FLY CONSULTING has delivered the world’s first live version of the famous Springboard Program. It has been a huge success, providing additional support for staff in lockdown and home-working situations above and beyond what the program always delivers. Everyone has been pivoting around the current circumstances and so have we.…
Melanie Wass
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Every year, a day in October is dedicated to breast cancer awareness via Pink Ribbon Day. It used to be 24th October though it now seems to have stretched into a longer period. During October, wear pink in support of those who are battling breast cancer, those who have survived, and…
No matter which gender you were born, there are advantages and challenges it presents. Part of succeeding in life is coming to terms with those and building strategies to minimise the challenges – whether that be real or imagined. Let’s take a quick look at some of the best and…
Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, believed that the answers we seek are within each of us. The following statements from past participants attest to the fact that we often know innately what we need to do but it takes something like Springboard to reawaken us and set our life back…
In the pace of life we find ourselves in, with all the demands on our time, we sometimes forget to acknowledge what we’ve actually done. Here’s a bunch of improvements women who have been on the program have made. Making ‘me time’ to work on my development. Managing to concentrate…
Here are ideas from some of our previous course participants which might help you find a better balance between your home and work life. These women came up with new ideas for them on how to make sure they have fun, spend time with people important to them, renew themselves…
Even extreme optimists have moments when things don’t go the way they are planned. Negativity is all around us. Most of us have times when things just don’t go well. It’s hard to keep your pecker up at times … and at other times we simply run out of ideas…
October 15 is Rural Women’s Day internationally. Rural women, mainly farmers, are at least 1.6 billion and represent more than a quarter of the total world population. Women produce on average more than half of all the food that is grown: up to 😯 per cent in Africa, 6O per…
We don’t usually get into chain emails but this is one of those that has a fair message to send. Keep alert to your surroundings and if anything is out-of-the-ordinary, be safe first. You walk across the car park, unlock your car and get inside. Then you lock all your…
IWD (International Women’s Day) is celebrated on March 8 each year. Such recognition provides an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of women and their contribution to society. In many countries IWD is celebrated as a national holiday. Women are frequently divided by national boundaries as well as by ethnic, linguistic,…
Failure is often described as an opportunity for feedback. I like to think of it as an indication of course-correction being needed. The trick is to interpret the warning signs before heading too far along the wrong path. I came across this article and thought it discussed the issue of…
People often say things like “if only I had a $1,000,000…. then I’d be happy” or “if only I had a great body (etc)… then I’d be happy”. Well… here’s the thing, if you want to change your external world, you need to find who’s the one at your core.…