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Content Marketing & Covid in 2021
Guest Blog by Chris Street, content marketing coach who has coached and mentored Spring clients on handling TV, Radio and Press appearances. As we head into 2021, with the ongoing change and impact on British businesses of Covid-19 and repeated national lockdowns,...
What to do when things aren’t going your way…
Luke Thomas, Performance Coach & Director of Spring, regularly sends out an email round up of those articles getting the most interest from the Spring social media feeds – across Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. These emails also include new blogs, book...
Just because…
A blog by Luke Thomas of Spring Just because you have a signed contract, doesn’t mean that people will honour it. Just because there’s a process, doesn’t mean people will follow it. Just because you believe in something strongly, doesn’t mean that others will. Just...
The Power of Bad
A blog by Luke Thomas of Spring A book that I’m reading at the moment, is one of those that gets you wanting to reflect, re-read and then go deeper again! The Power of Bad, And How To Overcome It by John Tierney and Roy F. Baumeister has me hooked. I’m introducing...
Board of Susan
Heading into the 'Roaring Twenties' of a new decade, Susan Roberts features as our guest writer on the Spring blog. She has worked in Retail, Logistics, Sales, Business Improvement and currently Data Protection - it's been a fascinating career, and has been featured...
Cre@t!vity isn’t the “C” word
Sam Thomson is our next guest writer on the Spring blog. Sam is someone I’ve known for 30 years, who never fails to spark my thinking and challenge the position I’m taking on any given subject! Currently contracting, after a 20 year career in leadership and marketing...
Anybody in there?
Guest blog by Julie Gibbons, Associate Coach & Mentor with Spring So here you are, feeling great about yourself. You’re 21 days into your new commitment of taking some ‘self care.’ That daily walk you gave yourself permission for and your daily 5...
Why so busy?
A blog by Luke Thomas, Director of Spring A reply I've been noticing more and more often in daily conversation includes the word 'busy.' The common exchange goes something like this: Question: "Hello. How are you?" Reply: "Well, you know, REALLY busy!" (Often...
Hormones United – Featured Article by Liam Drew
Bone as an endochrine organ. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of cancellous bone tissue. Photo by Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library A blog by Luke Thomas Director of Spring. (4 minute read + Optional Link Article reference of 4100 words) Spring...
The Hard Truth About Innovation, Women At The Top & The Aldi Effect
Luke Thomas, Performance Coach & Director of Spring, regularly sends out an email round up of those articles getting the most interest from the Spring social media feeds – across Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. These emails also include new blogs, book...
Just Keep Swimming
Today I struggled to get motivated. I had lots on my list to get done including some big decisions. My purpose and reasoning behind the list was clear - I just didn't feel like it and wanted to kick back, not to mention avoid making the decisions. Sometimes that...
Be More Pirate
Forget everything you thought you knew about pirates. Be More Pirate by Sam Conniff Allende is a book that I first came across on Blinkist. (If you haven’t come across this app you might like to look it up) After listening to the blinks there, I got the full book...
Behind The Scenes Q&A with OSS Championship Winners 2018 “Unless you are winning, no-one remembers you”
Spring has partnered with Bridgwater & Taunton College (BTC) Motorsport Team for 3 years as a sponsor, supporter and occasional mentor – including career marketing, CVs and finding a route into work after their qualification. Luke Thomas of Spring lives locally...
Feature Blog: The Paradox Of The Flawless Record by Seth Godin
In between blogging myself and curating lots of other material I'm now also going to feature other people's blogs or articles when they stand out. Here's the first by Seth Godin. You can also access the original article so you can read more of his work. The paradox...
The right and wrong of it – Binary Thinking
The definition of Binary: Adjective. Relating to, composed of, or involving two things. "That’s such a binary way of thinking.” “You’re approaching this in a binary way - it’s not that black and white.” “We need to speed up and get some cut through on decision-making...
Round Up of Top Posts from the Spring Social Media Feeds
Luke Thomas, Performance Coach & Director of Spring, regularly sends out an email round up of those articles getting the most interest from the Spring social media feeds - across Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. These emails also include new blogs, book...
Blog 2 of 2: A Story of Myth-Busting ROI in L&D
A blog by Luke Thomas of Spring In order to make the most of reading this blog, it will definitely make sense to have read Part 1 first, for the context & foundation on which this second blog post builds and extends the conversation. Click here to read the first...
Blog 1 of 2: A Story of Myth-Busting ROI in L&D
In 1992, and inspired by the BBC’s Simon King, a 15-year-old Luke Thomas was determined to become a wildlife film cameraman. Turned out though, that the BBC had a policy of only letting 18-year-olds do work experience – when I asked why, they couldn’t give me a...
20 Better Ways To Start Your Meeting, Presentation or Talk
How did you start your last meeting or presentation? Have you thought about it? What did you say (or do) in the first 60 seconds of the last meeting you hosted? How did you say it? Where, were you exactly... stood up, sat down, wandering around? And...
Yawning and other matters
On a regular basis, Luke Thomas of Spring sends out a collection of blogs, podcasts, book recommendations and articles by email. If you're not on the mailing list, then you can sign up by dropping us an email to changemakers@spring.uk.com and we'll add you on. If...
Self-Control Is Just Empathy With Your Future Self
Or... Present You taking a hit, to help out Future You. When I first read the blog entitled 'Self Control is Just Empathy With Your Future Self' by Ed Yong, it got all sorts of ideas buzzing around in my head. Just the title itself is enough to inspire a book! I've...
How to turn small talk into smart conversation
Tips from a comedian and a journalist on the art of going from small talk to big ideas – all summer long. One afternoon, an article caught my eye on Twitter – all while procrastinating on writing a blog and giving myself a hard time about how I could choose some...
Hygge, Hoo-gah, Downtime
My Mum bought me this book for Christmas – maybe she was trying to tell me something? If you haven’t come across the word Hygge before, then let me introduce you. It’s Danish and for those of you wanting to be particularly on trend you can learn how to pronounce it...
Peek into Michelle Mone’s Personal Goals
Today, September 1st, is the first day of Autumn. I spotted a tweet by Michelle Mone, you can find her here @MichelleMone The tweet was about her Personal Goals for the next 4 months. She has a very open approach to sharing on social media; what she's doing,...
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