Today is National Author’s Day. Ros has written a number of books on a variety of subjects including confidence, creativity and willpower. Each book is packed with great advice, real life stories and a number of exercises for you to try at home. Here are what people had to say about the books.. “The text [...]

Autumn is my least favourite season as I grieve outgoing summer. The antidote was a Smelling the Roses team trip to Newhaven on the newly extended tram with a coffee at Jane’s suggested Porto and Fi. We were seated at a large window table which could happily house 8. We noticed many people on their [...]

Nowadays, unless you are attacked or robbed, threats come in the form of worries about children, bad relationships, financial difficulties or work problems. Sometimes all at once! You are often left with the pent-up energy from this stress response and if this continues over a period of months, you get so used to feeling this [...]

Ego? No it’s all about the business Years ago as part of my mission to discover the top skills required to become a successful CEO for my book Fast Track to the Top, I interviewed the late Sir Richard Greenbury. He was coming to the end of his career as CEO of Marks and Spencer [...]

Today is World Creativity & Innovation Day 🧠 While writing my book, Creativity at Work I looked at the tools that were commonly used to boost creativity. One of these was brainstorming. When it comes to brainstorming, there are 4 guidelines 1 – Focus on quantity. The assumption is that the more ideas generated, the [...]

When I first started to study psychology, it was like Saul on the road to Damascus. A complete awakening. Instead of reading History French or English which I saw as a continuation of school, I could study people and talk to people, something I had being doing most of my life and now I could get a degree [...]

Yesterday marked the first day of spring. Spring brings longer days, lighter nights and lots of exciting possibilities. It is a great time to look at tackling new career goals and make some fresh starts in your career. Here are 5 tips for a career spring clean. 1 – Set new goals. Visualise where you would [...]

Completing the Career Confidence Challenge can help you to realise what work motivates and inspires you. Grab a notebook and pen, answer the questions below and see where it takes you… Skills What are you good at? Ask yourself the following questions. What do others say my talents are? What do I find myself doing just [...]