Lightning rods and speed bumps - 2 fantastic facilitation techniques
I must confess something: I love ice breakers, energisers and anything different that jolts me out of the day-to-day. I know many people...
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This page has a plethora of blogs from the team providing useful tips, stories and thoughts on all aspects of effectiveness. Enjoy!
Faris also blogs under his own Medium blog page where he shares more on EQ, IQ, FQ and what it is like to run a small business
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farisaranki
Nov 26, 20194 min read
What makes a great training session?
As some of you may have seen, I recently had the pleasure of delivering some training sessions for a fantastic consulting firm on a...
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farisaranki
Nov 18, 20193 min read
"It is what it is" - Is being a little too passive holding you back?
I was talking to a friend last night about their job and I asked how it was going: "Hmm, it's ok", they said, "I had a maternity cover...
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farisaranki
Nov 13, 20194 min read
Good facilitation: One of the greatest superpowers in business
How was the last meeting you went to? What did you think of that last workshop you attended? How about that training day? Was it...
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farisaranki
Nov 6, 20194 min read
Are you working smart?
Nope, nothing to do with TVs, meters, thermostats, fridges, doorbells, cars, objectives nor chocolates (oh, hang on, those are...
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farisaranki
Nov 1, 20194 min read
Q/ How do you eat an elephant?
A/ One bite at a time of course... I love this ridiculous joke (not just because it entertains my nephews) but because underneath it lies...
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farisaranki
Nov 1, 20193 min read
Once upon a time in a company like ours...
When was the last time you told someone a good story? I bet it was recently but you probably didn't realise you were actively doing it...
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farisaranki
Oct 29, 20193 min read
Think diversity and inclusion for greater business success
Psychological safety is an increasingly common factor identified as being important for successful businesses and for allowing employees...
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farisaranki
Oct 24, 20194 min read
What would you say to a secret way to test if your new idea will be a success or not? [We'd say yes]
Think of the satisfaction; you've just completed the designs for your new strategy, your new product, a new plan, a big event, a bold...
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farisaranki
Oct 23, 20193 min read
Are we solving the right problems in the right way?
Think of a problem, any problem (no, this isn't a magic trick or a maths lesson on the sly). It can be a problem impacting your business...
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farisaranki
Oct 22, 20193 min read
So much IQ, so why aren't we getting anywhere?
IQ: I'm not here to talk about one of the joys of living in the UK ( I queue, therefore I am*) but instead the importance of IQ to...
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farisaranki
Oct 21, 20193 min read
FQ distilled: Stop, Start and Enhance; aka what Marie Kondo/Queer Eye would do for business
How many times have you found yourself slightly obsessed with something to the point that you lose clarity of thought? Or doing something...
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farisaranki
Oct 14, 20192 min read
Confusion is a big distraction
One of the biggest "Focus Costs" is a lack of clarity. From the small: "Did they say that they wanted milk in their coffee?", to the...
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farisaranki
Oct 7, 20194 min read
For focus sake
It happens to us all, we sit down with the clearest intention to get something done only to be distracted by something else (maybe a...
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farisaranki
Sep 30, 20195 min read
How to improve EQ in your business
In my preceding 2 blogs I discussed exactly what EQ was and why it is so important in the business world (scratch that, it's so important...
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farisaranki
Sep 23, 20193 min read
Why good EQ can make or break success in business
Why have I written this follow up article on EQ? In my previous article https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-need-talk-eq-faris-aranki/ I...
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farisaranki
Sep 16, 20193 min read
We need to talk about EQ
I'm sure there is a formal definition of EQ somewhere out there on the internet or in the vast chamber of some renowned centre of...
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farisaranki
Sep 9, 20193 min read
The oft neglected elements of success
Having spent over 20 years working in the corporate, education and development worlds focusing on strategy and management, I have come to...
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