We all like to feel we are honest in our dealings with others and are often outraged when others behave in anything less than worthy manner.  But I wonder how honest we actually are?

I sat and watched Cat on a hot tin roof with my daughter the other day, if you are unfamiliar with the film it revolves around a day in the life of one family and what they refer to as mendacity.  The film was made in the fifties so this is rather an old fashioned term but basically translated into modern language as dishonesty or lies. read more…

I seem to spend a great deal of time working with people who actively resist being in the present moment. Often much of their behaviour is unconscious, worrying about what might potentially be coming their way or what they might miss. read more…

The old joke about there being no i in team seems like a clever notion, one imagines that the speaker would have everyone offer their individuality up for the greater good of the team.  Hmm, quite a big demand for most of us.  A great idea would be to say; bring yourself, your authentic self, to the team and join in.  Be yourself and retain your identity but think how best you can benefit the team. read more…

At the core of any business success is the skill of individuals working together well and communicating effectively. An ability to understand the need for personal responsibility, even skills as basic as good time keeping, to the ability of independent problem solving is an obvious requisite for any success. For many people the technical ‘hard skills’ learning has proved successful but their ability to team work and communicate easily has been neglected. read more…