Inspiration- the mexican fisherman
Are you working and focused on developing your career so that long term you can live your ideal life? But what if you already have your ideal life? The Mexican Fisherman, Author Unknown The American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one […]
10 Steps to a Job you Love eProgramme
I’ve created and uploaded a short video explaining the 10 steps to a job you love eProgramme. Over 3,000 people have already signed up. Watch the video to learn more and then sign up!
How to be effective in managing your time
Finding the time We all get the same number of hours in a day, why are some people able to get so much done? If you need to improve your time management, the first step is to where the time goes. For the next week log how you spend your time in 5 minute increments. […]
Moments of Truth – customer service
Many years ago I moved from working as an occupational psychologist to work in business excellence/ total quality management. We worked at implementing and embedding the concepts of the business excellence model throughout Royal Mail. I learnt so much and this continues to part of my way of working including • The need to have […]
Taking Minutes
Another client has got a job offer and he starts next week – congratulations! Part of his job will be taking minutes and he asked me for some advice. There are plenty of books on sale about minute taking but I wonder if he might benefit from the approach we used when I worked for […]
How to Love Your Job – Denise on BBC Radio Scotland
Gosh I’m busy, working on the 2nd edition of How to get a job in a recession, I’ll be blogging more on this soon. Yesterday I was on BBC Radio Scotland discussing how to fall in love with your job again. I was due to be on Radio Scotland a couple of weeks ago, discussing […]
Fear of Networking
I’m working on the networking chapter, many people fear networking. This can be Fear about networking You are not the first or only person who needs to find another job. It is more than likely that some of your primary contacts will have shared the same experience or have a relation who has done so. […]
What motivates you?
Every thought about what motivates you? Here’s some questions to get you thinking, and it will help you to assess how happy you are in your current company. How do you want to be managed? What style suits you best (Top down? Involving?) How important is it to have good supervision? How much acknowledgement, praise […]
Hate Mondays
Is Monday misery necessarily a symbol that you don’t enjoy your job. I love my job and I work from home, but I still loathe that Monday morning feeling… It could be, especially if you are unhappy at work. You’ve just spent 2 days doing what you want to do and now it’s back to […]
Professional Development
We all need to take responsibility of our career and professional development. Some companies will send us on training courses, with companies such as Halogen Software but we can also take ownership ourselves. We can read books, look up journals online and discuss ideas at conferences and meetings. We can also look beyond the constraints […]
