SMART Goals
A simple yet effective technique to ensure your goals are SMART - it may be a common phrase but unfortunately it's not commonly applied or practised. Give it a try and see the difference you can make!
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A simple yet effective technique to ensure your goals are SMART - it may be a common phrase but unfortunately it's not commonly applied or practised. Give it a try and see the difference you can make!
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WatchIn this bite-sized animation Michelle shares her top 10 books to educate and empower
WatchA bite sized micro learning about the 7 P’s of marketing to give you and your business the edge!
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WatchA bite-sized learning insight on KPI’s from Spa Business School. Helping you #BeTheDifference
WatchA bite-sized provocative learning from Spa Business School to get you asking the questions that could see you capitalising on the sales opportunities right in front of you right now.
WatchMichelle takes a brief look back at the history of spa and what you can do to explore the healing power of water for yourself.
WatchWe were recently asked what good looked like to us. So we put together a little montage of some of the properties that inspired us most this past year or two, either for incredible integration in to the landscape, fantastic architecture and design, or simply for doing so well at making us feel good! #BeTheDifference
WatchWe asked Abi Wright, Co-Founder & Director of Spabreaks.com “What does good look like to you?”
WatchWellness is about educating and enabling people to learn how to feel good. Listen as Michelle talks through some of the key guiding principles for bringing wellness to life for Pegasus Life
WatchA little snippet from our innaugral Spa Business Accelerator residential management programme held at the stunning Cliff @ Lyons - delivered by The Irish Spa Business School
WatchA peek in to Spa Business School's Spa Management & Operational Marketing Blended Learning Programme created and delivered for Accor Hotel Groups Luxury & Upscale Spa Brands.
WatchMichelle delivers a workshop created by Spa Business School on 'The State of the Nation' for the Pegasus Life team at the new Bristol Showroom to enable them to understand the drivers behind the feel good concept she has designed and developed for the Pegasus Life portfolio.
WatchSnippets from Michelle's session on How to Inspire and Engage your Spa Team from Spa Life Ireland 2017.
WatchSomething profound is changing our concept of trust, says Rachel Botsman. While we used to place our trust in institutions like governments and banks, today we increasingly rely on others, often strangers, on platforms like Airbnb and Uber and through technologies like the blockchain. This new era of trust could bring with it a more transparent, inclusive and accountable society — if we get it right. Who do you trust?
WatchTrust is the foundation for everything we do. But what do we do when it's broken? In an eye-opening talk, Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei gives a crash course in trust: how to build it, maintain it and rebuild it -- something she worked on during a recent stint at Uber. "If we can learn to trust one another more, we can have unprecedented human progress," Frei says.
WatchOur leaders and institutions are failing us, but it's not always because they're bad or unethical, says venture capitalist John Doerr -- often, it's simply because they're leading us toward the wrong objectives. In this practical talk, Doerr shows us how we can get back on track with "Objectives and Key Results," or OKRs -- a goal-setting system that's been employed by the likes of Google, Intel and Bono to set and execute on audacious goals. Learn more about how setting the right goals can mean the difference between success and failure -- and how we can use OKRs to hold our leaders and ourselves accountable.
WatchJoe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb, bet his whole company on the belief that people can trust each other enough to stay in one another's homes. How did he overcome the stranger-danger bias? Through good design. Now, 123 million hosted nights (and counting) later, Gebbia sets out his dream for a culture of sharing in which design helps foster community and connection instead of isolation and separation.
WatchThe team at University East Anglia’s Brand Leadership Masters course put together this short video on branding and I still think it’s one of the best i’ve seen for a long time.
WatchBody language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy argues that "power posing" -- standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don't feel confident -- can boost feelings of confidence, and might have an impact on our chances for success.
WatchSimon Sinek talks to Inside Quest about Millenials in a super powerful and insightful speech - a must watch!
WatchIt's not the passage of time that makes it so hard to get older. It's ageism, a prejudice that pits us against our future selves -- and each other. Ashton Applewhite urges us to dismantle the dread and mobilize against the last socially acceptable prejudice. "Ageing is not a problem to be fixed or a disease to be cured," she says. "It is a natural, powerful, lifelong process that unites us all.”
WatchListen in as Elizabeth Gilbert and Marie Forleo talk perfectionism, why you shouldn’t strive to be fearless, and unpack the keys to living your most creative life.
WatchPerformance coach and best-selling author Brendon Burchard spent 3 years conducting the world’s largest study on the mindsets and habits of successful people. In this episode of MarieTV he shares the 6 keys to success he discovered in his research.
WatchDr. Maya Angelou's wisdom has inspired countless people around the world, but what does she say is the best advice she's ever given? Find out what it is and to whom she gave it. Plus, get the best advice Dr. Angelou ever received.
WatchSir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
WatchDo you struggle with trust issues? Social scientist and author Brené Brown says when we're wrestling with trust, there's one place we need to examine first. Watch the above video from super soul sunday as she reveals where this is.
WatchWhen most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they go to work. This, Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is naïve. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you're trying to help, and tap into their own entrepreneurial spirit. His advice on what works will help any entrepreneur.
WatchAt the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it's simply comfort, respect, love. BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative medicine physician who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients. Take the time to savor this moving talk, which asks big questions about how we think on death and honor life.
WatchWant to be a laudable leader? Study these characteristics -- and the wise words of leaders who strive to embody them.
WatchIn the pursuit of success and happiness, most people assume: if you work hard, you will become successful, then you'll be happy...but Shawn Achor proves that success does not beget happiness. *Michelle's favourite TED talk.
WatchWhat makes a great leader? Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests, it's someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust. But creating trust and safety — especially in an uneven economy — means taking on big responsibility.
WatchTony Robbins discusses the "invisible forces" that motivate everyone's actions — Every single person in this world has these same six needs, but each of us value these needs in different ways, and each of us have varied beliefs about what it means to satisfy those needs.
WatchSimon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership — starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers ...What's your WHY?
WatchBrené Brown studies human connection - our ability to empathise, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk Brené shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.
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