Neil Donnelly Q&A
| What drives you? |
| Personal achievement and seeing positive change in other people |
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| What inspires you? |
| Personal development and being part of a winning team |
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| Strongest influences |
| My father for developing within me a strong independent streak |
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| Other interests |
| Sport, specifically rugby and playing golf for fun. Enjoying good wine with good friends |
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| Favourite quotation |
| "Success is neither magical nor mysterious, success comes from consistently applying the basic fundamentals" --Jim Rohn |
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| Best decision |
| To marry my then partner Brenda |
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| Greatest regret |
| Not going to University |
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| Happiest business moment |
| Making the decision to go into the field of training and people development |
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| What would you change about British business if you were given the opportunity? |
| Ensure all businesses appreciate the importance of getting the life/work balance correct |
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| Fantasy job |
| Being paid to play sport |
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| Most admired businessperson |
| Jack Welch |
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| Least favourite personal characteristic |
| Occasional procrastination |
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| Pet hate/s |
| People paying lip service, people failing to respect others re time keeping. |
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| Most over-used phrase |
| "Great more rugby on Sky again" |
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| Other people's most over-used phrase |
| "What a fantastic idea we must implement it!" |
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| What makes you laugh? |
| Being with friends, Billy Connolly. |
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| Favourite city |
| Sydney |
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| Greatest extravagance/s |
| Everything I enjoy! |
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| Current reading |
| Ian Rankin books |
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| Favourite albums |
| Rumours by Fleetwood Mac |
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