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 […]
Entrepreneur Meaning: Here is a rather acerbic definition of entrepreneur for you and I think the guy has a point. “Entrepreneur + Capital = Products + Customers = Business.” I would take the liberty of adding ‘Service’ alongside his ‘products’. I do think he is correct in saying that if there is no work, you […]
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 […]
Mentoring job: Is it not the job of each and every one of us to mentor those who need our support? Is this not a community obligation? Is it not a responsibility of each and everyone of us to be generous with what we have ourselves been shown? Is it not a real ethical stand point to take if we […]
Here’s a link to a Bristol based ILM accredited mentoring course. What you will notice is that it is a coaching AND mentoring course. Raising the question of what is the difference between the two. I looked a whole range of definitions provide by various professional organisations and discovered, that as an experienced coaching practitioner, I disagreed with […]
One definition of Mentoring meaning is this: a senior or more experienced individual(the mentor) is assigned to act as an advisor, counselor, or guide to a junior or trainee This is particularly seen formally in employment but I believe mentoring plays a far bigger role in our lives than we give it credit for. For as […]
Never forget to check for the employability skills you already have before charging out in search of the qualification that will get you “The Perfect Job”. If you are an active personality type (by which I mean that you take action when change is required, not that you are at the gym 7 days a week….), […]
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 […]
Professional Development Trends: The professional landscape changes daily. Changes are driven by money and politics and global markets. Driven by eternal influences this landscape is mostly out of our control. Professional Development trends follow these changes in the work landscape and these too are outside our remit of design. The piece of the employment jigsaw […]
Career Coach Bristol: The best thing about being a career coach in Bristol is the diversity of the employment landscape here. For a city that has it’s roots in the tradition of sea-faring, the challenges of the slave trade and the establishment of banking, there has grown a rebellious undertow of ‘we can do this another […]