Pete Cohen's Blog

How setting a vision of a great place to work influences the decisions you make. I’m on a mission to create organisations where people love what they do, love where they work and love who they work with.

Let me create a vision for you. You walk into the office and the team are inspired, fired up and raring to go. Together you are driving your business forward and there is motivation and excitement across the whole organisation.

More and more, these days, I am being asked to present on building powerful and positive cultures in organisations in my role as a keynote speaker and coach.

Stress as a word is getting thoroughly devalued through over-use. “I’m so stressed!!” We hear it all the time.

Organisations should never under-estimate the value of leadership development. I have been fortunate enough to work with the entire team at the Vine Hotel in Madeira over the last few years. During this time, I was able to assist in the transformation of their business fortunes.

Why is it vital to think before you speak? When I was young, there was a sitcom on ITV (there was only one ITV in those days!) called Mind your language. It featured the adventures of a teacher of an adult language evening class.

The case for wellness shouldn’t need making, should it? Surely it is obvious – healthier staff are going to be at their best? Yet, in so many organisations, wellness comes a poor second (or third, or fourth) to the bottom line.

More and more, these days, I am being asked to present on building powerful and positive cultures in organisations in my role as a keynote speaker and coach.

I read an article a little while ago that the NHS spent £266.6m on antidepressants last year. That’s around £5m a week. 64.6m prescriptions are written every year. I was staggered at the numbers.

What do you do when no-one is watching? Many of us lose sight of our rituals when we are unaccountable and this hinders us from reaching...