Advance Performance

Happy New Year everyone! In her new video, Heather Wright shares her advice to a recent graduate which will benefit all of us in 2024. She looks at the major skill we all need to improve which will enable us to get on with others and help us to achieve our goals. Find out why winning people over is vital, and how we can all learn to do it.

Winning people over is vital, here's how

What are the two vital things people want from you? Find out what they are in the new video from Heather Wright, and find out her advice on how YOU can ensure you can deliver. This will help to build your relationships with others.

Two vital things people want

Do you forget people's names? In her new video Heather Wright shares some brilliant advice on how to remember a person's name when you first meet them. It'll be very useful over this festive season, and as you meet more people in 2024!

Do you have trouble remembering names?

In her new video Heather Wright talks about being inspired by an Arnold Schwarzenegger interview, and his belief in being useful. She tells a wonderful story of how a person's job can change other people's lives. As you go about your day, think how can you be of service, and be useful? You just may change someone's life!

The Importance of Being Useful

Whatever you do, "Don't be Quiche!" - as we head towards December, this is a very topical analogy! Don't be the same as everyone else - don't be quiche. Dare to be different and lean into your uniqueness! Please take a couple of minutes to watch the new video from Heather Wright and celebrate NOT being Quiche!

Whatever you do "Don't Be Quiche"

The Surprising Truth about Will Power is the great new video from Heather Wright. You may think that your willpower can be exhausted, depletes, or doesn't last. Then you'll be surprised by the new research which Heather shares in her video.
It's all in your belief.

The Surprising Truth About Will Power

Are you a perfectionist? Do you worry about the need to be brilliant at everything you do? STOP! In her new video Heather Wright asks you to rethink your comfort zone. She invites you to edge out, rather than step out, and learn to be uncomfortable as a beginner. Why? Because we all have to start as a beginner before we become brilliant at a skill, an expert in the knowledge, or qualified. Take a deep breath and start something new. Edge out of your comfort zone. You never know where it may lead you!

There's a lot of rubbish talked about comfort zones

People perform better when they are listened to and feel cared for. In her new video Heather Wright discusses an issue that happened for a team leader and member of their team. Watch the video to find out Heather's advice, and what happened next.

The answer to success isn't as complicated as you think

Do you ever feel undervalued? Do you ever sit at work or at home thinking "Nobody appreciates or values me"? It's not a very positive thought or productive thing to do, but it's an easy cycle to fall into.
In her new video Heather Wright gives some great advice to empower you to feel better about yourself. It's a brilliant tip - and you'll be helping others as well as yourself.

Feeling Undervalued? Here's what you can do about it

This doesn't make sense, but it works! Find out the key to persuade someone to like you. Having positive relationships is vital in our workplace, but sometimes there are individuals who just don't seem to like us. In her new video Heather Wright explains a brilliant tip you can do to persuade that person to like and engage with you.

This doesn't make sense, BUT it works

Praising people and thanking people are two different things. Both are really important, but we often thank more than we praise, and can think that thanking will do instead of praise. We hope you'll watch the new video from Heather Wright to find out why praise is so important to the individual. Here's a tip - Praise is specific.
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"But I said 'Thank You', isn't that enough?"

Don't Let Your Mistakes Hurt You. We all make mistakes, it's a fact of life. Mistakes hurt, don't they? And they can be embarrassing. So, why do so many of us get embarrassed and frustrated when we do make a mistake? In her new video Heather Wright explores how we can take the sting out of making a mistake. We need to take control of our errors, so we can be better versions of ourselves. Click the video to find out Heather's tips to take the sting out of your mistakes and become a better you.

Mistakes Shouldn't Hurt You

These three habits are major culprits in stealing our happiness. Find out what they are in the new video from Heather Wright. Then you can take the first steps to breaking these destructive habits, and become happier and a better version of you.

Do You Have Habits That Steal Your Happiness?

Do you struggle to say no to people? If you do, you are not alone. In her coaching and training sessions, Heather Wright has found this is a difficulty for many people.
Don't Be Afraid To Say No is the new video from Heather Wright. She explains why we have difficulties with saying "No" and the reasons we need to overcome them.
Take care of yourself and say no when you need to.

Don't Be Afraid to Say NO

"I coach a lot of people online, a lot of execs and managers and people in all sorts of jobs. And you wouldn't believe how many of those conversations are about handling conflict, either between the person I'm coaching and somebody else, or between team members, and how they can be mediated."
In her new video, How To Handle Conflict Part 2, Heather Wright discusses the four goals in dealing with conflict.

Conflict - #2 How to deal with Conflict

We all have conflict we have to deal with, no matter where we work. We also have conflicts with family members, friends, businesses we deal with, and that driver we encounter in the other lane. We all have to deal with conflict but most have us have never been trained. So, Heather Wright has made a series of short videos giving tips on how to deal with conflict, to give you the confidence to manage it, and find solutions.
This is the longer introductory video with an experience she had recently plus a useful tip to get you started on managing conflict.

