Excellerate event 22nd January 2009

Excellerate launched their new learning centre in Warwickshire yesterday with a presentation from Managing Director Peter Freeth and a special appearance from Caroline Spelman MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

Caroline opened the event by talking about the importance of small businesses in supporting our economy through the potentially difficult times ahead, and the way in which small businesses are often more innovative… Continue

NLP Practitioner certificates for the last two programs are now in the office, if you're waiting for one, please contact us with your postal address.

In the army, I have had the privilege of working for some great inspirational leaders; leaders whom I had no qualms about following into combat, not just because it was my job, but because I trusted and respected these officers and believed in their ability to keep a clear head and make sound judgements and decisions that would get us home safely once the smoke had cleared from the battlefield.

I have looked for this calibre of leader in the companies I have worked for since I left the army. I… Continue

What does your organization do when it wants to hire or promote the best person for a specific job or leadership position? The traditional answer is to test people for their IQ, technical skills to do the job, their personality or just by looking at their CV.

The late David McClelland, an American psychological theorist, identified a better way. He proposed that an organization should first study employees who are already top performers in that role, and systematically compare them with those w… Continue