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At an event this month at which I gave the keynote address a number of Senior Managers shared their anxiety about making presentations. While it might sound strange that they were anxious about talking about a subject that they know well to an audience of professional colleagues, it actually should not strike us as surprising given that, up there among the three greatest fears in the world, is the fear of public speaking. Like many other fears the only way to overcome it, is

While there are many ideas and theories on how to succeed most of them come down to a few simple practices and beliefs, all of which are within our control. Try these out for a great 2017:- How you think is everything. Choose to think positively and focus on success. Accept that mistakes and failures are part of development. Learn to fail forward. Get the learning from setbacks. Decide what you really want and go after it. Write down specific goals for each area of your life

I was asked by a group of Social Workers last week "how should we be tackling childhood neglect?" "How do we intervene effectively at an early stage so that the impact of neglect does not get compounded?" Those are all great questions which are addressed in my ebook Tackling Childhood Neglect. To get a free PDF copy go to my website or if you prefer the Kindle version it is available on Amazon. Meanwhile here are four really important steps to successfully intervening in fami