Small changes in behaviour have a massive impact on results – share your experiences.
Just a few days after a lively conversation about the gluetogether philosophy that ‘small changes in behaviour have a massive impact on results’, Andrew Rea, The Ten Minute Trainer and member of the Consortium of Brilliant Minds sent me a great example. “I had coffee today with a client. During the conversation she happened to […]
What do we need to know about the Almond and our Amygdala?
When I think Almond I think marzipan, a favourite fish recipe with toasted flaked Almonds and the Amygdala, the emotional centre of our brain, which is said to resemble the Almond. My gluetogether value ‘curious’ got me wondering about the Almond and the look alike Amygdala and I uncovered some fascinating facts. The Almond is […]
Olympic Torch
Olympic Torch. Wow. Yes, gluetogether went to welcome the flame, to revel in the passion and enjoy the young flag wavers and the not so young creating great memories, all gathering united to embrace and share this momentous occasion. The Olympic mantra, “citius, altius, fortius” swifter, higher, stronger got me to thinking about our business and your […]
Good coaching or GREAT COACHING?
Good is ok but GREAT IS BETTER. I am a fan of just a few GREAT COACHES—Keith Cunningham (Keys to the Vault) is one of them. He got me thinking when he asked a crucial question. “what is really the problem?” Maybe that my sales are lagging, maybe my costs are too high, maybe my […]
Tip for improving results
CHATTERBOX – this is the voices in your head, one moment it is encouraging you, when you say things like “This is good” “ I can do this” and at times it is knocking your confidence “I’m never going to be able to do this” I’m sure I’m going to get this wrong” “ I’m […]
Inspiring change or negative, negative, negative!
I am becoming fascinated by the amount of negative ‘stuff’ I am hearing. The BBC Breakfast programme this morning was a classic! £100 vouchers are to be introduced by the Coalition for parents looking to improve their ‘parenting skills.’ The lovely lady being ‘quizzed’ by the interviewers was subject to ‘total negativity’ by Charlie and […]
Growing pains
Just as many children suffer ‘growing pains’ without really understanding why so do many SME business owners. For a growing child the pain is often caused by muscular tiredness, poor posture and emotional upset. For the growing business owner it’s most likely to be the result of doing more hours, feeling a loss of control […]
Decisions
I love the ‘blackbirds on a telegraph wire’ story. Ten blackbirds spread along a telegraph wire and 5 make a decision to fly away. So how many are left? The answer is 10 of course. 5 had only made the decision to fly but to the observer, nothing had changed. Nothing had! Don’t just decide […]
What do you do if you want to “unstick” something?
You fight sticky with sticky!! For many years, McDonalds fought rumours it put earthworms as filler in their burgers. In 1978, McDonalds denounced the rumours as “unfounded and unsubstantiated” Guess which idea was stickier, “earthworms in your burgers” or “unfounded and unsubstantiated” In 1992, Ray Kroc, McDonalds very famous CEO came up with a better […]
Cause and Effect
It is a well-known equation. Do you cause things to happen? Or perhaps you sit on the other side of the equation? Leaders make things happen. They cause things to happen. Most of us spend the majority of our time on the other side of the equation, the effect side. On the effect side, we […]