At some stage in your life, you are going be standing in front of an audience to present something. The audience may be a mere handful of people whose faces you can make out; or you may be privileged enough to be standing somewhere blinking at bright lights, wired up and about to recorded for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]