March 30, 2015
How to Fail Faster and Better
Since leaving my job as a news reporter for Thomson Reuters and going freelance some years ago, I’ve had to come to terms with failure…
Posts tagged with 'career skills'
March 17, 2015
What Helps you Stick to Your Goals?
I often challenge myself to go without something I enjoy for a period of time. At the moment, I’ve given up chocolate, and my…
March 16, 2015
What I Learned From Losing a Million Dollars
It’s not often I find myself unable to put down a business book. But this was recently the case with “The Objective Leader,” by Elizabeth…
March 2, 2015
Weekly Lessons in Leadership
I’ve never been a leader of an organization and I’ve always shied away from management roles in my journalism career, preferring to stay “at the…
February 3, 2015
You can Achieve Anything you put Your Mind to!
Last Thursday, I attended the second day of the Learning & Technologies Conference 2015 in London and, genuinely, it was the best HR/L&D…
January 13, 2015
How to Turn a Great Idea Into Reality
I am full of good ideas… honestly, I am! I’m always coming up with grand schemes and plans for new businesses, inventions and projects.
January 2, 2015
Watch Your Language!
Last year I did an introductory counselling course. I thought counselling was about giving people advice, but it’s not – it’s mostly about listening, and…
December 5, 2014
Have you Found the Right Balance?
What does work-life balance mean to you? I always find the phrase slightly odd, because it suggests that you have “work” on one side…
November 18, 2014
Bridging the Gap
We’ve all heard of “bring your child to work” days, but have you ever thought about bringing your parents to work? Yesterday, I discovered…
