Wildebeest & Zebra weigh in on collaboration

Post by Geoff Crinean, Senior trainer & business coach
Crossposted at Business-insight.biz

Are you interested, or interesting?

Post by Geoff Crinean, Senior trainer & business coach
Crossposted at Business-insight.biz

Plastiques & Corporals

Introducing physical intelligence, it seems like a good idea to introduce plastiques and corporals, which are one way of describing two aspects of how we [...]

And now for something completely different...

Post by Geoff Crinean, Senior trainer & business coach
Crossposted at Business-insight.biz

Reducing overwhelm & stress

Many people are overwhelmed and stressed. What can we do to minimize the pressure? When clients ask me this I address two things:

First, what are the things you want to do every day? What daily habits do you want to cultivate? Most people say something like – eat properly, exercise, meditate, [...]

Hello powernap: introducing the skullhinge

Most of my professional training has been in the performing arts; especially physical theater and modern dance. There are many insights to be gained from these disciplines for business, management and leadership. While a lot of them pertain to presentation skills and emotional intelligence, I tend to group the physically-based insights into the heading of [...]

Leadership Insight: Who do I need to be today?

Leadership training tends to focus on doing. However, one of the most important aspects of leadership is who you are, how you are. Everyone picks up on the leader’s nonverbal cues much more quickly and deeply than on what the leader is saying.

You might think you have no choice in who you [...]

Why I am passionate about training

I train mainly in soft skills such as management, customer service, assertiveness, conflict resolution and negotiation. Planning training sessions and writing manuals is the easy bit; the real challenge is to engage each learner and encourage them to explore new ways of thinking and doing.

Before every workshop I spend some time thinking about my [...]

Water, water everywhere...

I’ve always been fascinated by water. Its chemistry is deceptive – two hydrogen atoms latched onto an oxygen atom – two invisible gases combine to produce a most amazingly beautiful and essential substance! More than 60% of our body is water.

Do we drink enough water each day? In North America, probably not. Dehydration is subtle [...]

OWLing

Sometimes I tell this story on management training courses when we are discussing the importance of active listening for managing difficult interpersonal relationships.

Here is the context to my story: a few years ago my husband, son and I became primary care givers to our little grandson, Felix, who is a handsome little boy who has [...]