by Alan Chatting | Apr 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
According to Forbes magazine, 46% of all new hires leave their posts within 18 months. The vast majority of these appointment failures are because the candidates lack the soft skills to perform rather than the job-specific skills. If you thought that this was an...
by Alan Chatting | Mar 27, 2017 | Personal Development
Lots of people feel like a child when they are dealing with authority figures. It holds them back and stops them from dealing with the world in an effective way, especially at work. Maybe this is you – if so, would you like it to be different? Change your ego-state to...
by Alan Chatting | Feb 3, 2017 | Management and Leadership
That’s the first line of a cute little song by Danny Kaye (you won’t remember him!) and the story was all about an ugly duckling who turned out to be a cygnet. When he lost his dull brown feathers he became a beautiful white swan, but he had to be shown his reflection...
by Alan Chatting | Jan 28, 2017 | Personal Development
We live in one of the richest countries of the world, so what do we need to worry about? We have free public healthcare, a low infant mortality rate, and high life expectancy. We are free from war, famine, earthquakes and hurricanes. We still worry. Tragedy It seems...
by Alan Chatting | Dec 9, 2016 | Personal Development
They didn’t teach you at school how to work this out when I was a kid. Most people I know went for a quick answer, chose a life path, and got on with following it. We tended to base our choices on a range of influences. Maybe you have also run your life like...
