When you look back at the past 12 months—objectively, what type of tools and techniques do you use? Here's a short tutorial film that introduces 3 ideas for you, your team or your organisation. Ideal for personal and professional development.

A surprisingly fun way to improve productivity, gain clarity and achieve focus. Who knew! A short tutorial on the benefits of standardisation. Plenty of real life examples, a case study, top tips and an action step to help you on your way.

What to look for when writing a CV... or reviewing CVs? Top tips to recruit better talent, make better decisions and speed up recruitment process. And if you're applying for new roles, then some useful advice on dos and don'ts.

There’s only two types of action you need to track when you attend a meeting. What do YOU need to do? And what do OTHERS need to do? (Especially those on your team). But how do you keep track of them? And how can you keep it as simple as possible?

A short explainer of the GROW model of coaching. A new four letter acronym to add to your collection.

A simple video covering the art of making checklists. In this video, I'll share a few checklists that go into the production of a video: Equipment setup, Content creation, and Post production editing. It's a brief overview. Nothing too technical.

The Art of Giving Feedback. From an early age, we're conditioned to receive feedback. It's how we learn to grow and develop. But as adults, no one tells us how to give or receive feedback—that comes with experience.

A short tutorial focusing on project management — specifically the rear end, and project handover.

A simple technique for structuring projects.

When written down, ARCI provides a simple framework that helps your decision making, builds trust and drives better communication. And I believe it would make all the difference in East Cheshire!

So you want to achieve Excellence? But where do you start? If like most people, you’ll want to begin by defining ‘Excellent’. Because surely that’s what we’re aiming for. Wrong.

The retrospective is a really simple tool for improving performance and providing feedback. It could be used in personal performance or team performance. Very easy to use and only takes a couple of minutes to complete.

Now Next and Later is a technique for putting first things first. It ensures clarity of communication and can be used with your team and the wider organisation.

As a leader, it’s really important to have a good understanding of your key performance indicators (KPIs). And a really simple tool is FCOP (a variation on the balanced scorecard approach).

A really simple tool for prioritising your workload and getting things done.

Now Next and Later is a technique for putting first things first. It ensures clarity of communication and can be used with your team and the wider organisation.

How will YOU generate new ideas and innovate this year? What tools will you use? Are you looking for a structured programme with fresh perspectives?

Another tool we use is our UCCI framework (it stands for Unconsciously Competent Consciously Incompetent!). UCCI is sometimes referred to as The Learning Cycle or The Learning Ladder.

One the areas we explore at Twelve Scholars is our Excellence Framework. It’s a way of defining standards and raising performance. It’s a system that helps get things done, helps you avoid perfection paralysis.