Blog :: Claire Chidley - 360 wisdom - Leadership and Personal Development Trainer

The Value of Life

I was sitting reading a national newspaper’s Rich List yesterday. It made troublesome reading I have to say. There are some extremely rich people in the UK and they are getting richer when the vast majority of us are getting poorer and/or struggling to make ends meet. When you learn that one in five families

Empowering Women Workshop Feedback

Two Empowering Women Workshops have taken place in London and Brighton with Birmingham coming up on Saturday 10th and Bristol on 25th March. It’s been an amazing journey so far. I met some wonderful women at the Barbican and we had great fun. It’s always a real honour to be with such lively, awake and

In Praise of Meryl Streep

I wanted to stay up late to watch the Oscars ceremony on Sunday night, only to find that even if I had, it wasn’t on a TV channel I could get easily. Seems the ceremony is not on terrestrial TV anymore or even what I have on my set-top. Still, the following morning, I lay

Weighing it All Up.

A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat. Erma Bombeck It’s said February is one of the most depressing months because we’ve failed on all our get trim/lose weight pledges. If anyone is going to join a gym or a weight-loss scheme, they will have already done it. Just a few weeks

Why Do Divas Die?

I was saddened to wake up to the news of another great singer’s death. This time, Whitney Houston was found dead in her bath at 48. On the back of the untimely death of our great UK singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse and any number of stories circulating in the press about women singers struggling to deal

What the Dickens is Going On?

To be shelterless and alone in the open country, hearing the wind moan and watching for day through the whole long weary night; to listen to the falling rain, and crouch for warmth beneath the lee of some old barn or rick, or in the hollow of a tree; are dismal things — but not

Steve Jobs is My Hero

Steve Jobs is My Hero. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.

Banks and 360 WISDOM

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson With the media highlighting the issue of banker’s bonuses through Stephen Hester at RBS, I don’t feel I can ignore the issue when I’m thinking about things from a 360 WISDOM perspective. What’s going on here poses a series

A Woman’s Work is Never Done?

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels. ~Faith Whittlesey As part of the work to promote my 360 Wisdom: Empowering Women workshop series, I’ve been researching women’s groups and associations near to and in the cities where I’m performing. Because my work in the past has tended to

New 360 WISDOM Blog for NHS Staff and Public Sector Workers Launched

I’m really pleased to be doing a regular blog called ‘Words of Wisdom’ on NHS online and Public Sector Online. These websites offer news and advice to staff working in the NHS and the Public Sector (local government, housing, police, fire,etc). As many of my family have worked for the public sector, this is really