When we think of ‘career advice’, we immediately think of being a student and speaking with a career counsellor to see what type of job would ‘suit us’. But what happens when you’re a full-grown adult with no access to that? Career coaching. career coaching is available to adults too and it is far better […]
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It can be quite easy when you start a business to invest, invest, invest. You’ll spend a little money here, a little money there and before you know it, you’re chasing invoices because the bank is looking a bit bare. This guide will help you avoid looking at an empty bank account with some great
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Imposter syndrome can occur to us all. Whether it’s in your working life, your home life or within your friendship group, we can often get this overwhelming feeling that we don’t belong or that we are fraudulent in that situation. With this feeling, it’s easy to assume we don’t deserve the accomplishments that happen to
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At various points in your life, you will go through an interview process. Whether it’s for a spot at University, your very first job or when going for a promotion in your current workplace, all are usually decided via some form of an interview. Yet apart from the odd lesson in school, interviewing technique is
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There is a balance between delivering a service and acquiring new clients. The more senior you become, the bigger your target is and thus the more important marketing becomes. The trouble with that is that most professionals have little, if any, training or experience in marketing. They’re just given a target – usually quite an
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Professionals in the UK currently work longer hours than those in any other country in Western Europe. But consider this – no-one ever lay on their deathbed wishing they’d spent more hours at the office. Having spent years in the small business mentoring field working as a business coach, I have identified three main ways
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Everyone’s moods go up and down, but when you’re leading a team, everyone will be looking to you to constantly be cheerful and inspiring, even if you don’t feel it. Remember, staff will follow the example set by their leaders, so it’s up to you to model the kind of behaviour you want to see.
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Working in business performance coaching, unsurprisingly I meet many professionals who’re visibly tired at the end of their working day, yet when asked what they’ve spent it doing, reveal that they’ve spent much of the time in meetings or on routine tasks. They’re certainly working hard, but none of it is going to make a
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“Don’t worry about avoiding temptation” said Sir Winston Churchill “As you grow older it will avoid you”. In the world of commerce however the so-called baby boomer generation are increasingly looking out for tempting opportunities to buy a business. Of those using the website BusinessesForSale.com to look for businesses to acquire, more than one in
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It makes me want to weep, The Apprentice. All these self-delusional young men and women each trying to outdo the others in arrogance and outright nastiness. As a public demonstration of perfidy and incompetence it surely has no equal. As an example of headless chickens running around in circles it has no parallel. Yet surely
