Blog posts of '2025' 'June'

Twenty-three years ago, I stood in front of my first corporate training room, armed with nothing but PowerPoint slides and misplaced confidence. The sea of glazed expressions staring back at me told the whole story - I was losing them faster than a leaky bucket loses water. That painful early experience set me on a journey that would fundamentally change how I approach adult learning, leading me to discover the transformative power of sensory engagement through learning accessories.

In contemporary organisational psychology, few concepts have garnered as much empirical support as the relationship between delegation, empowerment, and leadership effectiveness. The Jonico Window, developed by Dr. John Nicholls, represents a sophisticated framework that bridges theoretical understanding with practical application in the realm of managerial empowerment. This assessment tool provides leaders with a structured approach to understanding their delegation patterns whilst simultaneously fostering employee development through strategic empowerment practices.

In the bustling world of corporate training, where new methodologies emerge faster than you can say "synergy," there exists a rare breed of assessment tool that has stood the test of time. The Interpersonal Influence Inventory has quietly earned its place as a trainer's classic, not through flashy marketing or trendy buzzwords, but through something far more valuable: genuine, transformative results.

In my two decades of working with organisations across the UK, from startups like the Letterbox Cocktails Company to giants like Vodafone and BMW, I've witnessed a concerning pattern that Ken Keis powerfully addresses in his work "Dying to Live." The story that particularly resonates with me is one he shares about James, a high-performing executive who seemed to have it all together on the surface.

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