Mary Oliver’s poem The Summer Day: “Tell me, what is ...
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This quote made me stop and think…

"A person either hates losing enough to change, or he hates changing enough to lose." – Orrin Woodward It took some thought to unravel what ...
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Do you feel important?

"It's so simple, yet makes such a difference. Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ...
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You probably already know this

Changing who you are will change – when you change what you think. Changing what you think... Can you do that?
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My 25 Years in Learning & Development

This week is the 25th anniversary of me leaving corporate land, starting People Alchemy and setting out on my own in the world of L&D...
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