So true! Last week I had a party to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the foundation of my start-up. Ok, it was a joint party with me (it was my 45th birthday) but let’s focus on the more important aspect people: My start-up survived to Year 5 🙌😊😬🎉 When you look at the stats that makes us […]
It’s summertime and as a result the delivery of workshop and training sessions for clients is a bit slower; which means I’ve taken the opportunity to be a bit more relaxed with long lunches, more in-person coffees, run clubs, breakfast networking, watching sport, visiting art galleries, catching up with friends, working on my golf game […]
I feel like my whiteboard has been redacted A lot can happen in 6 months. You can go from joy to misery. You can go from misery to joy. You can go from rich to poor. You can go from poor to rich. And so on… However, whilst most of these changes don’t just happen by chance; the positive ones at least […]
Now that’s what I call a birthday card! Here’s a question for you: Would you sign a card for someone you don’t know (or only minimally know)? This is a quandary I was faced with 20 years ago. It was my first day in a new company and I was sat at my desk trying to work out […]
This is not my wardrobe This is a reprint of a classic blog I wrote in December 2019 when I first started Shiageto Consulting Ever found yourself spending way longer than you should deliberating what you should wear to work? Something that should take a matter of moments ends up filling 10 mins or more and […]
If you want to make a lasting impression it’s all about being memorable ; here’s some tips on how to do that Curtains ready at the ballet – all is not quite as it seems This week I’ve referenced the great Maya Angelou a lot, in particular her fabulous quote: “People will forget what you said, people will forget […]
Effectiveness: It’s a lot to do with change; so does change make you 😊 or 😔? This isn’t a blog about coins This is a reprint of a classic blog I wrote in December 2019 when I first started Shiageto Consulting In my previous blogs I began to explore a bit more about personal, team and business effectiveness. […]
Look at that face *This is a reprint of a classic blog I wrote in November 2019, not long after I’d started my first start-up A/ One bite at a time of course… I love this ridiculous joke (not just because it entertains my nephews) but because underneath it lies the simplest of truths; sometimes if we only […]
Not everything goes according to plan when you run a small business Who doesn’t love a bank holiday? When you are an employee, it’s basically like a free day-off but, when you run your own start-up, bank holidays are quite a weird sensation. As a start-up founder, you feel a bit guilty taking a day-off but, even […]
That genie looks awfully familiar About 20 years ago I remember reading about the Stockdale Paradox in the book Good To Great. Based around the mantra; “This too shall pass” and the ability to confront brutal facts, it was highlighted as a great technique for dealing with uncertainty and challenging times. Initially I thought this was a […]
