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Psychology and linguistics
Posted by: Catie Holdridge
31 / 03 / 21
Networking doesn’t top many people’s lists of favourite activities. Let’s face it, the word comes with some baggage. Many people have come to associate it with awkward interactions and self-interested, empty chit-chat at corporate mixers. But networking is simply the process of actively widening your career-related sphere. It can take many forms. And in doing […]
Posted by: Rob Ashton
06 / 08 / 20
What do you want your writing style to say about you? What impression do you hope the things you write at work leave on those who read them? We know a few common answers to those questions, as we always check in on individual objectives at the start of our courses (so we can ensure […]
11 / 06 / 20
I didn’t sleep well last Thursday night. The media images of the previous few days had been playing on an endless loop in my mind, so what little rest I did get was fitful. Not surprisingly, I was not at my best come Friday morning. My self-discipline was low and, as is usual when I’m […]
10 / 03 / 20
No matter where you are as you read this, you spend most of your time living in the same place as I do: in your screen. We all live in our screens now. We wake and switch off the alarm on our phone and swipe to the news. We stare at social media as we […]
02 / 03 / 20
You know the story. An innocent chat over email or instant messaging turns fraught and ends, if not in tears, then in a tense exchange that leaves both parties irritated and distracted. It’s an all-too-familiar scenario. In fact, I spent hours a few months ago listening to similar, often toe-curling tales from clients and blog […]
09 / 05 / 19
Have you ever noticed how you are more likely to give in to temptation at the end of the day than at the beginning? If you’re on a diet, it’s generally after eight or nine at night that you tend to mysteriously find your hand in the cookie jar, not just after you’ve grabbed your […]
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