Should you strive for more?
An interesting conversation … should we strive for more? I’m working with a couple of clients, recently moved to new jobs and both want to get ready for the next opportunity. They both have a great deal of energy and have a vision of where they want to be. They have invested in coaching and […]
Working Styles
We spend more time with the people we work with then with our partner at home. In both cases we can get frustrated. This is down to many reasons, often because of different personalities and working styles. We take a long time developing a relationship with a loved one. From a first date over coffee, […]
Returning to work after a career break
Returning to work after a career break can be planned – taking time out to look after children, or can creep up on us. Perhaps following redundancy you took some time out and the weeks have turned into months and you have not really considered working for a while, or you took time out to […]
21st Century Careers Advice
It’s important for me to keep up to date with changes in the workplace. I can’t help clients make career decisions or offer 21st Century Careers Advice without taking account of the broader context. Back when I was an Assistant Director with Royal Mail, we did ‘due diligence’ we considered scenarios, we were cognisant of […]
Planning tools
I was sent a Great Minds Go Far Planner to review. It is based on the Go Far Method to keep us organised, especially around our personal goals. The beautiful black box – very stylish contains Go Far Weekly Planner Goal Setting Guide Notebook Just like a 1980s planner you can add and remove sections […]
How to stay in touch with work, but not let it ruin your holiday
Holiday season – are you checking emails? What about your return We may aim to avoid checking emails whilst on holiday, but how realistic is it? Sometimes there is something we need to be involved in and need to be copied in and perhaps to respond. But how much time should we spend on this? […]
Fast track your career by stepping outside your comfort zone
Fast track your career. Many years ago, a project was failing. 2 project managers couldn’t make it happen. I’d been designing some related training for the project sponsor and he asked me to take the project manager role on. Eyebrows were raised. I was an occupational psychologist, what did I know about managing a […]
Weak Ties – the importance of weak ties
Many years ago (1973!), Mark S Granoveller published an article in the American Journal of Sociology on the Strength of Weak ties. We all know many people and with some we have strong ties, these are our close friends and part of our social network, we understand each other, do things together, we’ve got their […]
Mono tasking
I used to pride myself on my ability to spin plates – multi tasking was my middle name. I’d have lots of tasks on the go and flit between them. I’d also watch TV on catch up as I checked emails and edited documents. But then I thought; and wondered how it would be […]
How will technology change your job?
We live in interesting times. Politically we aren’t sure of where we will be in a year, but we can be sure of the technological input into the work place. so how will technology change your job? A good article on how to train workers for job that don’t yet exist reminded me to […]
