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December 2008

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December 28, 2008

We have now upgraded the RSS feed capabilities for the BlueKiteCoach Blog to use the Feedburner service. This means that we now have a new URL for the Blog Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/bluekitecoach Why the change? To subscribe for daily email updates of the latest blog posts. Click on the ‘Get email updates‘ link at the top-left [...]

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Long lasting performance improvements

December 27, 2008

CHALLENGE: Take an hour or two to write YOUR thoughts. Document your thinking and philosophy. Your ideas and lessons. You never know who you might impact 75 years from now.

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Who, in our own lives gets the “best” of us?

December 21, 2008

I was asked this question recently, and a colleague offered to the discussion this fable related by Nelson Mandela shortly after he became the leader of S Africa to illustrate a point he was making about letting go of the past: There was once a handsome young king, who for all his power and fortune was bothered [...]

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Christmas is a great time to say thank you

December 13, 2008

Christmas cards are a perfect thank you note writing opportunity. This now sounds like a very simple and obvious truth, but it was not until I was halfway through sending my Christmas cards, this year, that it dawned on me.   I am no stranger to the thank you note. I have written thank you [...]

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Top 5 Inspiring podcasts of 2008

December 8, 2008

MY Top 5 …inspiring podcasts of 2008 1. Manager Tools by Michael Auzenne and Mark Horstman 2. The More Done Less Time Show by Donna Lendzyk 3. Sales Rant by Jeffery Gitomer 4. Escape from Cubicle Nation by Pamela Slim 5. Podcasts from the CIPD (The Chartered Institute of Professional Development)

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Great advice from Great People

December 5, 2008

I thought you would be interested in watching some videos from some great innovators. Today 34 Technology Pioneers of 2009 were announced by the World Economic Forum. This includes the local Swindon firm, Ubiquisys. Each of the pioneers has put together a 5 minute video here. These videos include information on the company and product/service but also [...]

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Passionately inspiring lifelong learning

December 4, 2008

  In November my passion for learning has been well and truly reignited and I am starting to have lots of ideas about inspiring learning in others. After saying goodbye to my training role in February I consciously closed that door to allow me to focus on my new role as manager. However, over the [...]

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Inspiring, innovative, informative

December 4, 2008

 Book Review Power up your mind —Bill Lucas «««««   Power Up Your Mind is an engaging, inspiring page turner which even enticed me to pause and try out several of the suggested exercises. It brings together thinking from industry leaders and helps you to make sense of how your brain works before supporting you [...]

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