Too many of us regularly disregard Dr Stephen Covey’s 7th habit: the need to ‘sharpen the saw’. We all know about preserving and enhancing your greatest asset – you – but do you REALLY do so? How many of us actually ‘blunt the saw’ by our regular weekend activities? At one stage in my career […]
Stay or go? How to grow your career by staying put
When I joined Woolworths straight from University in the late 70’s, they were like most large organisations – you were basically employed for life. They had wonderful development opportunities and invariably promoted from within; and so you were provided with a well-defined career path, particularly if you kept performing. Those days have long since disappeared, […]
Have you started to miss out on job opportunities?
How often have you seen a so-called ‘high achiever’ face a career barrier when, time and time again, they are not successful in a job application? Yet as they search for answers (and reformat their resume for the 10th time), they will ignore the obvious. In the world of work where outcomes, measurement and deliverables […]
How to develop your career through an informational interview
Every one of us has access to people with far greater levels of experience than we do – people who could provide us with career insights and career development options. There is so much wisdom within our reach just waiting for us to tap into, yet many people seem to prefer the pain of the […]
5 sentence rule for emails benefits you and the recipient
McKinsey and Company released a 2012 survey showing the time spent by an average worker in reading and answering emails was 28% of the work day! In a 2013 article Stephanie Vozza discusses how people can increase the productivity of their emails to claw back some of this wasted time. She reminds us that […]