There’s always something you can learn from putting your experiences down on paper. I love to dig around and discover new angles, often surprising myself and, hopefully you, with a relevant link to today’s situation. It all began some years ago when I was given the opportunity to write a business column for a local newspaper. I enjoyed the creative process and the clarification which came with writing. I am pleased to share my work with you here, along with some more recent musings.
I’m staging my Barnhill Consulting retreat in a little under a month’s time in the beautifully rural setting of the Chainbridge Hotel, Llangollen. Given that a retreat is often defined as an opportunity to find spiritual peace or make a ‘retreat’ from the pressures of life, why have I dubbed my retreat, ‘the retreat that means business’? A sense …
I attended a networking event in September to try to readjust to the pace of business life after a pleasantly distracting month of holiday in August. The speaker was one of my all-time favourite TV presenters, Louise Minchin, and I was looking forward to hearing about her new book ‘Fearless, Adventures with Extraordinary Women’. Of course, what Louise had to …
I am categorically not a foodie, but I was excited to holiday in Lisbon and Porto recently. I’d heard a well-respected chef once say that the two best cities in the world for excellent cuisine were Lisbon and Copenhagen. Having sampled Portuguese food over a couple of weeks at a great variety of establishments, I would heartily recommend it and …
Welcome to my latest vlog! What makes a performance special? What impact does motivation have on the quality of a performance? Watch my latest vlog and find out what I learned from an EasyJet crew on my recent flight home from holiday.
