A confession. I used to think that coaching was something you could get for free from any good friend. It turns out it’s not that simple. A kind ear with some friendly advice can be very helpful and often all we need. But it is not the same as coaching. What specifically can a good […]
Awaken Communications Associate, Matt Wake is taking a show to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Along with seven other actors from the Hideout Theatre group, Wake, who was born at Stoke Mandeville and raised at the Court Theatre, Tring (now the Dembe theatre) will be staging the Players of Diadon, an original comedy, at the Gilded […]
‘Think Like an Actor’ is a communications skills development programme, from Awaken Communications, designed to help your people build better stakeholder connections. Why? The actor’s primary objective is to build a connection with an audience. They train for years in order to be able to do this.Commercial and not-for-profits thrive on the ability of their […]
Effective leaders don’t just follow the rules. They are driving my making good decisions.
Workplace profiling (sometimes crudely referred to as personality tests) tools have been around for a while. They began to gain traction with business in the sixties with the Myers Briggs Typology Indicator, based on the work of Carl Jung. Since then, numerous alternative indicators have been developed. Some are influenced by insights from neuroscience and […]
When organizing a meeting or team away day, it’s easy to assume that the usual group dynamics will simply fall into place. However, without proper guidance, discussions can lose focus, energy can dip, and key decisions may be overlooked. That’s where an expert external facilitator comes in. By introducing an experienced, neutral third party to […]
