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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Cognoscenti sponsers Lesley to walk the ‘Inca Trail’.

Lesley Kay, Managing Director at Parallax Consultancy, www.parallax-consultancy.co.uk will be walking the ‘Inca Trail’ from the 9th until the 19th of September 2011 in order to raise money for three very worthwhile charities. The charities are: ‘Winston’s Wish’ which specialises in child bereavement, St Ann’s Hospice’ who support the terminally ill and their families and ‘SHAP’ who help young homeless people to find a home and to live fulfilling lives. Lesley will be walking approximately 35 miles, where the altitude rises from 2000mts above sea level to 4000mts. We wish Lesley the best of luck and we are looking forward to seeing the pictures of Lesley at Macchu Picchu. See Lesley’s blog for pictures of her and the rest of the team training for the big event. www.lesleykay.co.uk

Psychology can Help Make Your Project Successful

See Sharon’s book ‘Project Psychology: Using Psychological Models and Techniques to Create a Successful Project. http://www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566089428. The book will be published by ‘Gower’ in December of this year.

Do You Network With People Who Look Like You?

Think about the last networking event that you attended. Who did you sit next to? Did they look like you? A recent study carried out by Mackinnon et al (2011) found that we tend to sit next to people who are physically like us. Does this make us miss out on opportunities?  See an extract from the article here: WE SIT NEAR PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE US