People Development Blog

The People Discovery Blog is a bit of a labour of love. I love sharing new ideas, concepts and strategies to help leaders, managers, business owners, or anyone interested in people development see fresh and new perspectives, or even to reinforce their own great practices.

My blog includes topics on leadership development, leadership practices, human resources. My leadership development model is the filter for all of my work, both in how I help clients and also how I write. You can find out more about the model here. I believe that inside of everyone is a higher self which is powerful, loving, kind and creative. In addition I believe that when you can come to the realisation that we are all connected, then it is inevitable that a unity consciousness develops. The power of living life through unity consciousness is that it resolves all conflicts and unites all people. I hope you learn and enjoy my blog. I wish you peace, love and enlightenment in your life.

Making family friendly work for you – 5 mistakes and how to avoid them

Christina Lattimer On June 28, 2012 / Leadership and Management / Leave a comment

Family Friendly is an employee and business benefit If you struggle to get the very best people to come and work for you. If you believe your employees aren’t giving their best, or are stressed because their working life and domestic life don’t work well together. Or if you have a high rate of unexplained absence, then you may wish to consider reviewing your family friendly offer. If you […]

How to accelerate workplace experience – for new or inexperienced staff

Christina Lattimer On June 22, 2012 / Employee Development / Leave a comment

Experience is often essential, but it takes time! One of the most valued attributes an employee can bring to the workplace is their experience. In a fast changing world where employees are more likely to move from job to job for a number of reasons; sometimes great knowledge and skill are present, but not necessarily experience. The problem is of course experience takes time and often we are short of […]

The Followers’ Guide to: What your Leader wants

Christina Lattimer On June 15, 2012 / Employee Development / 3 Comments

Do Followers know what their leaders want? Today, a search on Amazon.com showed 98,516 results for “leadership”. A further search for “followship” came back with a mere 39 results. I searched again for “team player” and received over 101,000 results, although “team player” wasn’t quite what I was looking for. I know sometimes part of great leadership is setting out what you expect and need from your followers, and “followship” […]

When navel-gazing can be healthy

Christina Lattimer On June 7, 2012 / Miscellaneous / Leave a comment

As a young manager it was drummed into me that I focus on my customers and the services or products I provided to the customer. It didn’t occur to me to question the philosophy in those days, after all the most senior people in the business advocated it and I certainly cared a lot about customers. If you are outcome focused and performance manage your people against customer service, company standards, results, […]

Young Entrepreneurs – Start–up and Start-thinking

Christina Lattimer On June 1, 2012 / Personal Development / Leave a comment

Start off by getting the detail right: If you are thinking about starting up a business, you can get a head start by giving some serious thought to what is involved right now. I offer some introductory advice which might help you to formulate some questions for your mentor to help you decide if and how to get started. Before you enter the process: If you have previously been employed, […]

Can I Create A Family Friendly Working Environment?

Christina Lattimer On June 1, 2012 / Links to Guest Posts / Leave a comment

Creating a Family Friendly Working Environment Can Benefit Your Business If you are struggling to get the best people to come and work for you, have a high rate of unexplained absence or believe that your employees aren’t giving their best, not least due to stress because their work and domestic lives conflict, it may be worth reviewing how family-friendly your workplace culture is. In order to attract and retain […]

Recognise your team – 8 ways to say “Thank You” without saying the words

christinapd On May 29, 2012 / Leadership and Management / Leave a comment

Valuing your team can only come from a sincere place, value and recognise A recent report in HR Magazine by David Woods reported “Employers are failing to inspire their staff and make them feel valued, with only 21% of employees believing their company cares about its staff, according to a YouGov survey of over 1,000 workers, commissioned by performance consultancy, River Marketing” The results don’t surprise me, although I think […]

Are Your Relationships on Purpose?

Guest Post On May 24, 2012 / Personal Development / Leave a comment

Welcome to our latest Guest Blogger. David Klaasen is an inspirational coach, facilitator and trainer, specialising in profitability, high performance and people and solutions. We met on-line fairly recently after “bumping” into each other in our respective social media communities! We quickly realised we shared some common ideas. David very kindly agreed to give me a review of my latest E BOOK – The 6 Secrets of Great Emotional Intelligence – […]

7 Ways to Get It Right And Give Management The Credit They Deserve

christinapd On May 17, 2012 / Miscellaneous / Leave a comment

A Management role is a multi-talented one! I have read so many negative reports about management over the last few months that I felt I had to stand up and hurl in a different perspective. In the past few months, I’ve read quotes such as: “three quarters of employers report a lack of leadership and management skills and too many managers have an inflated opinion of their ability to manage people” […]

Nine Attitudes of Emotionally Intelligent Leaders and Managers

Christina Lattimer On May 11, 2012 / Leadership Development / 1 Comment

Emotionally intelligent leaders and managers get the best results! Like learning to drive, leading and managing people is an experiential journey. My entrance onto the leadership stage was when I was promoted into the role, having stood in for the team leader from time to time I don’t know about you, but although I had practiced at managing people I hadn’t experienced it properly until I had to do it […]

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People Development Blog

Making family friendly work for you – 5 mistakes and how to avoid them

How to accelerate workplace experience – for new or inexperienced staff

The Followers’ Guide to: What your Leader wants

When navel-gazing can be healthy

Young Entrepreneurs – Start–up and Start-thinking

Can I Create A Family Friendly Working Environment?

Recognise your team – 8 ways to say “Thank You” without saying the words

Are Your Relationships on Purpose?

7 Ways to Get It Right And Give Management The Credit They Deserve

Nine Attitudes of Emotionally Intelligent Leaders and Managers

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