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Have you thought about striking a different chord?

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About the author

biography

I'm an Executive Coach & Group Facilitator, specialising in Leadership and Team Development. I help companies improve business results by developing the performance of key people. I generally work with leaders - and their teams - on important work issues, collaboration and change.

My clients include senior executives, professionals and others with high potential. It’s just me, Clive Griffiths, and I operate under the iGriff brand.

My background is in systems design, business development and leadership. This has helped me design and build powerful intervention strategies for working with groups and individuals. I’ve applied these with senior executives in some of the best known names in business including Cisco, Gartner and PWC Consulting. And, before forming iGriff, I used them myself as an employee in organisations such as ICL, Digital Equipment Corporation and AtosOrigin.

When I’m not engaged in client work, I like nothing more than training my dog to compete in Working Trials. These competitions are the civilian equivalent of Police Dog work and the canine counterpart of the Three Day Event for horses.

Client Testimonial

The exercise you did with us at the start was really good - because we are physical guys, giving us a physical challenge that we couldn't solve without using our minds forced us to think outside the box. That really opened our minds up.

Adrian Morley

Team Captain

Warrington Wolves RLFC

Case Study

Don’t cut training in a recession, says recruitment specialist, but focus on return on training investment

When most companies are tightening their expenditure, making people redundant and putting on hold any training or personal development programmes, PeopleCo, a specialist recruiter of IT staff to niche markets is doing just the opposite. Training your way through a recession requires courses that can demonstrate an immediate return on investment.

According to Martyn Barrow, managing director of PeopleCo when you’re in a competitive business like recruitment, it’s vital to ensure that you stand out from the crowd.

Is your personal impact trustworthy?

Posted by Clive Griffiths

When you talk to a client you hope that they'll listen to you and take your advice. And, for them to do that, you need their trust.

How do you use impact impact to gain your client's trust?

It's simple - you take the spotlight off your needs and shine it on theirs.

Try this. Next time you have a conversation with someone you want to influence, ask yourself these three questions:

Is what I'm about to say useful and relevant to them?
Why is this important to them, right now?
How can I make this a safe, interesting and enjoyable experience for them.

Then frame your conversation using your answers.

This eternal 'trust triangle' - of relevance, importance and safety - is something you can easily make a part of your personal practice. And, it will instantly make you even more trustworthy in your client's mind.

for more information read :

What is your impact getting for you?

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