Jun 1, 2012
There’s a classic scene in the 1963 movie, “The Great Escape”, where, disguised as a civilian waiting for a train, the escaping British Officer, Bartlett, (played by Richard Attenborough), is wished “Good Luck” – in English – by the Gestapo. Of course, he...
May 18, 2012
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...
May 3, 2012
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...
May 1, 2012
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...
Apr 22, 2012
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...
Apr 13, 2012
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...
