Tag Archive: Olympics

How will you achieve your New Year’s resolutions in 2013?

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Okay it’s only been just over a week, but how many New Year’s resolutions have you broken already? I have fallen for the classic resolution to go to the gym more often and eat more healthily.  I daren’t admit to how quickly I “forgot” I’d made that resolution and found myself devouring a pack of …

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Does austerity have to mean looking after just yourself?

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I met a group of Investors in People Champions last week.  We were meeting to talk about the ways in which they would like to act as ambassadors and help other organisations in their area. Each organisation had their own history and story to tell with regards to Investors in People, but all were passionate …

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Can the legacy of the Olympics create a skills revolution?

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So Investors in People turns 21 this year.  Hip Hip Horray!  etc.  And it seems we can now legally adopt a child or stand as an MP.   Always worth a thought… Famous at 21 As I was thinking about this milestone, I started wondering about key figures in history and what they’d achieved at 21. …

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How to win at the Olympics – Plan, Do, Review with Investors in People

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It has taken years of preparation to make London 2012 an outstanding and memorable event.  Many of those involved have relied upon the principles of Investors in People to plan for every contingency.  Here we feature two key organisations which are cherishing these weeks of Olympics and Paralympics. Visa Europe – continued business success with …

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Managing change, learning from Team GB

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So Team GB’s gold rush is well and truly underway with 16 Gold medals now in the bag!  Team GB have an ambitious target of 48 medals for the London 2012 Games.  Beijing was the best result ever for the country, with 19 Gold medals won.  But the ambitions are now even higher! It wasn’t …

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Are your staff achieving their personal best in this Olympic year?

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Have Have you realised someone’s talent in the office?  Or are you aware of the hidden skills among your workforce? Great organisations utilise their staff and put their strengths into practice to further the organisation’s performance. It seems simple, but there are a lot of ‘9 to 5’ers’ out there who are sitting on talents …

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What can businesses learn from the 2012 Olympics?

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The 2012 Olympics is nearly here and okay, we aren’t running any kind of 100m final or donning a leotard to jump, flip and split across a sprung floor, but Investors in People does promote many of the same attributes that the Olympic games demands of its athletes. When we interviewed Anthony Ogogo the GB …

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