Setting Limits: Improving Quality of Work & Life By Karen Tidsall, Founder and Director, InterCHANGEpd Our world is frantic, busy and fraught with crisis. Whether its natural disasters, political tumult due to volatile world leaders, or the UK navigating unchartered waters as we attempt to leave the EU, these issues whir in our minds. Doubtless, [...]
Learnings from Political Leaders By Karen Tidsall, Founder and Director, InterCHANGEpd Observing recent events, we have witnessed a surprising swing in the pendulum of power when it comes to our political leaders. We expect politicians to use their power wisely due to the great responsibility they hold. We have recently witnessed Theresa May and Jeremy [...]
Mentor advice – Igniting the entrepreneurial spirit! By Karen Tidsall, Founder and Director, InterCHANGEpd According to economist Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950), entrepreneurs are not necessarily motivated by profit but regard it as a standard for measuring achievement or success. Schumpeter discovered that entrepreneurs: greatly value self-reliance strive for distinction through excellence are highly optimistic (otherwise [...]
What Drives Our Mindset? By Karen Tidsall, Founder and Director, InterCHANGEpd Definition: ‘Mindset’ - the established set of attitudes held by someone. Ever seen someone and made an instant decision that you did not like that person? Or, have you been in a situation where you feel you have understood what’s happening, only later to [...]
Wise Power By Karen Tidsall, Founder and Director, InterCHANGEpd Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge. C.G. Jung When we hold a position of power as a parent, manager, politician, teacher, leader, mentor, or when looking after elderly relatives, we have a great responsibility to use this power wisely so we can enrich lives [...]
Offering The Best Of Ourselves By Karen Tidsall, Founder and Director, InterCHANGEpd Change and uncertainty are our travelling companions as we discover a way forward beyond the vote to leave the EU. Whether we voted in or out we are all witness to an unfolding and unprecedented process. Many feelings are swirling around – shock, [...]
Mindful Management By Karen Tidsall, Founder and Director, InterCHANGEpd Linda, an enthusiastic new manager, is excited. Her first team meeting is tomorrow and she’s thinking about how to approach it. She is eager to put her new management skills and ideas into practice. Then doubt creeps in, Linda begins to feel anxious and she’s swamped [...]
Guidelines for Communicating Accross Cultures Our potential to connect with a wide diversity of people across the world is vast and with it comes exciting opportunities to discover ways of achieving peaceful inter-dependence – arguably the most important task facing us all. As leaders and managers you are in a position to inspire the leaders [...]
Good Budgeting Supports Financial Sustainability The three key steps to good budgeting If you want to know about financial management for an organisation, you need to understand how it budgets. If you know what is happening in three key areas, the budget itself, the budget and actual comparison and the cash flow forecast, everything else [...]
