by GoodSense | Mar 22, 2010 | Personal Safety, Tips, Violence
In the sad wake of the Claudia Lawrence anniversary I thought now would be a good time to highlight some personal safety tips for ladies that do a lot of networking or act as lone workers, basically professional women who are out and about in all sorts of places. I...
by GoodSense | Mar 11, 2010 | Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, NHS
In 2008/09 there were 54,758 reported physical assaults against NHS staff in England. This is a reduction of 1,235 compared to the previous year. There were 941 criminal sanctions in cases of assault, compared to 992 in 2007/08. These are shocking statistics but I...
by GoodSense | Mar 3, 2010 | News
Not listening effectively and butting in whilst the other person is speaking – I think this is one of the most underestimated things in conflict resolution. You must listen to the other person’s point of view. Not apologising – 50% of complaints in the NHS are caused...
by GoodSense | Feb 26, 2010 | Armed Forces, Martial Arts, Violence
This week I found an interesting article on our boys being trained by the US marines. There is a trend in the United States to seek out the best new martial arts systems and incorporate them into their armed forces training. Sadly here in the UK we don’t really seem...
by GoodSense | Feb 18, 2010 | News
I have been pretty busy during the last few weeks carefully up-skilling myself and trying to become a better trainer. You might remember I wrote about my growing desire to improve my personal development on the blog way back in December. Well, the new training I have...
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