
Networking is critical for everyone, especially PAs who need to collaborate with others all the time. You might find the idea terrifying, but it’s essential for your career and something you probably already do without knowing!

Networking is critical for everyone, especially PAs who need to collaborate with others all the time. You might find the idea terrifying, but it’s essential for your career and something you probably already do without knowing!

It seems like barely a day goes past without a conference invite dropping into your inbox. They’re an inescapable part of modern working life. So how can you make sure you get the most benefit from them?

The Little Book of the Future is a free guide to collaborative learning, written in partnership with some of the learning industry’s major thinkers and doers.

You may not even consciously think about it, but your personal brand drives how you are perceived at work and how successful you are in your day to day role. So what is personal branding?

The term Appreciative Inquiry (or AI) seems to keep cropping up in meetings and in magazines. What is it, and is it a useful tool to help managers motivate their teams?

At some point most of us have been frustrated with someone because of the way they manage their time. But maybe it’s not their problem…

Do certain expressions or poses always carry the same meaning and are these detectable to all? Can we really engineer the building of rapport, even with people we’d rather avoid?

As I write, we have no government. The election result is almost in (ten seats yet to call) and David Cameron has just made his opening gambit in wooing the Liberal Democrats for a coalition government. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I imagine that Nicholas Clegg will not go over [...]

I’m not talking about overindulgence or putting on a few seasonal pounds around your midriff. I’m talking about fat in the head. I should also add, so am I. But I am also trying to do something about it.

First published in 2009, the Little Book of Learning is the essential guide to training and development in an economic downturn.