Look at those beautifully manicured nails This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in February 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! Did you know that the humble phone call is dying at a rate of c.2.5% fewer phone calls each year in the UK? This is particularly […]
I’d never even heard of the word lanyard until I got into facilitating For those of you that follow my blogs or have watched my business grow, you’ll know that I love facilitating. Every month, I jet around the globe facilitating different groups; I also facilitate a lot virtually (which is a different skill entirely […]
London is very pretty from the air It definitely feels like we’re “back to normal” as far as being in the office is concerned and for me, and Shiageto Consulting, this means back to incorporating a fair bit of travel to spend time with clients. Whilst we perfected how to facilitate and train remotely during Covid [I should say that this […]
What a group One year into running my first start-up I really wasn’t sure I was doing the right thing; the idea I had left my corporate job for wasn’t getting quite the traction I’d hoped for and I was getting more and more worried. Add to that the fact that I’d never run my own business […]
Lightning rods and speed bumps — 2 fantastic facilitation techniques Count the seconds until the thunder This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in November 2019 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! I must confess something: I love ice breakers, energisers and anything different that jolts me out of the day-to-day. […]
Ooh post-it plus mad scribbles, that’s how you know it’s genius 😉 I love a podcast! Not just listening to them but, even better for me is, being a guest on a podcast to share my story, form connections, sharpen my thinking and generally learn new things. On average I manage to guest on at least one podcast […]
I really must work on my posture This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in November 2019 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! As some of you may have seen, I recently had the pleasure of delivering some training sessions for a fantastic consulting firm on a variety of […]
Nothing beats a round of applause This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in November 2019 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! How was the last meeting you went to? What did you think of that last workshop you attended? How about that training day? Was it productive? Did you […]
I know how to capture a good picture 😜 Last weekend I decided to go visit some friends in Oxford (which is about 2 hours away from where I live). Invariably I was running late so, in my endeavours to make it there on time, I may have driven a little more “assertively” than normal. This meant picking […]
What have you got if you have a cricket ball in this hand and one in this hand? A bloody big cricket This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in October 2019 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! One of the biggest “Focus Costs” is a lack of clarity. […]
