Smart Thinking

The course content is drawn from The Early Career Book. It provides a guide to starting out, stepping up and being yourself, in order to get your career off to a flying start.

The course content is drawn from The Ethical Business Book. It explains how to devise and understand ethical and sustainable business strategies. The methods are applicable to all types of business regardless of their category. The tone is practical and non-preachy.

The course content is drawn from The Ideas Book. It explains how to prepare properly for running brainstorms and offers a range of 50 techniques for generating ideas. These methods are helpful to all types of business regardless of their category. The format is highly productive and it is not uncommon to generate over 100 ideas per session.

The course content is drawn from The Intelligent Work Book which combines visual and verbal thinking to provide a powerful approach to problem solving. This course looks at what most modern executives have to deal with in the world of work these days. Empathizing with the most frequent pressures people face we run through a series of suggestions designed to help reduce that pressure. Content includes thinking, working, planning and prioritizing, presenting, selling and negotiating. It provides effective tools to help anyone be more effective and outstanding.

The course content is drawn from The Diagrams Book, The Smart Thinking Book and The Intelligent Work Book. It explains how to negotiate effectively using a series of important steps. Preparation techniques are followed by advice on a range of negotiating styles and tactics. Attendees are then split into teams and perform mock negotiations to cement their learning.

The course content is drawn from The Excellence Book which offers 50 provocations to improve your attitude, approac, timing, the questions you ask and your decision making. It helps you to be the best you can be. It demonstrates the link between careful thought and appropriate action helping to reduce stress and improving mental health.

The course content is drawn from The Diagrams Book and The Ideas Book. It explains how to present effectively using a 10-step system. It explains how to develop a clear point of view and map out a persuasive line of argument. After learning the techniques, attendees work in groups on real presentations to cement their learning.

The course content is drawn from The Smart Strategy Book. It covers seven of the most common strategic areas, commercial, brand, customer, sales, people, innovation and communication. There are seven strategic directions in each section providing 50 perspectives in total. This important strategic wisdom is drawn from researching over 400 business books and distilled into helpful fast learning.

The course content is drawn from The Sustainable Business Book and The Excellence Book. It explains how to view everyday business activities through a sustainability lens by stopping, thinking and challenging current practices.

The course content is drawn from The Sustainable Business Book. It explains how to implement the six-part PLANET system that enables companies to become more sustainable.

The course content is drawn from The Diagrams Book and The Smart Thinking Book. It helps leaders to have a higher level of self-awareness and their leadership responsibilities. It provides a series of ways in which to inspire their teams and influence their clients. It introduces the concept of assertive listening and provides summaries of the best writing on leadership.

The course content is drawn from The Diagrams Book. It explains how to solve problems and express ideas visually. It offers a range of 60 diagrams and explains how to use them. These methods are applicable to all types of business regardless of their category. There are exercises to show the use of every example