After sitting down with a senior client of mine today, our conversation raised a few points on what I feel will be one of the...
How do you progress to the next level of your career?
A candidate asked me a few weeks ago how she can reach the next level within her career. She asked me the question not just...
Does luck control my career?
When it comes to your career there is a lot outside of your control. You can’t control the opening of a job when you...
Talent – The GOLD standard
Was it really four years ago us Brits were loving Ab-Fab Ennis, Wiggo Wiggins, howling for joy like David “Wolfman” Weir and the UK was doing...
Is contracting an option for you?
A recent report from APSCo identified that temporary placements within the Finance and Insurance industries had increased by 85% YOY, which may be a reaction...
What did I learn from meetings with Sir Clive Woodward (England Rugby coach from 2003), Charles Philipps (Amlin CEO) & Stuart Davies (Sompo Canopius CEO) this week?
What did I learn from meetings with Sir Clive Woodward (England Rugby coach from 2003), Charles Philipps (Amlin CEO) and Stuart Davies (Sompo Canopius’s CEO)...
Is interviewing a waste of everyone’s time?
My first question for 2016 is whether it is worth interviewing people or to just give them the job on your gut instinct? Seriously....
“The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.”
“I am not young enough to know everything,” or so goes the supposed Oscar Wilde quote. Any of you old enough to believe this may...
How badly do you want success in 2016?
As another year draws to a close I look back and take stock of how the year has gone and what can I do better...
Is the fear of failure blocking your progression?
One of the biggest barriers to success is the fear of failure. Fear of failure is worse than failure itself because it sentences you...