Recently, I applied for a scholarship to study for an MBA. It was advertised in a national paper and there was a lot of competition for the award. As a result, I didn’t have high expectations of winning and was delighted to hear I made in through to the top 10. Flash forward a week […]
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One of the things we get asked about a lot is how to be more confident and resilient at work. No matter what industry, what level or what occupation, being confident about who you are and what you do seems to be a pretty universal challenge. I can’t list all of our advice and tools […]
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Networking is often one of the areas people struggle with the most when we’re delivering Amazing If programmes. Some people almost shudder when they think about it! Networking became considerably easier for us when we started to think about it as ‘people helping people’. It shifted the whole thing from being an necessary evil to […]
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Since I started my career, I’ve had 15 managers. Some have been great and some have been more challenging. My experiences make me very aware of the impact of a manager on your happiness and your career, and it’s something I’m very conscious of in managing my own team. We often look at ‘management’ as […]
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Do you ever feel that you will never tick off everything on your to do list, never reply or even open all those emails? I think more and more people are starting to feel like that. Me included! No matter what business, industry or level you work at, we all have more work than we […]
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How often do you tell yourself and others that you’re busy? I bet it’s more than you think! When someone flippantly asks “how are you?” many of us, me included, reply with something variation of “I’m good thanks, just busy”. The other person nods in agreement at your mutual busyness and you both walk away in […]
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