Do the words, ‘Performance Review’ fill you or your staff with fear? That usually means you have been on the end of poorly delivered feedback in the past. Giving (and receiving) feedback is a skill that you should learn and practise, and encourage your team to do the same. Imagine talking to a stroppy teenager […]
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The concept for the Honest Fig was born on a cold and wet Sunday evening as true Strictly Come Dancing fans, Linda and Chris, along with their neighbours, sat down to watch the dance off with some cheese and meats and of course a glass of wine. Linda realised that grazing boards with good quality
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Open for only six months, but it seems much longer! Bow Books thank you all for the heartwarming welcome, purchases and orders. Invaluable… please keep it up! Support from Royston First, Royston Radio, the Royston Crow, trade networks and The Listing has been unstinting. A special tribute to the bookshop’s small team of fantastic volunteers.
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Driving to work recently on a wet, drizzly morning, I came upon a queue of cars slowly moving behind a lorry. As I approached the traffic I could see that the road ahead was straight and clear and I didn’t understand why the cars hadn’t overtaken the lethargic lorry. I approached carefully, pulled out and
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Julian’s Business Tips: Looking Back to Look Forward Later on this year, I’ll probably be suggesting that you look forwards, and set your 2024 business goals. But you won’t be able to do that effectively until you have reflected upon, and most importantly learnt from, your experiences of this year. It’s important that you do
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Pilates with Cathryn Jaffray Local Pilates teacher Cathryn Jaffray is excited to reveal her new-look business: Feel Good Pilates. Cathryn is well known in the area, having started her business almost 20 years ago. She initially trained at dance college and went on to become a dance and fitness teacher, adding Matwork Pilates as another
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Wellness Coaching: Jane Casey Years ago, a colleague called me ‘a fixer’. I didn’t understand what she meant at the time. Although constantly feeling the need to step in and fix things for others may be with good intention, it can come at the detriment of the ‘fixer’. It may originate from the fixer’s own
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Wellness Coaching: Jane Casey – Wellness Coaching is not a Linear Process. There is no quick fix. It is an exciting journey of reframing old, unhelpful responses, habits & behaviours. Sometimes a client will tell me they have ‘failed’ to achieve their actions. Maybe they did not respond in the way they hoped every time
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Julian’s Business Tips: Running a Business at Home I’ve been talking to several people who want to set up a home business – so here are my ten top tips. 1. Have a plan – a simple one is fine. You can’t manage what you don’t measure, so maybe initially just define your market, how
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Dysons Menswear: Shop Local Dysons has been part of Royston life since Roly Dyson started the company in 1934, and as many Roystonians will still remember, Ray King ran Dysons for over 50 years. Trevor took over running the shop 22 years ago on Ray’s retirement. When Dysons first opened it sold mainly workwear, but
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Wellness Coaching: Jane Casey – Say Something Positive The way we speak to ourselves and others matters! The words we use can change our neurochemicals to influence our emotions and way of thinking, which can further reinforce our self beliefs. It’s you versus you everyday. We are all fighting our own battles against past ‘bad’
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Julian’s Business Tips: Who is Number One? You may have rented a car over the summer, so I thought I would share with you one of the most famous advertising battles in the last 60 years. The US car rental companies, Hertz and Avis. Their rivalry had, in fact, begun in the late 1940’s with
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