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Hidden Talents 23 Jul 2012
You may already know exactly what new career you want to undertake. Or even if you don’t know specifically what you want to do, you ... (more)

Security or Freedom - is it a choice? 16 Jul 2012
A common conflict that often arises for people considering a career transition is the conflict between the security of a steady job with a regular ... (more)

Inch Pebbles 09 Jul 2012
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” Lewis Carroll To achieve big life goals it is highly valuable to have ... (more)

Leadership lessons in surprising places 02 Jul 2012
What does tossing the caber have in common with a successful career change? Well, this weekend I have been reflecting on the strange opportunities that have ... (more)

How flexible are you? 07 May 2012
Have you ever noticed how by changing the way you act, changes the way you think and feel... and if we change the way we ... (more)

Communicate, communicate, communicate 30 Apr 2012
In last weeks Monday Musing, We Are What We Believe, we started to explore the presuppositions of NLP, also known as "Beliefs of Excellence"... and ... (more)

We are what we believe 23 Apr 2012
"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right." Henry Ford In an earlier post, Positive Beliefs and Performance, we described how our ... (more)

What's your passion? 16 Apr 2012
This article is the third in our series following the recent interview that Karen Mason and I conducted with Dr David Fraser. David is the ... (more)

It's OK to ask for help 09 Apr 2012
In my recent interview with Dr David Fraser, I asked David about how people in career transition can make the most of their extended networks ... (more)

See yourself as others see you 02 Apr 2012
I was lucky enough to interview Dr David Fraser recently, along with my associate Karen Mason. David has been described as "a rival to Dale ... (more)

Working on Purpose 26 Mar 2012
Defining purpose in work, life and business is not about the daily tasks, it’s about the reason for the tasks in the first place – ... (more)

How to find your transferable skills 19 Mar 2012
When you are facing redundancy or career change, you may wish to look at moving into an industry where you have little or no previous ... (more)

How to find meaning in your work 12 Mar 2012
Is meaning found in work itself or is it something else? This story is of two bricklayers working alongside one another at a building site, and ... (more)

Tip: Know What You Want 27 Feb 2012
During our recent Career Change webinar Karen and I enjoyed sharing tips to overcome the 5 key mistakes people make when faced with redundancy or ... (more)

The dreaded B word 20 Feb 2012
How often do you find yourself using the dreaded B word? BUT ... Sometimes we use it to overule or contradict others - "Your idea is a ... (more)

What do you want to be when you grow up? 13 Feb 2012
Can you remember when you were a little child – what did you want to be when you grew up?  Whether your dreams ran along ... (more)

When Opportunity Knocks 06 Feb 2012
Guest post by Karen Mason, www.leadingfortransformation.com   I’ve been reading a fascinating book Total Leadership by Stewart Friedman.  He writes about how leaders who have the ability to ... (more)

3 Tips to Support Your Successful Career Transition 29 Jan 2012
I was recently asked “what did you find to be the most difficult aspect of career transition?” What a great question for gaining personal insight...  and ... (more)

Out of The Frying Pan... 25 Jan 2012
Out of the frying pan, into another frying pan When you find yourself facing redundancy or other challenges in your career, the feeling of impending crisis ... (more)

5 Keys to a Successful Career Transition 24 Jan 2012
If you are a senior professional facing career crisis, redundancy or other career challenges, it is likely that you are making one of 5 mistakes ... (more)

Doubt 22 Jan 2012
How often have you asserted something "without a doubt"? But stop and think for a moment - to be truly without a doubt, one of ... (more)

Emotional Wellness 18 Jan 2012
The threat of redundancy or other career crisis hits many of us hard, and it can come as a surprise to people who have always ... (more)

Confidence In The Face of Redundancy or Career Crisis 16 Jan 2012
For most people, being made redundant or facing a career crisis gives their confidence a battering. I know that the first time I heard that ... (more)

Balancing The Pie 12 Jan 2012
What role do you expect your work to play in your life?  If your whole life was a pie, and one slice was called “work”, ... (more)

The Sherpa as a leadership model 09 Jan 2012
"I am the Sherpa,I know the way, I show the way, I travel the way.I have the strength to carry my own load, and the ... (more)

Where do you find leadership role models? 02 Jan 2012
Working with our VIP coaching group recently, we asked them to identify role model leadership qualities, and then to find people who were role models, ... (more)

Take Time to Reflect 30 Dec 2011
As I find myself here in the lull between Christmas and New Year, it feels like the perfect opportunity to reflect on 2011 and start ... (more)

The best kept secret of effective networking Part 2 14 Dec 2011
In the previous article, I wrote about networking as being a method of beginning a relationship that would become mutually beneficial over time. The person ... (more)

7 Leadership Attributes 13 Dec 2011
Leadership skills: 7 Key attributes for exceptional leaders We take it for granted that leaders have good communication skills, can motivate people and get results. This ... (more)

Preparing for a competency-based interview 05 Dec 2011
An increasing number of employers are using Competency-Based Interviewing techniques. If you apply for a job and are told that the interviewer will use this ... (more)

Inspiring followship - a leadership necessity 05 Oct 2011
One important aspect of leadership is that one can only be a leader if you have followers to lead. Therefore the ability to ... (more)

The best-kept secret of effective networking Part 1 18 Aug 2011
In business, much is made of networking. And yet many of us dread going to networking events because of the pressure of finding new people ... (more)

7 Tips for finding the right candidate 22 Jun 2011
Recruiting new staff can be a headache, whether it involves dealing with employment agencies, placing adverts or organising interviews. In this article we look at ... (more)