There is a clarity and focus that come with knowing who you are. Self-knowledge helps us stay true to ourselves and to our principles. It’s a prerequisite for orientating ourselves towards whatever we consider to be success or happiness. If you were asked the following four questions what would you say? What do you do? […]
Why it’s important to do what you love and love what you do
November 30, 2012 by
We’re in the business of working with people to raise their performance; that can mean working to improve skills, knowledge and competencies or it can mean looking at their motivation / attitude. All these things impact on what people achieve. Most of the time we are working with committed, professional people who are determined to […]
The Retail Distribution Review: A plea for ethics, professionalism and the return of confidence in financial services
October 4, 2012 by
The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) is now upon us. It will be fully in effect from 31st December 2012 but much of the preparatory work has been completed. It will significantly affect the way people interact with financial advisers. It is widely acknowledged that there are many problems with the reputations of financial advisers and […]
Pandora’s box, ethics and doing the right things right
July 13, 2012 by
Whatever part you play in life these days you are potentially doing so in the public spotlight. A few years ago, before the mass take up of blogging and social networking, who’d have imagined that that there would be so much public comment, over and above the mainstream media, on the following? The departure […]
Working with Lloyds Banking Group
October 20, 2011 by
Motivated And Competent are working with Lloyds Banking Group designing an assessment for Supervisors working in the regulated financial services market. We are designing a multiple choice question bank to benchmark knowledge, understanding and application of their learning about the Lloyds Training And Competence (T&C) scheme to their workplace after a workshop. This will measure […]