Contains the secret of why some people seem to be good and others find it tougher. Start with the observation that there is a “secret muscle” for skills, with loads of examples and exercises.
Contains expert, simple advice to reduce frustration and increase security and confidence.
Contains practical steps to create your “career game plan” designed for your circumstances.
“I worked for 8 years in H.R. for a major British bank and the concepts of Forward Plane’s Active Skills were a revelation to me. I simply had not looked at things that way before. And no-one around me either. The core ideas are simple but the trick was to create the exercises. N.P. London”
Soft Skills
Soft skills let you get influence, responsibility, budgets, etc. I have found that the people who are good at soft skills are not always great at explaining what they do. Like the “secret muscle” of hard skills, there is a hidden logic to soft skills which can be mastered.
Contains expert advice and unique insights.
Contains examples, exercises and practical steps.
Learn the hidden truth about what really goes on with ‘internal tension’ and why emotional states are only the highly visible side of the deep inner mechanism.
Learn the real impact of emotions on learning, and the impact of learning on emotions.
Learn my model for addiction and why so many people run into difficulties with addictions, and potentially wind up in rehab.
Learn the secret rules of aesthetics and check if this is not something that can be applied to your business or your career.
“If you are strong on hard skills but feel others are better at soft skills and having more fun and more effectiveness than you then this is for you. “
Advanced Programme
Shadow Tools
Years of analysis have led me to really get inside what Carl Jung called the shadow.
This books describes the three major types of shadows and how they affect business and teams. Contains dozens of examples and exercises.
“My own experience is that I have been held back in a surprising way by not being aware of this aspect.
Shadow reactions are like a hundred little hand-brakes that hold us back. What is more they grow back over time, especially if you are in a pressurised environment, so effective tools are required to detect and deal with these.
