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Engaging trainer and presenter Dave Keeling delivers workshops and programmes for Laughology in the education, health and business arenas. He specialises in facilitating change management, improving teamwork and communication and developing creativity and well-being.

New balls, please - what’s the value in workplace values?

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It’s that time of year when Wimbledon has been upon us, with two weeks of lobs, tosses, backs hands and lemon barley. It’s also a time of year that I often hear the word ‘love’. In tennis, love is used as a term in the scoring system and literally means nothing (one hypothesis suggests it comes from the French word “l’oeuf”,...

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A Pint Half Full: Why forming new habits is easier than you think

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How easy do you find it to form new habits? Do you manage to keep them up no matter what? Or are you someone who starts a new habit as if you’re Usain Bolt in his 100m heydey, only to finish a little like Derek Redmond, limping across the finish line?  If you’re fed up with struggling to start and maintain...

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Change doesn’t work: Why cognitive diversity is so important in the workplace

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Liz Truss spent 44 days in power, the shortest tenure of a UK prime minister since records began. She brought in the most diverse cabinet ever yet still couldn’t outlast the wilting leaves of a lettuce, leading to the headline: “Iceberg sinks Truss”. Then in stepped Rishi Sunak, the first British Asian prime minister. He still maintained a diverse cabinet, yet...

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5 lessons being in a band can teach you about teamwork

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Teamwork - it makes the dream work, right? Well, it certainly made all the difference to Lead Happiness Consultant and Rockologist, Dave Keeling, as he embarked on a lifelong dream of being in a band. Luckily for us - and you - it’s taught him a lot about teamwork too. Summer is often the best time for self-reflection. Whether it’s spent...

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True Lies: Leadership lessons in uncertain times

The recent antics of prime minister, Boris Johnson, has got Dave Keeling wondering about the leadership lessons we can learn from the debacle, as well as the qualities all good leaders should ideally possess. Blurred leadership lines ‘Partygate’ has fast become the most recent go-to example of how ridiculous British politics has become since the shaggy-headed, whiff-waffy prevaricator took the reins...

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How to present with confidence and keep everyone engaged

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Sweaty armpits? Shaky voice? Heart palpitations? Just some of the symptoms you probably feel when it’s time to present to your team. You want to be more confident, but you keep stumbling over your words and your mouth resembles the Sahara. Well, fear not! We’ve got your (sweaty) back and are here to help you with some tips to present with...

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Bouncing back from disappointment: 4 ways to feel motivated again

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Bouncing back from disappointment is challenging for anyone, let alone those with the weight of the nation on their shoulders. But we can learn a thing or two from our England football players, says Dave Keeling. In fact, we should look to them when we’re facing disappointment of our own. The morning after the night before Like the majority of the...

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Marathon Mindset - How to have better conversations at work

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Another marathon done. In the afterglow competitors will be celebrating PBs, lamenting blisters the size of saucers and wondering why running 26 miles dressed as Big Ben seemed like a good idea in the first place. The spectacle leaves me contemplating the origin of this celebration of distance, endurance and sheer bloody will. For those of you who don’t know the...

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What can we learn from Stan & Ollie about building long-lasting effective working relationships?

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How to do a ‘Stan and Ollie’, and build lasting working relationships, even with colleagues who appear to see the world in a completely different way. I recently went to see ‘Stan and Ollie’ the much-lauded new film which explores the relationship and final years of one of history’s best-loved comedy double acts, Laurel and Hardy. As an eighties child, I...

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