After the job offer – being effective in a new job

Great news, three of my clients have got job offers and all got the letter in the past couple of days. So much is written about the lack of jobs and how difficult it is to be successful but good news does happen. My clients were clear on what they wanted, had great CVs, and […]

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. This is me […]

Be an active listener, part 2

I recently wrote a blog post on active listening, and you can access it here. Here are a further 10 guidance notes to help you be a better listener. 1. Avoid “Me too” comments If you are paying attention to the other person and wanting to help them, avoid discussing how it affects you.  Think!  Will […]

Time … we never have these moments again

Time …. Recently I attended the World Domination Summit. This was a significant investment of time as well as money, I had to fly to Portland, Oregon (West Coast America) and alongside the costs of event, plane, hotel etc was the time commitment. Making a decision to do something is always much more than the […]

You are Amazing …

You are Amazing. I’m just back from a road trip on west coast USA and a conference, so a different style to my newsletter this time. Do people tell you that you are remarkable, kind, inspirational … Too often we don’t listen to these words, we filter them out and have our antenna tuned to […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dreams and Realities

On holiday, amidst listening to the crashing waves while at the beach and trekking through the jungle to Mayan ruins I read One Day by David Nicholls.  A story about Emma and Dexter over 20 years. It really is a very good read, well written and makes you think. It got me thinking about the […]

Making a Difference

A friend of ours was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset. As he walked along, he began to see another man in the distance. As he grew nearer, he noticed that the local native kept leaning down, picking something up, and throwing it out into the water. Time and again, he kept hurling […]

What motivates you? A reflective exercise from the career coach

What motivates you? Have you ever thought about what motivates you? Is it success, recognition, financial rewards, what? Being clear on this will help you to keep going and to seek out the right ways to motivate yourself. Dave Francis, based on the work of Edgar Schein has identified 9 different ways we can be […]