Joining the armed forces is a big decision that requires careful consideration, but can be an excellent career move for those looking for a meaningful and rewarding job with ample
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If you’re like most people, you’ve got a million great ideas but struggle to turn them into reality. It’s easy to get stuck in the dreaming stage, but if you
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As business owners, we’re always looking for ways to save money. With the rising costs of energy, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to do so. One way that businesses can save
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We could all use a bit more cash in our pocket, right? There are some things you can do TODAY that will set you on course for reducing your outgoings
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As we get deeper and deeper into the Digital Age, more businesses are moving towards remote employees. Not only does it allow more flexibility for workers, but it also allows
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Career Planning is an activity that should not stop once you are done with your high school or college. In fact, it should be a constant process in your life
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You go to a family gathering or a friends’ reunion and you get asked, “What are your plans for higher education?” or “What have you thought about your career?” Such
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Finding the career of your choice can be quite a challenge. There are so many options and so many opinions influencing your decision that it is almost impossible to be
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We have already discussed how you can identify your personal strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in other blog posts (links to respective blog posts). In this blog, we will try to
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You are sitting on your workstation, wondering if your skills are getting dated. You try to update your resume and are hit by the hard truth: “You haven’t learnt anything
This post is part 4 of 9 in the series Job Hunting
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Is Governance a pain in the ass?
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Leader Tags: Governance‘Governance’ is a term that is becoming more and more popular in today’s business. Governance, in essence, is the process of policing an organization internally, making sure standards and policies
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Principle vs Specific arguments
Posted in: All Featured Articles, ProfessionalI’m constantly reminded how a dynamic of argument and debate is in the wrong place. A recent issue cropped up where a colleague was pushing back to a technical supplier
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Developing a Helicopter Mind – how technical managers can improve their success
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Leader, ProfessionalThe Helicopter Mind is a concept of thinking and questioning that allows managers to interweve abstract and specific thoughts, and to have the ability to switch between the two modes
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Personal Resilience in your quest for personal excellence
Posted in: All Featured Articles, ProfessionalOnce again I am pointing you to an article on the Leader to Leader Institute website, and this time it covers being ‘prepared to start over – again and again’.
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Perfectionism vs Pragmastism: Career Implications
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Leader, ProfessionalThis is a debate I often see in technical circles, mostly between technicians and their less technical managers or stakeholders. It’s a debate that often leads to conflict or a
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Using the Power of Pride in an organization to generate motivation
Posted in: All Featured Articles, LeaderDespite Pride being one of the Seven Deadly Sins, it is a powerful if not underused means of getting things done in the workplace. Pride is an emotion of self-respect.
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The Five Sources of a Leader’s Power, and how (and how not) to use them
Posted in: Best Of, Professional, Leader, All Featured Articles Tags: power examples, leader power, personal power, coercive power, positional power, expert power, reward powerWhere does a leader get power from? A leader can use 5 sources of power: here’s advice on when these powers should be used, and perhaps when not
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Building Confidence by Public Speaking
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Professional Tags: speaking, speech, confidenceOne of the toughest things I have done in my career is to stand in front of an audience and speak. Not just speak but speak without wobbles, losing my place in my rehearsed patter, or sweating profusely. Is this familiar to you?
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