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Talent shows showcase those who need to get noticed; obvious really! The rise in popularity of this phenomena reflects our desire to stand-out, to be noticed and reap the perceived benefits of fame, fortune or both. Certainly, the featured individuals achieve a degree of both notoriety and income but others, those behind the scenes and pulling the strings read more of Opportunity knocks A wise man learns form others. If you have a spare 30 minutes you may find this podcast from the BBC informative and stimulating. Listen to comments from Sir Stuart Rose of Marks and Spencer, Damon Buffini of Permira, Sir Gulam Noon, Vincent Tchenguiz and Professor Manfred Kets de Vries of INSEAD business school read more of Lessons from Entrepreneurs Few things are less likely to impress a selection professional than repeating the language learned at Business School. Comprehensive communication skills; capable of effective output at own direction or, working withing a group are a given; these business skills and behaviours are expected even a prerequisite of getting to meet face-to-face. Less common is the ability to read more of Show me how? Just as the gladiators of ancient Rome had the coliseums, there are is perhaps no better environment to observe the finest business brains, tacticians, technical innovators and seat of the pants, gung-ho egos compete than the Formula 1 motor-sport championship. Returning after the winter break, the 2010 season begins on Sunday 14th March in Bahrain. Forward thinking read more of The world’s best university How fitting for International Women’s Day; Kathryn Bigelow becomes the first woman to win best director at the Oscars, as The Hurt Locker wins the best film prize. 2010 is the 82nd time the gold statues have been awarded so why then has it taken so long for a women to win? Let’s hope the publicity associated with read more of A first for women The traditional model of rewarding an employee typically equates to ‘the-going-rate’ or ‘market level’ for the job. The employer expects and the employee agrees to a specific set of responsibilities and the implied associated activity. In return for the reward, the employee is expected to work for a ‘nominal’ number of hours. On occasion, it doesn’t matter how read more of Payment by results Coping with redundancy, changing jobs or starting a business is stressful. Alongside ‘the-end-of-the-familiar’ is a whole lot of new stuff too. Coping with change can be difficult even for us who’s job it is to help others cope. Evaluating from your audience, customer or potential client perspective can be overlooked all too easily. How to cope with rejection: read more of Change, practice makes perfect? Trust, whether implicit or explicit is often hard earned. Break the trust promise and it’s unlikely it can ever be restored. The fast food restaurant where service is slow, the convenient on-line store which ships the incorrect product, then insists you pay for postage to rectify ‘their’ mistake. When convenience is the unique selling point (U.S.P.) repairing the damage read more of A matter of trust Road signs alert us to impending potentially hazardous situations. Heeding or ignoring them is a matter of personal choice, the signs are there whether we take notice or not. Economically, politically and socially our lives are changing. Whatever the result of the general election in May 2010 it’s certain more change will follow; the need to balance read more of Bumps ahead It is with much regret that we have to postpone our C.I.P.D. – South East Wales branch presentation planned for Wednesday 10th February 2010. Training courses don’t work – save your budget and switch to something that does! An unprecedented work schedule means we will not be in Cardiff on the 10th. Apologies to those who had already read more of News update – South East Wales CIPD Event |
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