Archive for August, 2009

Can’t beat Tiger Woods? Give up golf!

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

·         Certain people are born excellent communicators.  Correct.

·         Others are naturally creative.  Correct.

·         I am neither, and never will be. Wrong!

Vital business skills, such as communication and creativity, can be learnt practised and mastered using practical techniques.  People often see media savvy individuals and the communication and creative skills of top leaders as unobtainable – and become resigned to this fact.

Let’s think about this logic…. do the millions of worldwide amateur golfers turn up to play a round thinking “If I cannot get the same score as Tiger Woods I may as well give up”.  No, on the most part they get lessons, practice and improve their game.  They will never be as naturally gifted as Tiger Woods, but that does not mean they cannot get better by learning new skills and applying them.

Communication and Creativity are the same.  Indigo’s workshops, such as Think on Your Feet®, give you practical tools that can improve every type of communication and systematic methods for creating new and better ideas.  If you dedicate yourself during and after your workshop you will improve – and see tangible results.

Don’t give up, get up and learn some new skills – reduce your communication and creativity handicap.

James.

James Arnum-White

tel: 020 7924 8760

e-mail: jamesaw@indigobusiness.co.uk

 

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Meetings: procrastination or undesirable complication?

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Many years ago at University, one of the most memorable lectures I attended was “failing to plan is planning to fail”.  It has stuck with me and proven an extremely valuable ethos when approaching any kind of work.  Overlay this with “two heads are better than one” and you find the birthplace of the ever-present in business: MEETINGS.

One of the major complaints that come from organisational executives is the overwhelming number of meetings that they have to attend – “stopping them from doing their real jobs”.  But are meetings the perfect vehicle for procrastination?  Do managers secretly enjoy attending meetings?  And like it even more when they get the opportunity to complain about it?  A very British trait.

OK, so this is a sceptical viewpoint, but we can all agree that if meetings are more effective then so is the organisation. 

Let us know your opinion on our meeting theory.  Procrastination or undesirable complication?

de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats® is a meeting management tool that can half meeting times and double their effectiveness.  Interested?  Call Indigo Consultant, James Arnum-White, on 020 7924 8760.

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