Confronting the Coaching Conundrum
Thereās no real argument about the power of using a coaching management style to transform the performance of your people.Ā …
Read MoreYou Are What You Think You Are, So Think Positively
Pretty much everyone these days buys into the idea that we are what we eat and that the maxim āGarbage …
Read MoreWhy The World Needs Introverts
Shy, unconfident, solitary: there are many popular conceptions of introversion, most of them negative, but the reality is far more …
Read MoreThinking Vs. Feeling
Look at any āTo Doā list, meeting agenda or project plan and youāll find almost certainly that itās chock full …
Read MoreFrom the Inside Out – 11 Ways to Introduce Mindfulness to your Work Day
It is the awareness of awareness. Most people in the workplace seem to want that unobtainable master tool; that solution …
Read MoreFight the Good Fight – Why Leaders Should Promote Healthy Conflict
Mention the word āconflictā and people tend to flinch. Itās a word with negative connotations of aggression, rudeness and arrogance. …
Read MoreHappiness at Work
Go back a few decades and the concept of happiness at work would have seemed incongruous. Go back a hundred …
Read MoreSuccessful Change Management
Successful Change Management is all down to People It’s a harsh fact, but some 70% of change efforts fail to …
Read MoreConflict as Opportunity
Conflict in the workplace is nothing new. It’s a fact of life. And for most of us it’s an unpleasant …
Read MoreSELLING: Know who they are, and know what they need.
Selling is all about the other person. All salespeople should believe in their wonderful product or service; an attitude which …
Read MoreEffective Leadership
Effective leadership is not just a job, it’s a complex interaction between a range of personal and professional qualities and …
Read MoreLeadership Styles
The Colour Works are specialists in leadership development. There are six main types of leadership; pacesetting, coaching, visionary, commanding, democratic …
Read MoreEustress or Distress? Through the Colours
While eustress is a positive form of stress, which can benefit our health and make us more productive, distress can …
Read MoreDifficult Colleagues? Or Just Different?
I’d had a chat with one of The Colour Works’ team, as having previously attended an introductory workshop and been …
Read MoreInto the Lions’ Den
Last week I had the privilege of sharing a stage with Margaret Heffernan, entrepreneur, Chief Executive and author, as well …
Read MoreConnected, but alone?
As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and …
Read MoreGRS Roadstone Smash Target!
The Colour Works was proud to support GRS Roadstone in its bid to raise Ā£100k for the Matt Hampson Foundation’s …
Read MoreTED Talk: BrenĆ© Brown – The Power of Vulnerability
BrenĆ© Brown studies human connection ā our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a …
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