9 ways to manage your difficult boss “Life at work is just impossible. My boss is the most difficult manager I’ve ever met! This clown thinks that his only important function is to criticise”. In all likelihood, most of us have had similar thoughts. Some managers do project “compulsive, counter-productive, or just plain odd” behaviours…. Read more
Difficult Conversations
Difficult Conversations Difficult conversations can be tough for all of us – in fact difficult situations are tough. Period. Some of us spend our lives from facing up to them, preferring to walk on by, not get upset and then face the consequences. Others charge at the difficult conversations like a bull in a china… Read more
What would you be capable of if you had no Fear?
What would you be capable of if you had no fear? Maybe life is an inner roller coaster. It can be fun and scary – both are part of the ride. All too often, however, we feel the fear and are paralysed into inaction; scared to follow our heart and heap limiting belief after limiting… Read more
Respect At Work
7 Tips for Gaining Respect We may have all come on different ships but we’re in the same boats now. – Martin Luther King Jnr. These tips apply to anyone at work whether they are in a position of authority or not. 1. Have a clear sense of purpose of who you are and how… Read more
A Better Way
The following abridged article is taken from our book, Entitled to Respect . The article in the book identifies how to negotiate effectively in everyday interactions, build long term relationships and achieve results that last. The concept of win:win is central to Assertion, influence and best practice in negotiation i.e. balancing our rights and needs… Read more
Are you Right?
Are You Right? The following abridged article is taken from our book, Entitled to Respect and seems very topical at the moment. Throughout the world and particularly in the Middle East people are claiming rights they have been denied over a period of many years. The Egyptian people’s struggle to have their rights accepted is,… Read more
The things we say to ourselves
The things we say to ourselves “I have seen the enemy and it is within” Rosou The following abridged article is taken from our book, Entitled to Respect. The myriad discussions we have with ourselves has an enormous impact on whether we believe things to be possible or not. We can manage our feelings and… Read more
A Fairy Tale for Today
A Fairy Tale I came across this fairy tale when I first started to appreciate Transaction Analysis (TA). The story has always been a poignant reminder of how, whether we like it or not, we touch the very fabric of other people’s lives by our very presence, in ways perhaps we are unaware of or… Read more
What motivates other people?
What motivates other people? If you are a manger, how do you know what motivates people? We may have some things in common that motivate us but it is also true that we are unique with a unique motivational “thumb print” and profile. The one thing you can guarantee is that what motivates me does… Read more