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Category Archives: skills
When you are finished changing …
If you are interested in Change Management, I often run workshops on the topics focused on the needs of those working in knowledge, information and learning. For info on all my workshops, click here.
Goals and priorities
How often do you have a strategy for the year and a plan for the day, but end up helping everyone else reach their goals and fulfil their strategies, rather than achieve your own? It’s a really common problem with … Continue reading
Posted in Events, influencing, Knowledge Network UK, leadership, Personal Knowledge Management, Strategy, Training and learning
Tagged goals, prioritising, Strategy
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However difficult life may seem …
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Failure is not fatal
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Posted in leadership, quotes, Training and learning
Tagged courage, failure, quotations, reflective learning, success
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Ted talks worth your time
I *love* TED talks, so I thought I’d bring some to your attention that I’ve found interesting and useful. This is a great list, curated by TED, all about making our “work” work better The benefits of failure from the … Continue reading
Lawyers and their personalities
We had a really interesting session at Bristol’s KN-UK yesterday lunchtime all about personality types and how to understand them, and a discussion about how we could all apply this to help us work more efficiently and smoothly with lawyers … Continue reading
Posted in influencing, Knowledge Network UK
Tagged influencing, KN UK, leadership, personality, psychology, skills
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How to write in plain English
Did you know that … 80% of lawyers think their writing is above average when in fact … only 5% of their clients agree! Yesterday, Sarah Fox, 500 word lawyer, spoke to my Birmingham KN-UK group on writing in plain … Continue reading
Posted in Knowledge Network UK, Training and learning, writing
Tagged KN UK, plain English, writing, writing skills
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Leadership and Influencing
We had a very interesting KN-UK session yesterday on leadership and influencing with Carol Skolimowski of CAPCC, which included a wide-ranging discussion touching on managing millenials, encouraging women into leadership and herding cats. I imagine everyone’s takeaways were different, but … Continue reading
Posted in influencing, Knowledge Network UK, Training and learning
Tagged influencing, KN UK, leadership, management
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Up-coming training
A quick round-up of up-coming training events: Wednesday 8th June, 12.30-2.30, Bristol – “Who is leading who?“ a workshop on leadership and influencing by Carol Skolimowski, CAPCC Tuesday 14th June, 12.30-2.30, Birmingham – “Avoid lethal writing” a training lunch on … Continue reading
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Tagged KM, KN UK, measurement, training, writing
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Getting savvier …
We had our media-savvy training yesterday at KN-UK Bristol – a very interesting 2 hours with Tony Coll, former BBC journalist and presenter. Although I personally may not need to get my kind of business on the front page of … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Knowledge Network UK, speaking, Training and learning
Tagged business development, KN UK, media
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Knowledge for Lawyers 