EXPECTATIONS
Looking back, the early part of my life was like being on a conveyor belt. At school, I discovered I had artistic tendencies which made me feel good about myself and I started to gather some ambitions to be a commercial artist (Graphic Designer?) until, one wet and...
SELF BELIEF
That’s my flatmate taking the air on our roof. Her name is Suki and she’s an ideal flatmate. We never argue over who will have the last Tim Tam or Chewy Stick but one quite sad thing about Suki is her low self esteem. When you talk to her, you have to remember to...
WHY ‘SOFT’ SKILLS?
When you get into the driving seat of an Aston Martin DB11, I’m told that it shapes itself snuggly around your body, filling you with a sense of confidence and well-being. I’m also told that airline passengers have the same experience in First Class. It’s a similar...
WFH5: WILL WFH SURVIVE?
Our WFH Watchers have been tracking their flow of work tasks …how many per day, and how long they take to complete. They calculated how many tasks on average they were handling pre-Covid & compared that number with the average number of tasks they are currently...
it’s how we use it 80 billion nerve cells in our brain create an estimated 6,000 thoughts per day by sparking off micro electrical circuits which connect them to our brain cells before being carried to our conscious mind. Conscious Attention is key to turning...
PRESENTATIONS: CONTENT EXPERT / CHANNEL EXPERT
The distributor of a high performance car company contacted me about giving two of his staff some help with their Presentations. Every month, the distributor held an event for his customers where they got inside tips about how to get the best out of their car...
PRESENTATIONS: SAY HELLO & ASK A QUESTION
I had the privilege a while ago, to coach someone for a Presentation on a topic they were expert in. The topic also happened to be something that I was personally interested in. I admired the presenters and was looking forward to the occasion. So you can imagine my...
WFH 4: STAY CONNECTED
The latest results from my informal ‘Who’s Working From Home’ survey show an increase from 38% of respondents working from home at the start of the year to a current 52% which is back to the levels we saw early last year at the outbreak of Covid. So, what I predicted...
FEELINGS – CALL THEM OUT
Feelings can bring us pleasure, comfort, happiness even! They provide a compass for how things are and how we’re handling them. Enough of that, let’s get negative! I want to ask you…do you ever get a feeling that’s something like a violin string stretched tight from...
About Malcolm Andrews
After working in sales and then purchasing roles for almost 18 years with companies in the UK, Japan, Korea and then here in Hong Kong, I became involved in the field of business skills development. 20 years later, my special interests in this area are individual management style building, interpersonal communication and influencing strategies.
