Mind your language
Training Advisor Frank Newberry looks at the way we speak to people. He suggests that our choice of words and tone of voice can profoundly affect our relationships...
in Consultancy - on 13/1/21
Training Advisor Frank Newberry looks at the way we speak to people. He suggests that our choice of words and tone of voice can profoundly affect our relationships...
in Consultancy - on 13/1/21
Ken Siems launches Siems Turfgrass Consultancy Service and brings the world’s premier sand injection system, Dryject, to the UK and Ireland
in Consultancy - on 30/11/20
Trainer and Conference Speaker Frank Newberry looks at how to give bad news to people in the workplace. Giving bad news can be hard on everyone. It needs...
in Consultancy - on 12/9/20
Training Instructor and Conference Speaker Frank Newberry looks at how our interpersonal skills, or lack of, might be putting people off. Our off-putting...
in Consultancy - on 15/7/20
In Part 2 of this article, Grounds Care Trainer and Conference Speaker Frank Newberry offers ten ways we can all reduce our tendency to procrastinate.
in Consultancy - on 3/6/20
Are you deadline-driven? Event-orientated? A sensation-seeking procrastinator? In Part 1 of this two-part article, Trainer and Conference Speaker Frank...
in Consultancy - on 25/3/20
In this article, Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) examines how the use of further financial management and analysis skills show that a turfgrass manager is aware...
in Consultancy - on 10/2/20
In Part 1, Trainer and Conference Speaker Frank Newberry asked if you were a one-dimensional person at work; alone in your own comfort zone - or whether...
in Consultancy - on 13/1/20
Grounds Training Tutor Frank Newberry believes that most people want to work for an organisation that values their efforts. In this article, Frank suggests...
in Consultancy - on 16/9/19
Grounds Training Tutor Frank Newberry reports on the shift away from training seminars for individuals - to ‘triple C’ workshops - where the aim is...
in Consultancy - on 17/7/19
In the first of a two-part article, Frank Newberry, tutor at Grounds Training, reported on the perils of giving people feedback on their performance at...
in Consultancy - on 22/5/19
In this, the first of a two-part article, Communication Skills Trainer Frank Newberry reports on the perils of giving people feedback on their performance...
in Consultancy - on 27/3/19
In Part 1, Trainer Frank Newberry looked how each age group in the workplace has been described in recent times, e.g. Millennials, Baby Boomers, Generation...
in Consultancy - on 14/5/18
Feeling slightly saddened by the news that my former employer, STRI, has seemingly abandoned its claim to be an independent consultancy. Its directors...
in Consultancy - on 10/3/18
Grounds Training Tutor Frank Newberry reports on how we can all be tempted to blame others for our workplace woes. He suggests the way forward is to try...
in Consultancy - on 10/1/18
In the concluding part of this article, Frank Newberry looks at why people do personal jobs at work and suggests fifteen different ways we can tackle the...
in Consultancy - on 1/11/17
In the first of a two-part article, Grounds Training Tutor and Careers Advisor Frank Newberry gave his take on the serious problem of micro-managers. In...
in Consultancy - on 17/7/17
Water is one of the most precious of our recyclable resources and a source of natural beauty and recreation. In this article, Reg Varney, international...
in Consultancy - on 7/7/17
Maxwell Amenity Technical Manager, James Grundy discusses the effects of thatch.
in Consultancy - on 15/5/17
Grounds Training Tutor Frank Newberry suggests how we might tackle giving important people honest criticism, without making things worse in the short term...
in Consultancy - on 22/3/17