
DYOR – Don’t believe everything you read
Some thoughts about not believing everything we read; be prepared to DYOR (Do your own research).

Sarah-Jane Lennie – True Strength Podcast – Episode 8
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Sarah-Jane Lennie. SJ is a police officer taking a career break to ...

Andy Johnson – True Strength Podcast – Episode 7
As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Andy Johnson of Andy Johnson Media. The interview has lots of insig ...

#CIPDNAP16 – Opening Keynote – Stress & Wellbeing
Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE (Manchester Business School) opened the conference by looking at how much absenteeism and presenteeism costs the UK economy (with presenteeism costing about double what a ...

Rachel Dunscombe – True Strength Podcast – Episode 6
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Rachel Dunscombe of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. The intervi ...

Marion Page – Episode 5
As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Marion Page of AstraZeneca, especially about her full 34 Gallup Str ...

True Strength – Ignite Talk
In this Ignite Talk (exactly 5 minutes long, with 20 slides which advance automatically every 15 seconds) I talk about how one size does not fit all, and how we need to stop peddling successes secrets ...

#HRevent16 – Buddhify your life – Mindfulness
I’ve curated a storify of Rohan Gunatillake’s talk at The HR Directors Business Summit in Birmingham in February 2016

Best of you, now.
As I publish this, it is 1st December 2015 which means it is one month until loads of people focus on New Year, New You. If you’re thinking of doing this, I have two questions for you; (1) why wait a ...

I’m feeling very appreciated for my strengths
Having just had a very special Birthday, made even more special by the lovely people I know, I just wanted to reflect on the celebration and the power of appreciation.

Gemma Reucroft – True Strength Podcast – Episode 4
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Gemma Reucroft. The interview has lots of insights into how we succ ...