The Darcy Transformation
No, this isn’t the synopsis of a new Robert Ludlum thriller, although it may sound like one. But, as you’re waiting for that job offer to come through, spend a little time here ruminating on these observations; it should pass the time whilst those faceless paper-sifters find your undoubtedly amazing CV and give you that […]
A pragmatic approach to career change
Don’t panic Mr Mainwairing; don’t panic! All feels a little bit crazy at the moment doesn’t it? The threat of many police officers resigning to join the all too many leaving or due to leave shortly Will there be room for you? Will there be success and safety in your future? The answer is – […]
Your great escape
A possible outcome of being in the same job culture for 30+ years is that ‘who you actually are’ becomes confused with ‘who you are supposed to be’ – in that culture.
One of the things that identifies a “culture” (in the work environment and anthropologically speaking) is a common language. Police jargon in this regard is nothing unique, but we tend to be fond of acronyms, and shorthand, and these things can become the automatic “…Thank you…” that gave Bartlett away.
Developing resilience
For our generation this is our most painful experience of needing to find and exercise real meaningful resilience in our working lives. The threat of job loss perhaps or restriction on promotions or pay increments; finding new engaging employment; redefining the product or services we supply. The list of things can feel fairly endless. […]
A balancing act
So let me bore or intrigue you with Pareto’s 20/80 principle Some of you may be familiar with the theory but just in case here is a brief summation The theory states that roughly 80% of results come from 20% of causes. It is widely accepted in business that 80% of business comes from 20% […]
How you MIGHT get yourself shortlisted for interview…
I offer you an insight based on my own experience and that of my co-workers. I was struck by a perennial problem amongst job-seekers, who are looking for that little “extra” that gets them noticed, when everyone else is getting sifted out. So, how do you impress a potential employer, in order to get an […]
Just do it!
A brilliant tag line and we all associate it immediately with Nike but if you take a moment it is also brilliant advice. So often we think about what we should do, ought to do or need to do and yet we just don’t quite get to it. Then we deceive ourselves at how busy […]
Interview success
Again this week I had a conversation about the how and why people are selected at interview and I thought it might be useful to touch on what that certain ‘something’ might be that, when it appears, puts you ahead of the competition. It is something that is often more important that qualifications; the successor […]
How flexible are you
And why would it matter? Our current global situation reflects that it is often hard to know how things will turn out. And no matter how much planning you have put in things do go off course and the longer you resist what is happening the harder things may be for you. For many people […]
Failure is not an option – or is it?
I was watching a documentary on Apollo 13 last night – I like the film and imagined the documentary would add extra information. Actually it all turned out to be horribly cheesy; overly dramatic voice over and tedious music. What I did take away from it though was the – failure is not an […]