Conflict - #1 How to deal with conflict

Meet Otis the Corgi and find out how dogs and humans respond the same way. A great from Heather Wright to improve your empathy and interpersonal skills so you can become a more effective leader and team member.

Dogs and humans respond the same way

What an amazing achievement for our Lionesses to reach the Women's World Cup final? Their team culture is outstanding and we can see how gelled they are together. Being part of a team that makes us feel we truly belong is vital for us to succeed and be our best selves.
What teams do you feel like you belong to in your life? What tribe? In the new video from Heather Wright she discusses the tribes and teams she belongs to which enable her to feel her best self, authentic, and be inspired.

Why It's So Important To Find Your Tribe

"Nothing stops you being creative as effectively as the fear of making a mistake." This brilliant quote from John Cleese is the starting point for the new video from Heather Wright. If you've ever feared speaking up in case you seem silly or foolish, or it might not be "right", then this video is for you!

If You Want to be More Creative You Must Stop This Advice from John Cleese about how to unblock your creativity. We can all be creative so let's start allowing ourselves to be creative.

"You reflect what you reflect on" is a thoughtful new video from Heather Wright as she explores the concept "What we think of, we become." This is reflected from our thoughts and who we see as our role models.

Change Your Life? Change Your Focus! Who are you? Who do you want to be? What do you spend your time thinking about. We reflect like a mirror, whatever it is we reflect on. This video tells ...

Confidence is a strange thing, isn't it? We feel we have to show our confidence, and it's often by showing that we have an opinion. But is our opinion always valid or needed? Watch the new video from Heather Wright and think again about how you show your confidence next time you're in a meeting.

Is Your Opinion Valid? Many of our opinions are based on invalid information. What should we do to make sure that we speak with authority? What should we listen out for to make s...

To Move On, We Must First Let Go. Have Faith, says Heather Wright and commit to that habit, that goal, that dream. You may not be able to see the way yet, but it will become clearer if you let go of your old thoughts and habits.

To Move On We Must First Let Go Sometimes we carry our baggage around with us for far too long. Some people are still regurgitating events from years ago and wondering why they are still h...

Heather has a brilliant piece of advice for everyone in her new video. Taken from an old Samurai motto, she explores how we should accept our dreams and goals, and not put ourselves down.
Be careful what you say out of your mouth because your brain is listening. Don't judge yourself too harshly.

Walk The Path Of The Samurai And Never Judge Yourself Harshly. It may sound a little grand to compare ourselves to Samurai warriors and yet some of their philosophies can teach us a lot about mindset in the face of diffi...

In her new video Heather Wright talks about Michael J. Fox, the actor, and his approach to life with a life-limiting illness. His attitude is an inspiration we can all learn from, and take on practically with Heather's great tip at the end.
"Optimism is Sustainable with Gratitude" - Michael J. Fox

Michael J Fox has a Life Limiting Disease and Is Still Optimistic! How is It Possible? After hearing an interview with Michael J Fox about how he handles having Parkinson's, Heather explores his key message about how to maintain optimism. ...

The importance of acceptance of our limitations to be the best we can be.

Here is something we should stop doing right now! Why make our mental anguish worse. There are things we sometimes do that make things worse. IN this quick video Heather talks about making things better by...

The success strategy that is proven to work.
When you have a problem do you Google and find the latest fads that promise you the Earth, or at least, exactly what you think you need to be successful? We can all be taken in by fads, but when we look at truly successful people, they all have one thing in common. Click on the new video from Heather Wright to find out and make it YOUR success strategy too.

Did you think this could be a success strategy? Sometimes success is right in front of us but we keep looking for complicated or difficult answers.

Have you ever had a bad day? Have you tried to work out all the things that were causing it, and got yourself in a loop? Heather shares one simple action that can change your day from being bad to good, change your mood and change others' moods. Go on, SMILE!

Teach yourself to smile and give your colleagues a break Sometimes we need to start with the basics in order to motivate and succeed. Does a smile actually make a difference or are we being too shallow? ...

Leaders! Stop Being Afraid of Building Relationships. Check out the new video from Heather Wright to find out why it's vital for you and your team, and how it will improve the quality of your leadership.

Leaders! Stop Being Afraid Of Building Relationships Leaders are often afraid of getting too pally with their team just in case they have to have a difficult conversation with them. But this video explains why...

The secret of managing your time for successful presentations that your audience will thank you for!

Don't Ruin Your Presentation By Doing This We often focus on the wrong thing when we are presenting. This is a wonderfully short and vital video on making sure you don't make the mistake that so many...

Can You Have Too Much of a Good Thing? Heather Wright
highlights the importance of a holiday, a treat, that special experience which is not happening every day so we appreciate it more.

Can You Have Too Much Of A Good Thing? We all enjoy having a holiday and it feels rubbish when it comes to an end. How do we deal with holiday blues?