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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 read more of A first for women 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 read more of Change, practice makes perfect? 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 read more of Bumps ahead It’s appropriate on the first day of the New Year to look forward. The Business Artisan theme for 2010 is summed up in one word: Utilisation. Utilisation of: OK, deep breath, here goes… Both Marks & Spencer (M&S) and ITV have announced senior appointments this week. The reputations of both individuals precedes them; Marc Bolland from Morrisons to M&S and Archie Norman who is credited with transforming ASDA, takes over at ITV. Both gentlemen have been at the helm of significant business transformations in highly competitive sectors and during read more of Top Talent: Pricey or Valuable? Chief Executives, Managing Directors, Presidents and Dictators take note. You may be feeling quite pleased to have climbed the ’slippery-slope’ to arrive ‘at-the-top.’ As the undisputed number one in any organisation, whether: a government, incorporated company, or even an entrepreneur start-up, you occupy an enviable position. The same too applies to the animal kingdom. Spare a thought read more of Big Fish – Beware! Much of our work in recent months has been helping business leaders make sense of the organisational fallout resulting from the so-called credit crunch. Typically, this means implementing change that results in laying staff off. On reflection, if the work you are tasked with, does not fit with your own values, no amount of coaching, counseling read more of Moral compass, where does yours point? Leaving any job involves change. Employers sometimes conduct exit interviews in an attempt to discover why staff are leaving; the idea being, can the cause of departure be acted upon to prevent the loss of further talent? My recent attempts to contact the boss of a successful telecommunications business was less than impressive. My enquiry: “Hello, I’d read more of Parting is such sweet sorrow Who can blame them? Tenths of thousands of bright, ambitious young undergraduates are about to head off to university for an ‘education.’ Unless the economic landscape changes rapidly they are likely to be disappointed when it comes to securing a real ‘graduate job’ at the end of their course. First some context parameters; what constitutes a graduate read more of University places oversubscribed Job interviews are stressful; believe it or not they are for both candidates and interviewer. The job market is more competitive than it has been for many years. Qualified and experienced individuals are competing with bright, academically qualified graduates for the best roles. Occasionally, even after the online selection and the assessment centre are completed, it read more of Interviews, up close and personal |
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