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February 2, 2015

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Employee Engagement Health-check

By Larraine Solomon | Communications, Culture, Engagement, General | No Comments

Questions of Difference are pleased to introduce a new service – an independent and specialist review of the way your organisation engage employees. It is designed to build on what is working in your organisation, generating maximum impact through minimum effort. Why is it important? Numerous surveys have indicated that...

January 19, 2015

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Soft skills: quite hard

By Graeme Rainbird | Change, Communications, Culture, Development | No Comments

I read an article on the BBC the other day that made me thoughtful ‘Campaign puts £88bn economic value on 'soft skills'. The opening line pretty much sums up the thrust of the piece. Skills such as communication, initiative, interacting with customers and team working need to be taken much...

December 17, 2014

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Our Personal Year in Review

By Charles Irvine | Change, Culture, Diversity, Engagement, Fun, General, Team | No Comments

Great conversations so often start with a great question. This week our team question has been “what has made this a great year for you?” Charlie Irvine I have been inspired by the mix of personal and professional successes that the entire Questions of Difference team have achieved. One of...

December 15, 2014

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

By Anne Eatson | Communications, Conflict, Culture, Team | No Comments

The signs are already here, the lights, the songs on the radio, the decorations and the tantalising promise of a bargain in the shops. It sometimes seems that the end of the year creeps up on us before we even know it and then like a flash it is over...

November 28, 2014

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Our first client blog by Geraldine Stinton, NI YMCA

By Larraine Solomon | Communications, Culture, Diversity, Engagement, Facilitation, Fun, Leadership, Questions | No Comments

Somebody once said too much of a good thing can be wonderful and we certainly had a wonderful day with Charlie and Larraine here on Monday 10th November at Belfast YMCA. The Questions of Difference team brought excitement and brilliance to 28 youth and community workers and teachers from across N....

November 17, 2014

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The same and different

By Larraine Solomon | Communications, Culture, Diversity | No Comments

One of the highlights of last week was to co-facilitate a lively session at the Institute of Internal Communications (IOIC) Internal Communication Crossing Cultures Insight Seminar in London. The event examined ways to embrace the opportunity to communicate effectively with individuals across the globe – a reality that increasing number…

October 31, 2014

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Thank goodness for scissors!

By Jane Deacon | Change, Culture, Diversity, Engagement, Fun, Team | No Comments

Starting a new job is often daunting – it is always such a learning curve. My first week wasn’t helped when I bought a coffee the size of guitar case for a colleague, when she only wanted a small one; followed by getting my ruck-sac strap caught in the wheels...

October 23, 2014

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The Mummy Returns

By Smita Nath | Change, Culture, Development | No Comments

I’ve recently returned to work after a year away. During that time I have been honing my skills in project management to almost military precision and anticipating challenges and risks. My ability to read non-verbal cues and adapt my approach in the moment has been tested to the utmost. Competing...

August 28, 2014

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Untapped Profits

By Charles Irvine | Communications, Culture, Development, Engagement | 2 Comments

Exploit the untapped potential in your organisation - making the impossible possible. Delivering ‘bottom-line’ results is fundamental to the success of most organisations. As we start to move out of recession, creating a strategy to achieve significantly more than incremental growth which is 100% owned by the top team is...