Setting boundaries
I have been thinking about this for a while. I like to be helpful when I can. I really like to help my friends. I will try to help my ...
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Who are you comparing yourself to?
I remember going to a school reunion many years ago when I was in my early 30s. I realised that I really wanted to know what had happened to those ...
Time to check your status?
I was reading the Harvard Business Review Daily update that I get straight to my inbox and as is so often the case the content made me sit back and ...
Unhelpful job search criteria
I subscribe to the Harvard Business Review(HBR) daily updates and as is so often the case today's gave me food for thought. It's is a promotion for a guide to ...
Is your career like an antique?
On one of the many TV shows that involve finding/selling/valuing antiques recently a man had brought a decorative pot to get some information with a view to selling it. The ...
Invisible Job Hunters
I listened to the founder of Linkedin - Reid Hoffman - speaking at the Web 2.0 summit last week. You can find the whole interview here . A comment he made during ...
September and new starts
I was at the Craiglockhart Campus of Edinburgh Napier University today. A new group of students will be starting the 12 month Certificate of Management Practice programme - for which I ...
Have you got the post holiday back to work blues?
At the end of August many people in the UK will have already had their "summer" holidays ( the whole issue of what summer means when you live in a ...
The power of the pause
In public speaking training we illustrate and highlight the "Power of the Pause" . The purpose can be twofold to help you gather your thoughts if you forget what you were ...
