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Mind the Gap: Why is a job worth less when a woman is doing it? Supporting Equal Pay Day 2016

by Natasha Lancaster | 10th Nov 2016 | Women

Today, 10th November, is the day women stop getting paid. For the rest of the year – 51 days – women effectively work for free, all because of a gender pay gap which has lingered on long after the Equal Pay Act was introduced in the UK in 1970. The average...

Acting for Impact

by Natasha Lancaster | 12th Oct 2016 | Blog, Women

Matt Beresford, Senior Expert & Theatre Director The key principles of acting are a useful tool when considering how to enhance impact. Unfortunately, acting carries with it many misconceptions. At the most basic level, we think of acting as simply pretence...

Happiness in the UK

by Natasha Lancaster | 7th Oct 2016 | Blog, Opinions

The Office of National Statistics have just released its 2016 figures on happiness in the UK. Needless to say, people immediately went and tagged one town ‘the unhappiest in the UK’ slightly missing and also proving a point. Hear Averil talking about this on the...

Leadership Minute: Courageous Conversations by François Moscovici – Part 2

by Natasha Lancaster | 6th Oct 2016 | Leaders

In this Leadership Minute, François Moscovici focuses on courageous conversations. In contrast to the first courageous conversations video, this one concentrates on the importance the Negative Enquiry technique has when forcing conversations. Having the courage to...

Go with the flow?

by Natasha Lancaster | 20th Sep 2016 | 13 ideas for 2013, Blog, Leaders in action, Real People

Sounds a bit too hippy and laid back for modern leadership? According to positive psychologists, achieving a state of flow is the real key to effectiveness, creativity and sheer joy in your work. In flow, you have total concentration, time flies and you know you are...

Women’s Leadership: 3 tips for being more resilient by Averil Leimon

by Natasha Lancaster | 9th Sep 2016 | Blog, Women

In this video, Averil focuses on Resilience. She provides 3 tips that will enable women to enhance their resilience and overcome challenges as they progress in their careers.

The Happiness Formula

by Natasha Lancaster | 31st Aug 2016 | 100 Lessons on Happiness, Blog, Coaching

A bit of science: Happiness = S+C+V. S is your set range: the way you were born. Some of us are born a bit more grumpy, some a bit more cheerful. It maybe counts for 50% of your long term happiness. C is for circumstances, i.e. climate, wealth, health, marital status,...

Leadership Minute: Courageous Conversations by François Moscovici

by Natasha Lancaster | 31st Aug 2016 | Blog, Leaders

In this Leadership Minute, François Moscovici focuses on courageous conversations. This is particularly important for leaders to have them with their team members. Having the courage to handle them is a starting point but there is more to it.

Happiness & long life: wishful thinking or reality?

by Natasha Lancaster | 20th Aug 2016 | 100 Lessons on Happiness, Blog, Coaching

Wanting to improve your happiness may seem self-indulgent. Actually it’s a life saver. Studies show that happiness has a strong impact on how long you live, it could be 8 years more, and protects you against illness. This is comparable to the benefits of not smoking....

Compassionate Leaders

by Natasha Lancaster | 18th Aug 2016 | 13 ideas for 2013, Blog, Leaders, Leaders in action

‘There is always pain in the room’ (Frost 2003) This week alone I have heard that someone’s frail elderly Mother is going through surgery, a city broker is dealing with a heart problem and has more tests to endure, a banker is despairing about yet more indecision...

Is confidence a skill, an attribute like charisma? Or a combination of self-belief, tools and practice?

by Natasha Lancaster | 13th Jun 2016 | Blog, Women

It seems that confidence is a word used in increasing aspects of everyday life. We are all acquainted with the term consumer confidence and its importance in our fragile economy; the notion that if consumers believe in a product, brand or company/organisation that...

Averil was on BBC West Midlands radio discussing positivity.

by Natasha Lancaster | 9th Jun 2016 | News, Opinions

According to Noel Edmonds, in the long run, negative emotions can lead to illness, and even cancer. What does Averil think about this? Listen to this quick recording to gain more insight into this topic.

Natasha Lancaster

Mind the Gap: Why is a job worth less when a woman is doing it? Supporting Equal Pay Day 2016

Acting for Impact

Happiness in the UK

Leadership Minute: Courageous Conversations by François Moscovici – Part 2

Go with the flow?

Women’s Leadership: 3 tips for being more resilient by Averil Leimon

The Happiness Formula

Leadership Minute: Courageous Conversations by François Moscovici

Happiness & long life: wishful thinking or reality?

Compassionate Leaders

Is confidence a skill, an attribute like charisma? Or a combination of self-belief, tools and practice?

Averil was on BBC West Midlands radio discussing positivity.

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