Robert Woodhead – construction company
Thank you Chris for supporting us through our Good to Gold programme , delivering a number of training sessions to our supply chain. They were extremely well presented, with good […]
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The 9 skills required for success – part 1
This will be an occasional series on the skills that you can learn and practice in order to achieve more success. A bit like a lottery ticket, victory isn’t guaranteed,
The Web of Liking
Here is a diagram showing the things a person can do to be liked. We decide in the first few seconds whether we like someone, based mainly on body language;
My little dictionary
Why use a dictionary that contains 90% words you already know (bread, toast, water, milk etc) and 9% ridiculous words you’ll never use (endoplasmic reticulum, hyperbolic paraboloids etc). Someone needs
My Udemy course on Negotiation skills
Well written, delivered and easy to understand. I particularly like the way that Chris gives entertaining real life (and easily-to-relate-to) examples that put the negotiation techniques into context, as well
“Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills”
This is a review of my Udemy course “I came to this course as a complete newbie on the subject of negotiation, and found it enormously helpful. As an
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Southampton Council
“Before the course I was frightened of the terminology of project management – now I’m really excited to have a go at it!”
email from Canada
I was delighted to receive this: Hi Chris: After discovering your Lynda.com course on “simplified” project management wherein you elaborate your 12 step method of delivering successful results to satisfied
Queues explained
The surprising thing about queues is that they build up even when you think you’ve got enough capacity. This is because of the inevitable fluctuations in arrival rate and service
Person in Hole
Imagine that there’s a hole that nobody knows is there. It’s very hard to see. Somebody falls down it. What should you do? The best process is probably 1.
All my Vistage blog posts can be found here
I’m honoured to be a Vistage International speaker, and proud to be featured on their blog. This link takes you to all of my blog posts, and will always be
PRINCE2 vs. Agile/Scrum vs. APM/PMI/PMP
The battle is on…. PRINCE2 is running out of steam, having been around since 1985. Many people now feel that it’s complicated and bureaucratic, but many others still think it’s
The only time training works
I did a course in Cambridge a few months ago and was met by a wall of “It won’t work” and “We already knew that”, with a little bit of
Keynote talks from Chris Croft – speaker
Here is a list of the subjects that I can do for you I also have a couple of great new 45 minute talks: Six animals – effective
Combinations of e-learning and accredited training
As well as my taught Project Management course, and my on-line / e-learning project management course called Practical Projects, I can now offer training that is both on-line and accredited.
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