Chris Croft Training

Management Training Designed to Make a Difference

What is “Successful Trainers” all about?

You might have seen my adverts on YouTube, Linkedin or Facebook. After years of being asked “I’d like to do what you do – could I pick your brains?” I’ve decided to help people do what I’ve been happily doing since 1997. I really do think training is the best job in the world – […]

Habits – how to keep good habits going?

Like lighting a fire, if you can just get habits started they carry on, but they can easily die before they get established. Six ideas that might help you with thing like: exercise gratitude reading learning putting time aside for things you enjoy working on a side hustle keeping in touch with friends and relatives […]

Lockdown Lethargy – a wasted opportunity?

This third lockdown is definitely the most boring of the three – the novelty has worn off, it’s cold outside, and we thought we’d be through it all by now and we’re not. The world seems paralysed – businesses are on hold, workforce on furlough (if they’re lucky) – were all just waiting for it […]

Can you mix training, consultancy, and coaching?

1 – Training and Consultancy Work well together. Consultancy for 3 days a week provides good solid regular income. Training for 1 or 2 days a week provides much better day rate. Training keeps you going during the gaps between consultancy contracts. Training leads to consultancy work Consultancy leads to training work. Anyone doing consultancy […]

Training vs. Consulting or Coaching

I know which one I prefer! If you’re already working as a consultant or a coach, can you transition gradually over to training, (easier and better paid) ? And the answer is yes, definitely! Explored in more detail here. PS – if you want to become self-employed and you think MANAGEMENT TRAINING might be the […]

Project Management software – how much help can you expect?

Project Management software can help, but only if… You understand project management first, and If you still do some of the parts yourself – it can never do it all for you. Software, however clever, will never be able to: list the tasks, or  estimate times and costs, or  decide dependencies.  It can only ever […]