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This page has a plethora of blogs from the team providing useful tips, stories and thoughts on all aspects of effectiveness. Enjoy!
Faris also blogs under his own Medium blog page where he shares more on EQ, IQ, FQ and what it is like to run a small business
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Startup life in the time of Corona, Lesson 8: Life and Happiness
In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first startup (Shiageto...
farisaranki
Jul 24, 20204 min read
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Startup life in the time of Corona, Lesson 7: Your Startup Story
In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first startup (Shiageto...
farisaranki
Jun 22, 20205 min read
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Startup life in the time of Corona, Lesson 6: Teaming and working alone
In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first startup (Shiageto...
farisaranki
Jun 8, 20204 min read
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Startup life in the time of Corona, Lesson 5: Ghosting and breadcrumbing
In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first startup (Shiageto...
farisaranki
May 29, 20206 min read
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Startup life in the time of Corona, Lesson 4: Roles and decision making
In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first startup (Shiageto...
farisaranki
May 22, 20206 min read
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Startup life in the time of Corona, Lesson 3: Motivation and feelings
In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first startup (Shiageto...
farisaranki
May 13, 20205 min read
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Startup Life In The Time of Corona, Lesson 2: Sales & Marketing
In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first startup (Shiageto...
farisaranki
May 5, 20206 min read
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Startup life in the time of Corona, Lesson 1: Offering
In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first startup (Shiageto...
farisaranki
May 1, 20205 min read
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Business in the time of Corona: learnings from my first 6 months of Shiageto that might help
Do you know the tale from Greek mythology about Sisyphus? A king of Corinth, he was punished by the gods for his trickery and general...
farisaranki
Apr 27, 20203 min read
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I ain't afraid of no phone...ok, maybe I am
Did you know that the humble phone call is dying at a rate of c.2.5% fewer phone calls each year in the UK? This is particularly marked...
farisaranki
Feb 14, 20203 min read
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How many ways can you come up with to use a paper clip, in 60 seconds?
Go on then, the clock starts now.... Sounds easy, but is it? I love this little test of your creativity, I use it all the time as an...
farisaranki
Feb 6, 20204 min read
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What should I wear to work? More importantly, how might it impact my effectiveness?*
Ever found yourself spending way longer than you should deliberating what you should wear to work? Something that should take a matter of...
farisaranki
Jan 16, 20205 min read
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How effective is your out-of-office and what does it say about you?
Phew! First day back in the office and I've spent the whole day catching up on my emails. Thanks to sending out several thousand virtual...
farisaranki
Jan 7, 20203 min read
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How to spot resistance to change over the Christmas season
In my last blog, I talked about how one of the keys to effectiveness was about how quickly you (and others) can get through the change...
farisaranki
Dec 20, 20192 min read
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Effectiveness: It's a lot to do with change; so does change make you :) or :( ?
In my previous blogs I began to explore a bit more about personal, team and business effectiveness. Moving the conversation on a little,...
farisaranki
Dec 17, 20193 min read
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How to get your teams and business more effective
Hot on the heels of my last short blog on personal effectiveness, I got some inquiries on whether Shiageto had any tips for how to...
farisaranki
Dec 13, 20192 min read
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How to be more personally effective
Following up my blog earlier this week, there is no better time for a few quick tips on personal effectiveness. With no further ado, here...
farisaranki
Dec 11, 20193 min read
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Shiageto's mission: What does it mean to 'help others be more effective'?
On the face of it, the phrase "being more effective" should be easy to understand. Some will interpret it as doing more things in the...
farisaranki
Dec 9, 20194 min read
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Lightning rods and speed bumps - 2 fantastic facilitation techniques
I must confess something: I love ice breakers, energisers and anything different that jolts me out of the day-to-day. I know many people...
farisaranki
Dec 2, 20193 min read
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What makes a great training session?
As some of you may have seen, I recently had the pleasure of delivering some training sessions for a fantastic consulting firm on a...
farisaranki
Nov 26, 20194 min read
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