You were 530 days late, Francis Rossi. Was it worth the wait? Absolutely. I had booked VIP Meet and Greet tickets for my husband and I to see Francis Rossi at the Corn Exchange in Stamford, last March. Yesterday, the event happened. The Meet and Greet started early. It was…
I really like Tony Blackburn’s radio show ‘Sounds of the 60s’ (the music era that shaped me) which I listen to every Saturday morning. On the two-hour show he has a couple of ‘Magic Moments’ where someone writes in and shares something that happened in the 60s which was really…
On a recent Kentish and Co team call, we ‘travelled’ to Mumbai for a virtual tour, guided by Pranav. Liz and Dave had met Pranav and taken a walking tour with him several years ago, whilst visiting Mumbai on business. The virtual tour was fabulous – Pranav played short video…
Sabbaticals have risen in popularity recent years, fuelled in part by tech companies searching for new perks to attract and retain staff. We were curious – how many companies actually offer Sabbaticals? So, we recently asked our LinkedIn and Twitter followers “Does your organisation formally offer the chance for people to…
We’re big fans of the ‘From Me To You’ charity, which orchestrates volunteers to write letters to people suffering from cancer in hospital. https://www.frommetoyouletters.co.uk Their volunteers also support the charity through fund raising activities. In lockdown, Liz had, like so many of us, taken up the Couch to 5k challenge…
I kind of remember always wanting to learn how to build a dry-stone wall, but perhaps I made up that memory? It may have been a more recent urge, but nevertheless I found myself, last June, on the outskirts of Sheffield. There were four of us and the farmer, truth…
Dave Kentish’s response to the question below originally appeared in FMJ. What are the advantages to giving up permanent employment in order to go freelance or to take a fixed-term contract? Is the FM market stable enough to go freelance and are there sufficient opportunities for this in the FM…
Whilst I take a short breather over a cool glass of wine on a Sunday evening, I reflect on the previous week’s events in my role as a mother whose recent work-life was within FM. In both roles I have facilitated my client currently my partner (and service user children)…
Following on from my blog the other week about how other people see you. (With the illustrations of my face) I have had some interesting feedback which although put in different ways all came pretty much to the same conclusion, which is: “I would love to be myself all the…
I’ve been working with a client recently who, as part of our coaching, decided to undertake both 360˚ feedback with colleagues, as well as using our own ‘personal asset register’ – (check out our e-book The Hunt is On for more details) What has been really interesting, is how quick…
