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This section contains articles, fun processes and our take on lots of
personal stuff.
Assertiveness Quiz - Just how nice are you?
This quiz will help you define whether you really are too nice for your own good.
Assertiveness Skills - The Art of Saying No
This document outlines a practical approach Saying No. Without actually using the word you can develop the ability to resist or sidestep being manovered into doing something you really don't want to do.
Coaching and Mentoring (using one)
This article looks at finding and developing a useful relationship with a Coach or Mentor.
Confidence
Confidence is something we all could do with a little more of, however you can't just pop down the shop and buy it by the kilo.
Dealing with Change and Change Management
This is a helpful document for those of you Dealing With Change issues at home or in your work life. It tries to help you think about Change Management as something you can work with rather than be the victim of
Impact Factory's Infamous Desire Pack
Use with caution!! This could change your life (or at least make you think about it a lot). Reconnect with your real desires for 2006 and remember that Impact Factory is more than just work.
Influencing Skills - How To Influence People
Influencing Others is a skill, an art without which working in todays professional workplace is very difficult. This article introduces ideas about what can be done to make yourself a more Effective Influencer.
Job Interview Skills - Going for a Job
Hints and Interview Tips on CVs, Job Interview Questions, Interview Technique and Interview Advice.
Leadership Quiz
Want to know if you've got what it takes to lead? Are you prepared to take the helm, or would you shine as a team player? Take our 'Transforming Leadership Quiz' to find out!
Loser Magnet with Relationships
Jo Ellen Grzyb explores her own past as a 'loser magnet' with men and shares how she became less nice, less magnetised and much happier.
Making Personal Development Personal
A look at how to make Personal Development really about you, rather than someone elses idea of how you should develop.
Motivation - Going for It!
Follow your dream - so what are your dreams? And what is preventing you from realising them? Some ideas from Impact Factory on dreaming with feet still on the ground.
Procrastination? - Do it Now
'Don't put off until tomorrow...'. Somehow always turns into 'Don’t do today (or even tomorrow) that which you could possibly put off till forever'. And if we have such busy lives (as we increasingly seem to have), we don't really have time to procrastinate, do we?
Professional Personal Development
How to keep good Professional Development more about your Development rather than how other people would like you to be.
Public Speaking Article
Public Speaking article based on an interview with Robin Chandler the founder of Impact Factory's presentation skills work written and published by Emma Pomfret.
Self Esteem
Without a firm foundation of your own view of self worth, your self-esteem can be knocked back quite quickly and easily. This article examines ways of building a good self image and raising self-esteem.
Simplify Your Life
The next article in Jo Ellen's series for Woman and Home magazine explores the idea of simplifying your life: stopping for breath, remembering what (and who) is really important and streamlining your commitments.
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Personal stuff