One of the wines we tasted was from Alsace and Stéphane was telling us about how beautiful this region of France is in December when it is snowy and April when it is warm. That’s next year’s holiday sorted!
Monday, 30 November 2009
Guildford Wine Tasting
One of the wines we tasted was from Alsace and Stéphane was telling us about how beautiful this region of France is in December when it is snowy and April when it is warm. That’s next year’s holiday sorted!
Unleash Your Personal Power - The Assertive You!
Katie Day gave a talk to the Sevenoaks Group in November and left us all inspired to use assertiveness in a very positive way to create win/win situations! She certainly sparked off lots of discussion around the subject and it turned out that a few of the group had had Catholic upbringings which - how can I put this - hadn't exactly helped them to be assertive.
Katie talked about the path from unconscious incompetence (me, most of the time!) to unconscious competence, for example when you drive to work but can't remember the journey. She also gave me some tips on how to deal with incompetent customer service staff!
All in all a very enjoyable evening and we look forward to seeing Katie again in the new year. In the meantime, to find out more go to Katie Day Consulting
Katie talked about the path from unconscious incompetence (me, most of the time!) to unconscious competence, for example when you drive to work but can't remember the journey. She also gave me some tips on how to deal with incompetent customer service staff!
All in all a very enjoyable evening and we look forward to seeing Katie again in the new year. In the meantime, to find out more go to Katie Day Consulting
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Words not emotion
Went to my Sevenoaks networking lunch today. Good turn out, maybe 20 women and one man.
'One man?' I hear you say. Occasionally we have a speaker and they happen to be a man. He was talking about the power of networking and mentioned that women are much better at it than men.
This lead to a discussion about the different ways men and women communicate. Apparently when men get home from work they change 'states' and go from work mode to home mode, so when their wife says 'good day at the office?' they simply say 'fine' without the need to expand.
Then when you tell them about your day: full of ups and downs, excitement and disappointment, tragedy at the hairdressers, the naked man running down the high street, you know just a normal day... the man in your life only hears the words and not the emotion.
I wonder if that's why they respond with 'Why don't you go to a different hairdresser?' rather than,
'Sounds like you need a glass of wine, let me pour you one.'
Back to hens dancing
'One man?' I hear you say. Occasionally we have a speaker and they happen to be a man. He was talking about the power of networking and mentioned that women are much better at it than men.
This lead to a discussion about the different ways men and women communicate. Apparently when men get home from work they change 'states' and go from work mode to home mode, so when their wife says 'good day at the office?' they simply say 'fine' without the need to expand.
Then when you tell them about your day: full of ups and downs, excitement and disappointment, tragedy at the hairdressers, the naked man running down the high street, you know just a normal day... the man in your life only hears the words and not the emotion.
I wonder if that's why they respond with 'Why don't you go to a different hairdresser?' rather than,
'Sounds like you need a glass of wine, let me pour you one.'
Back to hens dancing
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