Emotional Intelligence: Why is this important? Many people are now familiar with the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EQ). It is in essence the ability to understand your own emotions as well as the emotions of others and to use this ability to develop successful relationships. EQ comprises of 4 key areas: Self Awareness – recognising your own emotions Self Management –... Posted: 22 June 2015 at 9:19 am by Laura Morris
Got a presentation coming up?! FLIP! Love making presentations? Thought not. Most people don’t. So here are four simple techniques that boost two things – your chances of success, and your confidence. And they’re easy to remember – the initial letters spell FLIP: First impressions Links Involvement Passion First Impressions Your start sets the tone for everything.... Posted: 12 June 2015 at 7:58 am by Laura Morris
Take It Offline! There is so much hype about social media. How to use it? What do we need to do to get more followers or likes? But what do we do when our social media begins to generate a response? Now, remember, the response generated can be positive or negative. Many people love to take any opportunity... Posted: 4 June 2015 at 2:44 pm by Laura Morris
NEW for 2015! CAW Business CPD! Are you looking to enhance your skills and build your confidence? Our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses are is carefully selected to provide you with the knowledge you need to make a real difference within your role. Starting this Summer we are offering a comprehensive CPD programme beginning with a one day course led by... Posted: 26 May 2015 at 11:23 am by Laura Morris
Start your career in administration with the NHS! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to join one of the largest employers within the UK. CAW Business School are proud to be successfully working with the NHS in helping them to grow their team. There are several administration vacancies up for grabs within this supportive organisation. Join Health Education East of England (HEEoE)... Posted: 19 May 2015 at 12:00 pm by Laura Morris
Top three ways you are putting your customers off! When your customer has a positive customer journey, it is probable they will share this with a couple of other people. However, in the (of course unlikely) event that they have a negative experience, you customer will be likely to tell more than five time this amount of people about their woes. The impact of this... Posted: 5 May 2015 at 11:24 am by Laura Morris
Embrace the Stress! Arrggh too much to do? Not enough time? Don’t panic, embrace the stress! No I haven’t gone mad, stress can actually be good for you! Stress is your body reacting to a particular situation; your body is filled with chemicals including cortisol and epinephrine and this elicits a fight-or-flight response. The release of adrenaline can... Posted: 9 April 2015 at 9:05 am by Laura Morris
It won’t make any difference anyway! Definitely not with that attitude! This belief is unfortunately heard far too often within the corporate environment. Too many employees can have the attitude that their opinion isn’t significant as no matter what it will never get heard, and more importantly it will never get impacted upon. Learned Helplessness was originally identified within the 1960’s and... Posted: 31 March 2015 at 2:51 pm by Laura Morris
Think BiG! CAW Business School is proud to be sponsoring Business in Godmanchester’s very first BiG Business fair on Saturday 18th April which is open to the public between 2pm-5pm. BiG is a web directory of over 100 Godmanchester based businesses that has been designed to support local businesses and provide a useful resource for people to use when... Posted: 26 March 2015 at 10:41 am by Laura Morris
Faster Internet for Huntington this Summer? Article and Image Credit – http://home.bt.com/news/bt-life/bt-ceo-sets-out-ultrafast-broadband-vision-11363958493131 BT CEO Gavin Patterson today set out the company’s ambition to transform the UK broadband landscape from superfast to ultrafast. He revealed that BT plans to deliver much faster broadband for homes and small businesses via a widespread deployment of “G.fast”. This is an innovative technology that BT will... Posted: 12 March 2015 at 11:07 am by Laura Morris