Delegates at my recent workshop asked two key questions. How do I re-find my confidence? Confident people had lost faith in themselves after being on maternity leave, an abusive conflict situation, and receiving bad feedback. Are we actually born with confidence or is it something that we learn? Remembering the assured way my son demanded […]

Some trainers use actors to provide role plays. We like to give participants hands on experience. The delegates on our Effective Communication workshop on February 23rd provided two fascinating scenarios of how to deal with difficult behaviours. The key learning for them was: Do more of Avoid Plan and prepare before going into the situation

Tuesday 9th March 6.30 – 8 pm at The Centre for Health & Wellbeing, Weymouth Rosie Barfoot is giving a short workshop to help you build your confidence. This is a charity event. Lack of self-esteem, negative thinking, or fear of change often prevent people from trying to achieve their dream, or even accepting that

You wouldn’t think of asking your team to do the job without providing them with the best tools for the task. The ‘tools’ needed to manage people are very different to those needed to do the job. For some reason, people skills are called the soft skills, and yet they can be extremely hard to

Award your managers with the essential skill to increase performance. The Institute of Leadership and Management Level 3 Award in Workplace Coaching for Team Leaders and First Line Managers (takes nearly as long to say as to deliver) provides a great way to increase your team’s skills and gain self development for your managers. A

‘The task of managing and leading people is much more akin to being the conductor of an orchestra….’ John Harvey Jones  Watching a conductor working is a fascinating sight and can give valuable lessons for running a business. With just a tiny baton and the slightest of movements, (s)he manages the performance of a large