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  It is common knowledge that non-verbal communication such as body language and eye contact can communicate our true feelings. Various statistics how been quoted which suggest that non-verbal communication makes up to 90% of communication, with our words only being 10%. This has led to a lot of articles and books on reading body [...]

  Many companies are now taking advantage of our online training company accounts. These accounts are great for cutting the cost of training your employees in soft skills. A company account allows all of your employees access to all of our CPD online training courses. At the moment there are 25 training courses, with more [...]

  We offer a variety of CPD Training Courses, so which one is right for you? We often receive enquiries from people in a senior management role asking if the course they wish to attend, is aimed at senior management level. Our courses provide a psychological perspective and therefore are suitable to all levels. We [...]

  We hear many negative stories about people’s managers, so we thought we would write a blog in their defence. People can overestimate leaders, expecting them to achieve well beyond what is possible. In addition to this if the team achieves a goal, the individuals involved often claim the victory arose from their own efforts. [...]

  In the last few years, many companies have seen massive reductions in the amount allocated to training budgets. It appears that many companies are still experiencing year on year reductions in their training budgets. In the training business we often hear stories of people’s training experiences. A common story relates to people having a performance appraisal [...]

  Recently in conversation with a friend, we moved on to the topic of him completing his CPD online. He had access to a variety of online courses that were related directly to his profession, which provided him with the latest updates in his field. Each online cpd course lasted one hour. He informed me that [...]

  An article in the Sunday papers this week stated that conflict leads to creativity. We couldn’t agree more. Conflict is often viewed negatively in the workplace, however when managed correctly it can lead to innovative ideas. If everyone in a team agreed with each other’s ideas, there would be no challenge. It is from [...]

  When creating our online training we wanted to keep things simple. We carried out extensive research of online training currently available on the internet for CPD. It became clear to us that courses worked best when they had a simple format. The online courses that asked us to click on a certain door, or match up words by [...]

  In the last year it has become apparent that the most popular courses we run are our Conflict Resolution Courses. In the past all of our training courses sold pretty much evenly, however now Conflict Resolution is our bestseller. Is this because the economic climate is making us all more stressed which results in [...]

  The more we talk to businesses the more apparent this question becomes. It appears there are two different ways of thinking when working on new projects. Some people think of their current skills, capabilities, experience and develop a plan from this starting point. They think ‘what can I develop or achieve based on what [...]