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Brexit is beginning to feel like an April Fool, isn’t it. It twists and turns; who knows what the ending to the story will be. Probably only one thing is guaranteed, it cannot be what all of us want. How can we cope in a time like this? However we see our careers developing in such a turbulent context, how can…
Are there some things you find easy to do and learn? And others where you think, I will never be able to do that in a million years? It seems that whatever you think, you may be right. I finally engaged with the work Professor Carol Dweck on Growth Mindset. Last week I attended a thought provoking and inspiring workshop…
There are many theories about motivating self and others. At its most simple I think it comes down to one thing. It’s about whether you or the other person want to do it – the work, the task, the goal. If you are the manager of the other person and want them to be motivated and bringing their best to…
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? (part of a poem by Mary Oliver). Earlier in my life I was very good at living out goals for other people: For my parents I had to achieve and be “successful”, although my father did not have a very clear idea about what…
Are you ever tempted to behave like this with your boss? When you feel that you have no other option and all you can do is silently disagree? I saw this flag in my recent visit to Budapest. By taking out the middle of the flag, the picture of the hammer and sickle, Hungary was able to signal discontent and…
Do you remember the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, back in 1986? You may remember that after the fire fighting, a sarcophagus was placed over the reactor to contain the radiation and stop it spreading. Did you also know that, thirty years on, a second, additional enclosure was needed? There was an increasing risk that the tomb would collapse and fail….
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