Your Best Summer Ever
10 Things to Make This Your "Best Summer Ever" Wouldn't you love to have the best Summer ever? INSTRUCTIONS: Allow yourself 5-10 minutes of quiet time to write your answers in the spaces below. If you get stuck, think back to your childhood or a summer when you had a great time. What were you […]
6 ways to overcome criticism
The inspiration to write this was watching Sir Philip Green be interviewed about the BHS fiasco. He comes across as quite a bully, but also thin skinned. He doesn’t take criticism well. We can all be criticised, sometimes fairly, often not. A thin skin isn’t helpful, so let’s look at what can help: Expect to […]
Developing confidence – 10 every day practical tips to boost your self esteem
Many of my clients tell me they lack confidence, here’s 10 tips written for an older audience, but still relevant to people of any age. Need more help what about this? Say stop to your inner critic We all have an inner critic. The voice that tells us that we can’t do something, that […]
Inside Out – The Voices in our head
My latest newsletter went out today, one of the articles was on Inside Out. Inside Out – The Voices in our head Have you seen this film yet? Whilst a child’s film there is a great message for all of us. We all have voices in our heads, and sometimes these voices are loud and […]
The Strengths Based Interview – Advice for Candidates
Competences v Strengths You are probably familiar with the competency approach to interviews. This is the one where specific questions are asked to draw out your transferable skills from previous experience, for example: “Describe a time you have had to work effectively as part of a team?” The strengths approach focus moves away from what […]
Asking Questions
I was talking with a client recently who finds it difficult to perform well in assessment centre group discussions. Other people say more and whilst he makes a good contribution on process, with helpful comments on time keeping and being a positive team member that’s not enough for the role he seeks. We’ve talked about […]
Doing too much – Have you got Rushing Woman Syndrome?
Do you have Rushing Woman Syndrome? Life is busy – I fit a lot in and sometimes try to do too much.In the past week I’ve fallen over three times, once I tripped over the vacuum cleaner cable as I dashed around the house, another time I changed direction on the street, didn’t look where […]
Why are you so busy? Redefining success
Why are you so busy? Redefining success I was making notes to share and then came across an article by Guy Kawasaki. He summarises this brilliantly in his article 'Let's stop the glorification of busy' So I've included his highlights along with some personal comments. 1. Redefine success. There's no prize for working the most hours […]
Stop drowning, start enjoying
I was one of three experts featured in the November edition of Prima magazine You can download a copy of the article here – PrimaArticle
The Fascination Assessment – you at your best
This post isn’t about me. It’s about YOU. Branding expert and leading authority on the science of fascination, Sally Hogshead published her new book How the World Sees You on July 1, I had the book on pre-order and I'd already taken the assessment. This assessment differs from e.g. The MBTI as it asks you […]
