Feb 13, 2012
Networking is such a negative word in many circles. Often considered to be the world of the slimy and creepy sort, working a room and seeing what they can get. Of course, that is an easy stereotype that allows us all to say ‘Oh I would not want to be seen like that so...
Feb 13, 2012
Whether you are feeling the pressure to move to a new job. Things really becoming too uncomfortable to stay and you can feel your life ticking away. Or because your current position is coming to an end. Panic or denial often sets in. Denial in facing the reality; that...
Jan 2, 2012
I was speaking at an event last week and at the end of the talk we had a question and answer session. One question was about networking; I had spoken about the huge benefits on so many levels of networking. The questions, “where do I start online? There is so much...
Apr 13, 2010
A client recently moved to a newly refurbished hotel as General Manager, and asked us to come and stay soon after he arrived to check it out from the guests’ point of view. I found it so different to just staying at a hotel, one suddenly becomes hyper-aware, noticing...
Mar 11, 2010
I seem to spend a great deal of time working with people who actively resist being in the present moment. Often much of their behaviour is unconscious, worrying about what might potentially be coming their way or what they might miss. Many of us seem to have lost...
Feb 15, 2010
The old joke about there being no I in team seems like a clever notion, one imagines that the speaker would have everyone offer their individuality up for the greater good of the team. Hmm, quite a big demand for most of us. A great idea would be to say; bring...
