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How can we understand something as complex as the human brain?
Somebody once said: “if the brain was so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t!”
Your brain contains about 100 billion brain cells or neurons.  Each neuron is potentially linked to many thousands of other neurons.  The more frequently neurons communicate with [...]

Keep it real – Making sure that there are real personal and business benefits that follow the learning event.
 
Facilitate creation not consumption – Make the materials experience based, not materials based.  The menu is not the meal, the course manual is not the experience.
 
Honour uniqueness – There are many ways of finding an answer to a problem; the way [...]

Why is That?
We understand that happier staff make a more profitable business, but creating a happier culture often is left to the HR professionals, and others that don’t weld the influence that leaving the direct line manager at times disconnected from this responsibility.
The Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Teaching analysed high performing workplaces [...]

We have five generations working together for the first time in history, and intergenerational warfare in the workplace is going to be a real issue
Simply thinking about the generations, what are the traits and behaviour differences between dogs, cats and rats?

Dogs are easy to train, more compliant, loyal and obedient.
 
Cats are more fussy, will consider [...]

What are Inspired Workforces and how to build an Inspired Workforce.

Are you responsible for the performance of others in your workforce, or have you previously been responsible for this role?
 
Would you agree that leading and managing people is at times a difficult and complex activity?

We are faced with some pretty tricky issues such as the [...]

Gender perceptions – The Stereotyped Female Leader
Women who succeed in male dominated professions frequently elicit hostile responses. 
What the research suggests:
In an experiment illustrating this phenomenon, women described as succeeding in the masculine careers of electrical engineer or electrician were perceived as less likable, attractive, happy, and socially desirable than women described as succeeding in [...]

Hormones have a massive neurological affect at different stages of a women’s life:

The teenage girl brain
 
The dating years brain
 
The new mum brain
 
The don’t touch me I am peri menopause brain
 
The mature woman’s brain

The neurology of a Women’s brain can alter as much as 25% over the course of a month.
Quote from Dr Louaane Brizendine author [...]

The Physical Differences
For a long time scientists thought that women were smaller versions of men with different reproductive systems.
Given that women and men’s brain sizes are different it was assumed that because the male brain was larger it was more intelligent.
Wrong – men and women have the same number of neurons – women’s are more [...]

Everything we do is about communication.
Communication is about the transfer and understanding of meaning.
For any communication to be successful, the meaning that you wanted to convey must be understood.
The impact of poor communication to business

Reduction in staff morale leading to staff disengagement

Potential to lose good people

Dissatisfied consumers of our services

Loss of market share

Overall risk to [...]