Author Archives: Melanie

About Melanie

at natural, we exist to improve the performance and engagement of people at work by developing their professional and personal capabilities

Are Older Workers Being Trained?

I was conducting a new program yesterday and in one of the sessions a common theme emerged from a number of the groups during an exercise. Ageism. In discussing the issue with a number of participants they firmly held the … Continue reading

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Motivating People

Daniel Pink is brilliant in this exposition of what motivates people. And the graphic facilitation is way cool, too. So, if we know this stuff, why do we keep sticking to the old paradigms thinking they will work? We have … Continue reading

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Grants and Scholarships And More

  Calling all Regional and Rural people.  Here is an outstanding opportunity to apply for a comprehensive and proven Leadership Development program. It’s run over 17 months and is not for the faint-hearted but looks like a brilliant program to … Continue reading

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Universal HR

These days, many of us are interacting on an international level. Sometimes that can provide challenges when the standard English translation dictionary doesn’t have  an equivalent for something like ‘learning curve’.   Problem now solved!   Here is a specific … Continue reading

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Thought For The Day

  If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?   John Wooden

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