We will all have experienced it.
You want something done but the person you are speaking to is not “the right person”. Now the good outcome then is when that person says …”but let me get them for you” and the bad is of course is when they leave you to find out just who that [...]
I meet lots of people in all walks of life but there are often some common themes.
When teaching speaking skills in particular where I used to expect the least confident participants to be quiet and to try to disappear so as not to be called to speak what often happens is someone who feels very uncertain about [...]
In December 2003 I had a conversation with the senior partner of the firm I was working with about whether there was enough work for him to be able to keep me on staff in a full time capacity. Part time was possible but not what I wanted so we opted to part company. I [...]
Last night I was at a network event where the speaker was talking about brands – in this case aspirational or “must have” brands. As she was explaining how to buy jewellery at auction ( yes – even in these cash strapped times. Did you know that it can cost one third of retail prices [...]
In the current job climate with job losses being talked about more and more and the unemployment rate ( here in the UK anyway) rising the time has come for many employees to think about what they could do next should they find themselves out of work.
But… I regularly hear people say that they have [...]
