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Where would you really, really like to work? What company or organisation stands out to you as somewhere that could be a good place to spend large chunks of your days? Social media influencer and entrepreneur Shaan Puri posted something recently that really caught the...

Search CV or Resumé templates online and you will find any number of clear styles you can use to organise your information. A lot of it is down to personal preference. So I’ll leave you to do that in your own time, and will assume that you will choose a good layout...

There are lots of jobs out there - in your existing company, in a brand new one, or in the one you have targeted specifically as somewhere that seems like a good place to work. In this series, we look at the steps you can take to get the job that is perfect for you. I...

The top is a lonely place! You have worked so hard over the years, built a strong business, served the needs of lots of happy customers, and provided employment and purpose to many great people – not to mention giving them a solid lifestyle and helping to educate...

A recent mentee was promoted to general manager, and was attending the national online meeting of Group GMs for the first time. She was anxious about how her first report would land, in front of a very experienced group of peers. However, the group CEO had also...

Are the online meetings you chair interesting and productive, or boring and dull? Be someone who runs a great meeting! As an online meeting organiser or chair, your job is all about timing, tone and tempo. It doesn’t matter how formal or serious the subject matter...

Have you ever listened to a disembodied voice on a webinar, hiding behind multiple slides, droning on and on, and felt that life was really, really too short for this? You probably let it run in the background, and went off to make tea, and no one blames you. Don’t be...

Help is at hand! You will be hard put to find a better definition of nervousness than this: Nervousness is the moment when we focus on our ability to do the task, and forget to focus on the task itself.  The trick with all performance is to mentally turn the spotlight...

How often have you thought that you need to spend more time ‘on the business’ rather than ‘in the business’? Executed well, a strategy workshop for the leadership team is a valuable way to spend time on organisational growth, alignment and goal setting. Away from the pressures

Yes you are the Principal of the college, or the Head of Marketing, or the CEO of the firm, but even with the title and all the responsibility that goes with it, you are not expected to know everything during a media interview. If you crowd your head with all the...