- Game, set, Luck
The number one seed Roger Federer nearly saw his Wimbledon campaign stall in his match against Falla on Monday, admitting that a certain amount of luck was involved in helping him play to victory against a supreme effort from Alejandro Falla.
Never one to suffer from a lack of confidence for too long, Federer accentuated the [...]
- England Lions to roar for Victory
As the final hours count down to the last game of the group, it appears that many of the England players are in turmoil, faced with the potential glory or gruesome slating they are about to receive by their fans and the media.
Performance under extreme pressure is as challenging in business as it is in [...]
- Poke me if you want to be our face of Facebook
As social media catapults its way onto the boardroom agenda, it’s interesting that a new report by Social Media Influence reveals that many of the top businesses have not yet created inhouse roles.
According to the report, just 59 of Fortune Global 100 firms have invested in recruiting staff specifically assigned to core social media and [...]
- Career Crossroads
This week, we’ve been checking out a new online recruitment game by L’Oreal who have created a virtual world filled with corporate challenges.
The game, developed using some principles of psychometrics, could land you an interview at L’Oreal, but before you all go rushing off whispering ‘because I’m worth it’, the really interesting part for us [...]
- Ultimate Leaders…
Yesterday i attended the first Entrepreneurial Services Seminar hosted by Chris Barry and his team at TheBusinessDesk.com. The busy morning seminar was put on at the City Inn in Manchester.
It was a brilliant event for owners of businesses to attend as TheBusinessDesk.com had secured Simon Showman, CEO of Ultimate Products as their main speaker. Simon gave [...]
- Phoenix Flying High…
Ian Hudson with Phoenix Players
On Sunday 4th April we were lucky enough to sponsor the EPL match between the Manchester Phoenix and Peterborough Phantoms.
This was actually the second leg of a 2 game play off which was finely poised 3 v 3 from the evening before and what a leg it was!
We took 30 clients, advisers and friends [...]
- First Class Start for Salford University’s New Team
Salford University’s new senior management team has called on Northwest business psychology consultancy Psycuity to help embed the new team, improve interaction and identify future challenges.
Psycuity were tasked by Tony Ayin, the newly appointed Business Development Director of the Faculty of Health & Social Care, to audit the members of his new team, work with [...]
- Earning a buck in the digital age
Our very own Philip Hemsted will be talking on the subject of digital agencies and professional services firms on Thursday 20th April.
Digital agencies and professional and financial services firms are coming together in Manchester to tackle 21st century dilemmas affecting both sectors.Why dont digital agencies have the budget for professional services & and why dont [...]
- The Undercover Boss
It was interesting to read in The Times today about the come back on the 90’s classic TV programme “Back to the Floor”, is being re-aired in the States as “Undercover Boss”.
Sathnam Sanghera’s article reveals that it actually poorly aired first in the UK, prior to being lanuched after the super bowl with 39million prime [...]
- Don’t overload your prefrontal cortex . . .
. . . if you want to stick to diet’s and keep New Year resolutions.
This psychological gem comes from Professor Richard Wiseman he studied over 3,000 peoples new year resolutions and found that 88% of them fail. A psychological explanantion is the prefrontal cortex part of the brain controls which controls willpower, short-term memory, focus [...]
