Fruitful Blog
Fruitful Calendar of Events
We've got a very busy year coming up in 2019, so we thought it might be useful to pull together the Fruitful calendar of events so far. We'll update this as new events get booked or more details are available. January 23rd Jan - Heidi is speaking at the Hereford &...
How to be an Inspirational Leader
Ever wondered how to empower your team? How to create a culture based on trust and transparency? In essence ... how to become an inspirational leader? Be inspired and motivated to improve your leadership skills and build your own high performing team with Heidi...
You have a personal brand, even if you don’t know it!
I’m writing this after delivering a session on personal brand, which was part of a week-long leadership academy. One of the first questions I asked the group was, 'what would you think if someone said to you ‘I’m currently working on building my personal brand’? Their...
How Long Do You Spend Dealing With Workplace Conflict?
The average manager spends one to two days every week dealing with workplace conflict. Is this you? There are healthy ways to deal with conflict, but these may not be our automatic responses. When we feel threatened or our emotions are heightened, our instinct is to...
Grow myself, grow my business – 9th November, Birmingham
Are you a small business owner? Do you find it hard to balance your time working in your business and on your business? This event on 9th November is designed for SMEs who specialise in OD, HR, training and coaching. It will help you step outside your business to take...
Join us at the CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition, 7th-8th November, Manchester Central
The Fruitful Toolbox will be available on Wiley’s Everything DiSC® and the Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team™, stand C50, at the CIPD Conference and Exhibition 2018 Manchester Central between 10:00am - 1:00pm, Wednesday 7th November 2018. As featured in The...
Why Include Everything DiSC in your L&D Strategy?
Deciding which psychometric tool/personality test to use is not an easy decision, with so much choice and acclaimed reasons to choose each tool. It can also be difficult to differentiate between the different DISC profiles available. However, Everything DiSC...
How DiSC Profiling Can Help Improve Employee Engagement
Last Updated: October 2026 Why can’t our team achieve our goals? Why are we losing good employees? Why are certain areas of the business suffering from lower productivity? Why do we have more customer complaints than this time last year? Why is our absence rate so...
Your chance to win a signed book and add a sprinkling of magic to your training
It can sometimes be hard to keep the momentum going in a training session or even when giving a talk at a live event. One way to ensure your listeners are engaged is to introduce your own anecdotes or stories. Stories have captured our minds, hearts and imaginations...
Building a Legacy of Leadership with Everything DiSC Work of Leaders®
Watch the video to see why Work of Leaders was the missing link in the Carhartt organisation, helping them establish a standard language of leadership at all levels of the organisation and develop a Carhartt legacy to be proud of. Based on over four years’ in-depth...
The Critical Role Self-Awareness Plays in Leadership
Last updated: October 2026 No leader can be brilliant at everything, and trying to pretend otherwise is where poor decisions start. Self-awareness is the foundation of effective leadership: know your strengths, face your weaknesses, and build a team that fills the...
Where is Your Team on the Conflict Continuum?
A previous blog discussed the topic of 'trust' as being the foundational building block to working through Patrick Lencioni’s model of The Five Behaviours.Once a team has begun with the foundational behaviour of building trust, the next dysfunction to tackle is...