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Mark Donovan’s High Performance Development Programme 2023
Mark Donovan’s High-Performance Development Programme 2023 “Of all the courses, training and development that I’ve done in the last 30 years, this programme was the most relevant and interesting. But most importantly it had an immediate impact on my productivity, my...
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Accepting self-responsibility and taking action!
One of my key philosophies is accepting self-responsibility and taking action. The problem with most people today is not the absence of knowledge, it is the absence of doing. The starting point for achieving anything is accepting the self-responsibility for doing it. ...
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Which of these 3 areas are you prioritizing most of your time on?
Leaders basically prioritize their time in three categories. Category 1: What they find comfortable and enjoyable to do, even though one of their team could probably look after these activities well enough and would get development in doing them. Category 2: What is...
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The Mayonnaise Jar and the Coffee…
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day is not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar... and the coffee... A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he...
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Are you in the driver’s seat of your life or the passenger seat?
We wouldn’t think of getting into a car and not know whether we are going to Dublin or Cork. But many of us become passengers in our own lives. Years go by and we never get out of the car and see where it is going or if it is moving at all. We simply sit in the back...
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3-part management course
Lesson no.1: A crow was sitting on a tree doing nothing all day long. A small rabbit spotted the crow and said, ‘can I also sit there like you and do nothing all day long?’ The crow said, ‘sure why not?’ So the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow and rested. All...
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‘Get your car out of the garage’ and take self-responsibility.
There is an old Japanese saying, ‘fall seven, rise eight’. What is hope? One kind of hope is the expectation that tomorrow will be better than today. It is the kind of hope that has us yearning for sunnier weather or a smoother path ahead. It comes without the burden...
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People are attracted to people who care!
When working with my clients, I am always extremely accessible to them. I am open to taking their calls outside of the main days I am working with them. If there is an emergency or crisis, I am open to taking their call on weekends or bank holidays. I sometimes get a...
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The ROCKET FUEL for driving high performance and engagement.
I was working with a company to raise its employee engagement and increase its staff retention. Despite study after study showing that appreciation is one of the key workplace engagers’, I am amazed how many organisations do not have a culture of feedback. When I work...
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Are you fed up with people kicking sand in your face?
The question I want to ask you today is… Do you want to be liked or do you want to be respected? When I ask this question to leaders that I work with, they all say they want to be respected. But when we start to examine the behaviors they exhibit, it is quite the...
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