I love this post exploring the nature of entrepreneurial spirit. What it does for me is to really embed the notion that we entrepreneurs are a bunch of ‘Doers”. If you have plenty of innovative ideas but you merely expound their possibilities verbally you are not an entrepreneur. Talking about great ideas makes you a ‘dreamer’. Dreaming […]
With increasing job uncertainty in the uk, more and more individuals with multidisciplinary skills, are taking to entrepreneur route. Here is a link to some excellent national business start-up support if entrepreneurship appeals to you too. I had a misconception of the personality type of an entrepreneur. Raised by socialist parents who worked in the […]
A businesslike manner is defined by Coliins Dictionary as “dealing with things efficiently and without wasting time”. While this seem pretty clear, what does ‘not wasting time’ mean for you? I held strong notions of keeping my business and my personal lives entirely separate. What is dawning on me is that that, especially in the world […]
Businesslike sentence is a phrase that can be seen in two different ways. Firstly, it is a string of words that are professional, clear and sincere. What a businesslike sentence used to mean for me was the other meaning; that sentence that infers imprisonment. “Sentenced” (as punishment?) to work in a businesslike manner. I was a […]
Businesslike Synonym: The Colin’s Dictionary lists these words as similes to Businesslike: Efficient, Professional, and Practical. There are also several words regarding the thoroughness of businesslike approaches: organised, systematic and methodical. Thirdly here are those words listed that reflect the means of operating in a businesslike manner: workaday, matter of fact, routine, correct and orderly. How […]
There is many a time that working with a clients we encounter a stumbling block around the idea of being Businesslike. The stumbling block usually being around the client’s belief about what ‘businesslike‘ actually means. Often entrepreneurs, or those of you in the creative industries, those of you who are sole-traders, seem to believe that businesslike’ […]
The third Monday in January has recently become known as Blue Monday, and not just in Wales: If you too woke to a rather damp and dark January day then ‘blue’ might apply to you too. Yes it’s about money, yes it’s about weather boy it’s probably also about transition. The difficulty with transition is that […]
My guess is that you are not considering a career change at 40 merely because you want a pay rise. Whilst money is usually part of the equation, if money were your full motive, you could take the linear route. Aim for promotion and see just how high you can get in your own sector […]
Here’s a view of what constitutes professional identity formation within a medical paradigm. I believe that much of it rings true for professional identity formation for the rest of us cross-sector too: A Schematic Representation of the Professional The identity of an individual at any moment represents the sum of the influences impacting three domains. The […]
Here is a definition of professional identity theory: It explores how we become, who we become, at work from Oxford Journals. Did that confuse you? It confused me too. Having worked in the professional development field for a couple of decades here is my translation. Your professional identity comprises multiple facets. Environment; Where do you […]