Articles about Talent.
You have to be tough to teach today.
Recent debate on stress has focused on its impact on teachers. Example: an experienced, dedicated teacher was banned from teaching for life after beating a 14 year old with a dumb-bell, after being repeatedly taunted and goaded by the class. At his court hearing, he said that “lots of teachers are ticking time bombs” (Guardian, July 2011).
Stress is important but it is possible to place two individuals in the same working environment and find one succumbs to the pressure of stress and another thrives.
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How Marketing Can Help Change the Future of the World.
A Presentation to the key players in Leading Hotels of the World In Dublin, Autumn 2010
I was dipping into a book the other day by Tom Peters, the management guru and author, called “Thriving on Chaos”. It was written in 1989.
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Our Future and How to Shape It.
Why are we really here today?
Apart – of course – from being well entertained and meeting some great people… as if that in itself wasn’t enough…
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The Circle of Innovation – “You can’t shrink your way to greatness”.
By Tom Peters
Tom Peters worked at McKinsey. He made his name writing “In Search of Excellence” with Robert Waterman. He is now the world famous speaker and ranter and provoker of thought. His books are rich in opinion, prejudice and anger that business has failed to keep up with a rapidly changing world. He quotes General Shinseko, in his more recent book “Re-Imagine”, who said “if you don’t like change you’ll like irrelevance even less.”
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