Tag Archives: personal responsibility

Thank you, thank you, thank you….

Life has been a bit of a roller coaster lately.  Married in December, promotion at work to Head of Business Airline Marketing at Manchester Airport in January plus many fab mentoring sessions to name a few! It has been hectic … Continue reading

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Providing positive feedback leaves Bev feeling warm, despite the weather….

It may be snowing but I have a warm feeling inside….. The time has come for me to renew my car insurance, oh the joys! After completing my research I decided to stick with my current provider, Admiral. Why? The … Continue reading

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Bev agrees… it isn’t always for someone else to do

Two blogs in one week!  I’ll keep this one short, promise… The Marketing Academy has helped me to have confidence in myself in areas where I have in the past, brushed things under the carpet with the thought ‘that’s for … Continue reading

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Carrie gets her dream job thanks to Katherine Tulpa

Katherine Tulpa is my professional coach – we have all been given a coach to help us learn and grow over the next year. Put simply, I believe Katherine is the best coach I could ever have wished for. This must be thanks … Continue reading

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Bev rethinks her approach to creative briefs

For those of you client side, you may remember those first training sessions we had on how to brief an agency. The dos, do nots, best way to work etc. Then how we developed working relations to become part of … Continue reading

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Ross says goodbye to some inspiration

Phil Rumbol, the man behind Gorilla, left Cadbury this week. Ross shares some of his favourite pieces of advice that Phil has given him over the years. Continue reading

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Carrie and Blame…

‘It wasn’t me’ – the words of a popular 90s song seem to get everywhere. They have been burning in my ears since starting the academy. It seems the well versed even have many alternatives ‘it’s not my area’, ‘it … Continue reading

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Ross gets annoyed… then realises that probably wasn’t the point.

Ross had a meeting today. Didn’t quite go to plan. Continue reading

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Ross reflects a bit on Boot Camp

Ross Farquhar talks about some of his personal highlights from the Marketing Academy’s inaugural Boot Camp, three days which came quite close to being life changing, and saw him take copious amounts of notes… Continue reading

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