As part of our series to celebrate the best of Yorkshire, we’re paying tribute to past and present day pioneers whose combined true grit – or, in some cases salt – vision and innovation are truly inspirational. (more…)
Archive for the ‘Business Plans’ Category
Doffing our caps to Yorkshire’s entrepreneurs
Friday, February 3rd, 201210 inspirational tips for 2012
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012Happy New Year to all! Very aptly for our first blog of the year, business coach and inspirational speaker Lisa Clifford offers her expert insights on how to kick start 2012 into being your most successful year yet. (more…)
Eight key ingredients to being world class in 2012 – guest post by Simon Hartley
Friday, December 16th, 2011You don’t need me to remind you that 2012 is Olympic year. Naturally, there will be a great deal of focus on world class athletes and sports people. As a sport psychologist, I have had the great pleasure of working with world class athletes and sports teams, including many Olympians. Watching them live and work has raised questions in my mind. What is it that makes some people world class? What differentiates world class people from the ones who almost made it? These questions have intrigued me for years. So I decided to interview a group of world class people from a diverse range of fields, both inside and outside of sport. My rationale was pretty simple. If there are traits that are common to world class chefs, mountaineers, baristas, athletes, polar explorers, special-forces personnel and scientists, those traits are likely to cross into any domain! (more…)











