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Making Difficult Conversations…well, Less Difficult!

It is inevitable that at some point you will find yourself participating in what can be best put as a difficult conversation.  The when? where? why? what? and how? will all remain elusive until it strikes and by then the only thing that will matter is how you act.  In the case that you are [...]

A Focus On Quality, Not Quantity Will Bring Success…and Titles!

I was recently reading an exert from Mark Sanborn’s excellent book, “You don’t need a title to be a leader” in search of some inspiration for a current objective I have. I should like to state at this point that whilst I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment of the book, that a title is [...]

Is Your New Role Really Best for You?

I have received a number of questions recently from new grads facing dilemmas when faced with new opportunities offered to them by their current employers.  For most, sideways moves into equivalent functions have been asked of them as companies enforce role changes in response to changing business demands.  Others though have been pitched as development [...]

Managing Your Junior Manager!

Do you sometimes step back and wonder why your manager made a particular decision? Do you ever find it hard to understand why your manager is asking you yet again to complete a task by hand because she has not reviewed the macro you wrote to do the job for you? Is it [...]

How To “Do The Right Thing” for Career Success

While at school, I remember being often advised to ‘play with a straight bat’. This metaphor, taken from the sport of Cricket, was used to encourage me and other pupils to behave in line with our school’s motto; Virtue, Learning, Manners. Many years later in the workplace, I now apply it to all [...]

Exploit Your Strengths but Don’t Neglect Your Weaknesses

In recent years discussions on staff performance have preferred to reference only ‘improvement areas’ as opposed to ‘weaknesses’. Fashionable theories encourage focus on developing only existing strengths rather than performance in skills that are perhaps below par. Much can be said for this approach as in theory it suggests that large companies, with [...]

Discussing Concerns with Your Boss is Easier When You Know What’s Invested in You

Throughout your career, you will have times when you wonder about whether you’re in the right job or whether your career would be better served elsewhere?  We can always picture the grass as being greener elsewhere and when we get into a negative thought process, there are always lists of things we hate about our [...]