One of my favourite Job Hunting Quotes is this: “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.” Katherine Whitehorn It’s beautiful in its simplicity, and equall,y the echoes around it’s real meaning have resonated for years for me. I think this is because it has a connection to […]
I like this short list of job hunting tips from The Guardian: “In the digital age, it can sometimes seem a little old fashioned to approach a recruiter by telephone, but it’s still an effective method. If you’ve made an application online and haven’t had a reply in a few days, don’t be afraid to […]
Before you take out any kind of Career Development Loan, it is wise to know exactly what that commitment will do for you. The financial crash of 2008 and the subsequent problems within the financial sector within the UK have clearly shown us that living on credit alone is not sustainable. When you take out […]
One of my favourite Job Change Quotes is this: “if you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission” This really resonates with me because, as the daughter or a head-teacher, I spent the first 15 years asking for permission to do EVERYTHING. There wasn’t much that my mother did not know about my […]
Job change reason: As you will probably know from experience, the reasons for a career change are many-fold. Sometimes there are external triggers and sometimes the trigger is internal. Whichever trigger causes a career change, rarely is the transition smooth. The bumps in this journey contains our learning, so, it is not all bad. Whilst it […]
Definitions of leadership vary greatly. This is the simplest of leadership definition that provided me with great clarity “You manage things; you lead people. —Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper This serves to clarify the difference between leadership and management. Whilst management might well be managing things through people, it is still concerned with the managing of […]
Here’s an explanation of Leadership Styles from Wise Toast, and, If I were to pitch for one, I would cite: “4. Transformational Leadership Unlike other leadership styles, transformational leadership is all about initiating change in organizations, groups, oneself and others. Transformational leaders motivate others to do more than they originally intended and often even more […]
Leadership Skills: Here’s a link to ‘the top ten leadership skills. What intrigues me is that these skills are STILL referred to as ‘soft skills’. It’s like we need hard skills in most work environments these days?! Yep, on a building site, sure, we will need to get deep-down-and-dirty in order to get stuff done. On a […]
Leadership according to Wikipedia is: “Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to “lead” or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.” and yet leadership is way more complex than that. Simultaneously leadership is way more simple than the above definition too. If you […]
The Invitation “The Invitation” by Oriah Mountain Dreamer: For inspiration. Why? Because I can: Enjoy! “It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will […]