Few people are likely to appreciate just how much work goes on behind the scenes when running trainings on an international basis. There are endless “spinning plates” and a real need to make best use of time to ensure that everything runs smoothly. When booking flights, it’s smart to book at least two months ahead …
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Pricing is a filter, no more, no less… I have been involved in sales and marketing for over 30 years and remain amazed at how many businesses and business owners have poor awareness of pricing. A common mistake is to believe that the cheaper the price financially, the more customers you will attract. All pricing …
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I currently teach Provocative Change Works in twelve overseas countries and on average get two new hosting requests each year. As somebody who ran commercial events in 1980s and spent over 15 years in sales and marketing, I appreciate how much work goes into such activities. I am also aware that there is a massive …
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Many people will know me primarily for my work in the personal development sector and particularly from developing the Provocative Change Works model and working closely with Frank Farrelly the creator of Provocative Therapy. What a lot of folks may not be aware of is that for an extensive period in the 1980s and 1990s …
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Talking to Meditation Groups in 1970s and 1980s During late 1970w and 1980s for a period of time I studied the growth of different personal development groups. This was a period when there was great enthusiasm for meditation and other approaches. Of course in recent times there has been a resurgence with Mindfulness which is …
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The new series of “The Apprentice” has started on the BBC and although I cringe whenever watching, but find it quite fascinating. Of course the programme is primarily filmed for “entertainment” rather than for business education, but the poor thinking from the candidates is fairly typical of what I see in real life! Two key …
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I just returned from the first Provocative Change Works training hosted by the Performance Partnership in London. This was an exceptionally well promoted and organized training and it was a real pleasure to work with a group that asked some many smart questions. Many folks will know that I run PCW trainings all over the …
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In recent years with a great deal of international travelling I have become increasingly aware of the massive variations in customer service. There are also common themes in these extremes of service and often common sense is not that common. Let’s start on a positive note! The best customer service I have come across to …
I just returned from my ninth trip to Japan to run trainings. Nick Kemp Training will be back again in 2016 for present another series of workshops in Osaka. I love Japan which is like no other place I have visited to date. The Japanese have the very best customer service on planet earth and an …
I have finally emerged from 10 weeks of total frustration to now having created a new platform for my websites. Back in February out of the blue my then IT consultant announced that he was leaving the UK to live overseas. Also the main tech I dealt for 7 years left the company at the same time. This meant I would need …
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