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Creativity in the air: how music can help us all be more creative - by Charles M Lines

An ongoing series of articles that explore how the characteristics and principles of music can help us all enhance our ability to be creative, both at work and in our lives generally. 

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Multiple intelligences: what they are and how creative thinking techniques can help you develop them - by Charles M Lines

This article describes what multiple intelligences are and how we can use creativity techniques to develop them.

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A fresh approach to the leadership of partnership working - by Charles M Lines

This article offers a new model of leadership designed to meet the needs of those working in partnership with other organisations.

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Partnership working: Where are we now that the clouds are lifting? -by Charles M Lines

A short article that outlines three of the major issues partnership working can help us address and the key skills people need to develop in order for this to happen. It also offers a structured approach to setting up, running and reviewing a partnership.  

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The boundaries of our lives and work: why they are important to us, how they affect us, and how to recognise and manage them effectively - by Charles M Lines

An article about the importance of managing the everyday boundaries that surround us during our lives and work   

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How an American doughnut can help your partnership achieve its full potential - by Charles M Lines

An article which explains how Charles Handy's Doughnut Principle can help partnerships between organisations achieve their full potential.

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The coils of time: how to make the most of our time by managing our perception of it - by Charles M Lines

An article that explains how managing our perception of time can improve our personal planning and time management. 

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Catching the disease of terminal short - termism - by Charles M Lines

A short article that explains why managing our time can be so difficult and offers practical advice to address the most commonly experienced time problems.

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How to become a time master - by Charles M Lines

A short articles that explains how we can proactively manage our perception of time to improve our ability to concentrate and gain the balance we need in our lives and work.

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Your personal development: how to take hold of it and make it work for you - by Charles M Lines

An article that explains why some developmental approaches work for us while others do not and gives guidance as to how we can gain control over our development and ensure that it provides us with the results we need.

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Driven motivation: what it is, where it comes from and how we can use it to our advantage - by Charles M Lines

A short article that explores why we can become extremely motivated at challenging times in our lives and careers. It offers practical hints and tips for accessing and making the most of this motivation when we need it.

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Gaining the confidence to write well - by Charles M Lines

A short article which explains why the development of confidence is central to the development of writing skills, and how this confidence can be maintained and enhanced.

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The modern administrator: meeting the challenges of the 21st century work place - by Charles M Lines 

A short article that outlines the skills needed by the modern administrator, why these skills are not always given the attention they deserve and what can be done about it.

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Transformational assertiveness: what it is and how to use it - by Charles M Lines

An article which explains the concept of transformational assertiveness and shows how it can be used to help us deal effectively with difficult and challenging people and situations.

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Providing genuinely good customer service: how to get rid of the chronic itch of customer dissatisfaction - by Charles M Lines

A short article that identifies six of the major irritants that inhibit effective customer service and shows how they may be overcome. 

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The secret of the high performing team: finding and breaking the habits of mediocrity - by Charles M Lines 

An article that identifies the habits that can inhibit team performance and offers some principles, tools and techniques to help break these habits.

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The cat - by Charles M Lines

A short story with a message about the creation of organisational vision statements. 

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Modern organisational cultures: are they really that much different to the old ones? - by Charles M Lines

This article questions how much real cultural change has happened within today's organisations and goes on to  provide some approaches for recognising and challenging the ingrained habits and attitudes that resist moves towards more participative and empowered ways of working.

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The day of the giraffe people is coming - are you ready for it? - by Charles M Lines

This article introduces and explains the concept of giraffe people, why they are important to organisations and how they can be made the most of. 

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Getting off the escalator to nowhere: keeping control of organisational progress - by Charles M Lines

This article explains why organisational development can sometimes get out of control and become ultimately self defeating. It then goes on to explain how to effectively control organisational progress in order to maximise the gains and minimise the drawbacks.

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