I recently had the pleasure of hosting Toastmasters District 91’s table topics impromptu speaking contest. One of the privileges of...
Author Archives: Jean
Lessons from the Potter’s Wheel
I get my piece of clay that I have prepared in advance to remove the extra moisture and I slap it down on the wheel, I slap it down on...
Welcome to Semaphora!
I’m Jean Gamester and set up Semaphora in 2012, as a leap of faith. I knew I wanted to try something new. After many years of...
My Dark Secret
I used to have a dark secret. One that was expensive and unpleasant to keep. It started when I was about 30, the first signs of this...
How to make big changes in work and in life…
When I joined a speakers club 12 years ago, I didn’t expect that it would lead me to doing a doctorate. And I really didn’t...
How Simple Stories can deliver Super Results
At some point in my childhood, it was concluded that I was not “the creative one” in my family. That label was assigned...
Who’s in control? You or the Targets?
For many years now I have operated in and advised target driven organisations. I’m competitive, I like to know where I am going...
The Shackleton Spirit – Leading our teams through change
One hundred years ago, in early 1916, Ernest Shackleton’s plans lay in tatters. Having set off two years earlier to be the first to...
The necessity of negative thinking
It is the eve of the new millennium. Amidst the jollity, the champagne and the fireworks there is a tribe watching. They are spread...