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A midlife career change is often a manifestation of the well-known “mid-life crisis”. A mid career change often happens at the same time. It is important to recognise the difference between them. The mid-life crisis happens during the period 37-56 or so. During the Autumn of our lives. It tells us that the life we …
The career change advice you will find when searching usually starts with a set of questions. Something like: Why do you want to change? What are your values? In what domain(s) are your skills? What do you want to do? etc. These are all valid but a little transactional. And being transactional they lead you …
.Career development planning means different things to different people and there is a good chance you are thinking about moving into or out of Corporate Services. Counter-intuitive as it may sound, you can use the Corporate Services silo structure to help you design a career shift. And because that structure is based on a particular …
Silos emphasize the importance of career planning. Counter-intuitive but true. They frame our careers whether we like it or not. We choose our careers based on silos. So if you are considering a career change, use them to your advantage. Silos and How to Use Them for your Career Planning For the last decade or …
Organisations are inhabited by individuals, it’s probably about time we recognised that in the way we set policies and procedures… Increasing organisational productivity and performance are laudable aims but when we get beyond KPIs, group figures and so forth, it all comes down to how well an individual is doing at work. The overarching “mood” …
I was working with a manager who suffered an extreme case of recency bias. The only thing that was guaranteed was that the best idea was the last idea he had heard… This over-sensitivity to influences and ideas can be debilitating to a team. It goes against Deming’s Rule #1, Constancy of Purpose, and shows …
With adults 45+ having the fastest growing suicide rate and the highest rates of hazardous drinking in most Western countries, this topic is difficult to write about. Despondency or despair without a way out can lead to extreme measures. The confluence of change in people’s personal, organisational, social and technological lives can sometimes simply be …
Repairing things: cars, motorcycle engines, people, organisations is very different from building something from scratch. The mechanic or doctor, consultant or manager “deals with failure every day whereas the builder does not. This is because the things they fix are not of their own making and are therefore never known in a comprehensive or absolute …
Today I want to talk about coping. Traditionally, the word has a slightly negative connotation, it suggests an underlying struggle that we perhaps not deal with. But I’d like to suggest that coping is mark of an underlying strength, a silent fortitude that gets us through life and all its challenges. Coping needs to be …
There is a subtle difference between aloneness and loneliness. The first is healthy, it reflects a comfort with our own company and an inner calm. It comes from a position of inner strength. It is one of the attributes we seek in a leader, someone who takes the time to sit with his or her …