Jul
22
How to make sure you don’t miss out on opportunities
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“What’s for you won’t go by you” is a fine old Scottish saying - if you are meant to have it then you will - roughly translated.
A while back I was working with a lovely lady who was pulling herself out from her own personal hell to get back into the world of work. She had applied […]
Jul
1
Do you know who’s in your network?
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The old saying “It’s not what you know but who you know that matters” applies as much today as it always did. The difference now might be that your network is larger and more geographically spread than it could have been 10 years ago.
So do you know who is in your network?
OK if you go […]
Jun
6
Maximise your potential - use the technology available!
Filed Under Personal development, Personal awareness, Networking, young people | 3 Comments
Wally Bock in his Three Star Leadership Blog posted about young people helping him with a house move. It’s a great story in itself but I loved his observation
Young people are technologically-savvy in the way that fish are water- savvy!
I spent this afternoon working with young people exploring the uses for social networking in the […]
May
15
Creativity by sharing ideas
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I fancy myself as something of a cross fertiliser - sort of like a bee - flitting from network to network, contact to contact sharing ideas and links as I go. The benefits to me are many fold - not least of which is that I get to meet and chat with lots of people […]
Oct
30
Meeting my other half
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I have been covering for the Business Manager in the school for a couple of months now ( give or take a week or 3 when I was in New Zealand). It has not been without is challenges but it is one of the best experiences of my life.
I was coming along the corridor today […]