On average, we spend 28% of our working lives in meetings. So how do we make the most of this time and ensure meetings are productive and positive rather than "hours of my life I won't get back."?

This week's podcast discusses the importance of meetings and how we fool ourselves by using them to define our status and importance.

By following some simple principles, you can turn the corporate treacle into an invaluable investment of your time and your organisation's money. After all, you don't want to waste a quarter of your time at work!

If you want to make your meetings work, please contact James Lawther or Jimmy Barber.

Happy New Year!

We're back and starting 2025 on a high with a special guest: Patricia Brooks, a high-performance strengths coach.

Patricia shares the importance and value of knowing what you are good at and her model for identifying, owning, and leveraging your personal strengths. This approach is invaluable for us all, as we perform better and enjoy our work more if we concentrate on the areas we excel at rather than constantly focusing on our "Development Areas."


To find out more by contacting Patricia via:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/workplace-culture/

FREE training for individuals - https://genevapearl.com/home-page-3284

Geneva Pearl website - https://genevapearl.co.uk/

For a strengths assessment personalised report, contact Patricia at coaching@genevapearl.co.uk and claim your free Personal Growth Practical Guide or book time with Patricia for an exploratory call.

We end the year with our version of the 12 Days of Christmas – a light-hearted look at some seasonal insights to help you over the festive period and into 2025.

Amanda Gilbert our Learning and Development Guru attempts to keep us in order as we cobble together insights on habits, collaboration and how to behave at Christmas Do's.

Thank you to everyone for listening, sharing, following, and supporting the podcast this year. We hope you all have an amazing festive period and a great 2025. If you're lucky, Santa won't be taking advice from James this year – when you've listened in, you'll know why! We hope to see you all for our next episode on January 7th.

If you want to help others less fortunate than yourself this time of year, Olio - Your Local Sharing App is a great place to start.