Tag Archives: Business skills

Back to school

It’s been on my mind for a while.  Like the past 15 years. One of the things about getting older and moving to a small place, is that you gradually become the peer group.  And that’s when you can do one of two things.  Cruise into your comfort zone.  Or look at the warning signs [...]

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Skills to survive and succeed at work

On 10th December, I was invited by the University of Malta to give a lecture on business skills in the work place.  The lecture was part of the DegreePlus programme, which provides young people with practical skills and formative experiences.  I like this programme – it always strikes me that most people are totally unprepared for [...]

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Serious skills part 1

On Tuesday I trudged to the Chamber of Commerce to listen to a 90-minute talk by Ann E W Stone, founder of The Stone Group , an international business and political consultancy.  I was intrigued by the tile of the session:  ’25 skills that signal you are to be taken seriously’. In the first part [...]

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