by Dr Sharon | Feb 20, 2017 | Achieve Goals, Emotional Intelligence, Relationships (Self and Others), Time Management
Do you have a plan? Did you know that (according to research by Franklin Covey in Utah) 87% of Americans start their day without planning? Wonder how us South African’s fare? In my experience, delegates attending Time Management in South Africa are the same (if not...
by Dr Sharon | Feb 13, 2017 | Achieve Goals, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Relationships (Self and Others)
What you think about you bring about! We are only six-weeks into 2017 and I need both hands to count how many people I have heard saying that they feel tired, stressed, overwhelmed and like they need another holiday! This got me thinking… When I asked them how they...
by Dr Sharon | Dec 5, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Relationships (Self and Others), Time Management
STOP being your own worst enemy to make 2017 great! I’m sure last week’s food for thought got you thinking about some behaviours you’d like to cultivate this coming year or some goals you’d like to achieve. This week, I’d like us to think about what happens when...
by Dr Sharon | Nov 28, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Relationships (Self and Others), Time Management
Go beyond positive thinking Last week we started to explore how important it is to become aware of what you are thinking and how well those thoughts are serving you. I hope you realised that this ‘food for thought’ was not about ignoring or suppressing your fears or...
by Dr Sharon | Nov 21, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Relationships (Self and Others), Stress Management, Time Management
If you could change one thing in your life, what would you change? Last week, sparked by the election in favour of Trump, I spoke to you about separating what you can change from what you can’t change. How did it go? I hope you’ve approached this week with a more...
by Dr Sharon | Oct 26, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics at Work, Leadership, Relationships (Self and Others)
Care in silence According to Rothwell and Sredl (1992, p.391), there is an enormous difference between just hearing and active listening. We can “hear” simply on the basis of auditory stimuli. For example, we hear a train, even if we are not paying much...
