Reflective Practice: The Key to Doing Things Better

22 / 12 / 2016

It’s getting towards the end of the year and time to look back at 2016. It’s been an extraordinary year in many ways. Some of those have been sad. We have lost many great artists this year. Some have been appalling....... the shocking terrorist attacks on families enjoying Bastille Day in Nice and more recently the attack on Christmas shoppers...

Do You Have a Dream Team in Your Workplace?

20 / 12 / 2016

In business you are who you recruit. If you only recruit the ‘Paretos’ (the 20% of your staff who suck up 80% of your management time) you will lose to the competition. If you recruit “foot soldiers” you will do OK but it will always be an effort. You won’t fly. But if you recruit an A team you’ll have...

Winter Wheezles and Sneezles

15 / 12 / 2016

Do you remember this from when you were a kid? Christopher Robin had wheezles and sneezles.They bundled him into his bed.They gave him what goes with a cold in the nose and some more for a cold in the head.They wondered if wheezles could turn into measles; if sneezles would turn into mumps.They examined his chest for a rash, and...

He Said What!?

08 / 12 / 2016

Writer Brené Brown said: “The irony is that we attempt to disown our difficult stories to appear more whole or more acceptable, but our wholeness even our wholeheartedness actually depends on the integration of all of our experiences, including the falls”. This resonated with me because moments before I had been reading an article about Donald Trump and his series...

Don’t Let Christmas Parties Get Out of Control

06 / 12 / 2016

Although we’re only a week into December (plenty of time left for Christmas shopping!) the commercial Christmas season has been with us for some time. I think the first glitter of tinsel was spotted by a team member in August this year. At Clare Stables we will be putting Christmas decorations up later this week and are looking forward to...