Coming Home In 2013

Odd isn’t it, that we think that the change of a date will somehow mark a new beginning in the way any other day cannot do. We might look at the 31st of December and think tomorrow will be the start of something new. More good stuff or perhaps some good stuff at last....

We Tell Others How To Treat Us

I was reminded this week in painful circumstance how it is human nature to judge ourselves by our motives and others by their actions. If we can try, with great difficulty sometimes, to wonder why we have received the reaction we have and to consider how our behaviour...

The Joy Of Networking

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...

High Anxiety – Time For A New Job?

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...

All The Little Things Matter

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...