A refreshing challenge

To push away those January blues, the girls at Rambutan are undertaking a fresh challenge in February – and raising money in the process! Read the rest of this entry »

The latest thoughts from David…

The happiest person I have ever met was penny-less.  She had enough to eat and a roof over her head but very few of what she called ‘luxuries’.  At the time it seemed everyone around her was buying (and sometimes parading) expensive garments and gadgetry, yet this didn’t seem to interest her.  Had she not been my mother I would have called her a fool. Read the rest of this entry »

An insight from Nicki…

Are you one of the many people, like me, who makes lists?  It’s certainly a great way to remember stuff that would otherwise likely be forgotten. Read the rest of this entry »

The latest thoughts from David…

In Tom Rath’s book, Strengths Finder 2.0, he quotes some research on the chances of employees being actively disengaged based on their managers’ focus.  I found it startling and obvious at the same time.  Where a manager’s primary focus is on weaknesses this leads to a 22% chance that his/her employees will be actively disengaged.  Ignoring employees altogether leads to a 40% chance which makes sense when you consider the basic human need for attention (anyone with children will be nodding at this point).

BUT (I hope that you noticed how big that but was) when the manager’s focus is primarily on his/her team’s strengths the figure drops to a mere 1%. Read the rest of this entry »