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“What was the last sandwich you had? Was it with ham? Or maybe cheese? Possibly fish? Or… salami… egg… tomatoes???”
“It was actually with a lot of… bread!”
Give me a break… all sandwiches are with bread! We do not remember the bread; it is seldom memorable! We always remember what is inside. Bread [...]
Some days ago I was talking to one of my former employees working for a pharma multinational about some training topics. At some point he mentioned that best training he had was one on motivation with a leading local supplier. He was excited about being well entertained throughout the sessions.
I asked out of my [...]
This is the question I was asked nowadays by an HR person whom I respect a lot after he had some interaction with some of his sales persons.
And my answer was: it is perfectly normal. Teams consisting of people who long lost (if ever had) the glue in their look at work may deliver [...]
The story in Baneasa (see below) was just the beginning of my adventure to London. In the way back my flight from London Luton was cancelled promptly by Wizzair (I really appreciate their decisiveness in this respect allowing me to re-organize in time) due to adverse conditions in Bucharest. Later [...]
In one of the workshops I run some weeks ago I reached a moment where participants became slightly annoying by not listening to each-other, with managers being the champions. Amongst them there was one with whom I discussed earlier about his listening disabilities. During this discussion I understood that the [...]
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