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Feb 21 2008
Get yourself a mentor
Friday, 22 February 2008

Want to get ahead in your career? Then get a mentor – someone who’s been there, done that and got the t-shirt to prove it. Identify someone in your target job and ask him or her if s/he will be your mentor.

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Feb 19 2008
Public Sector Pay
Wednesday, 20 February 2008

I have a lot of sympathy for employees in the public sector like nurses, Police and teachers about the current situation they find themselves in with regard to their pay increase.

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Feb 17 2008
Hard or soft - which skills are best?
Monday, 18 February 2008
A recent report ‘Which CEO characteristics and abilities matter’ conducted by the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, says that ‘hard’ skills predict performance. ‘Soft’ skills such as listening, flexibility and treating people with respect are not valued as highly – though it is fair to say that this report looked at only one sector of business – private equity firms in the US.

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 08 April 2008 )
 
Feb 14 2008
Feed forward, not feedback
Friday, 15 February 2008

What a resource the Internet is!

My latest find is an article by Marshall Goldsmith which describes a process of using feedforward rather than feedback and explains the benefits.

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Feb 12 2008
Future Pacing
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
One of the most powerful and engaging presentations I ever saw was at a conference several years ago. Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, coached a musical quartet whilst also talking about inspirational leadership.

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Feb 12 2008
Waiting for a Crisis
Wednesday, 13 February 2008

An article from one of my favourite business blogs FastCompany.com struck a chord.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 February 2008 )
 
Feb 09 2008
Is HR ‘expensive, bureaucratic hogwash?’
Sunday, 10 February 2008

I came across an interesting article on one of my favourite topics today: The truth about the HR department.

It is a rant about ‘amorphous support services’, in particular HR.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 February 2008 )
 
Feb 09 2008
A job for life
Sunday, 10 February 2008

I was surprised by something I saw in an advertisement in the Guardian recently.

The job advertised was a Lectureship in Human Resource Management at Cambridge University with some rather unusual stipulations.

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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 March 2008 )
 
Feb 06 2008
Employee quotas - carrot or stick?
Thursday, 07 February 2008

There has been quite a bit of publicity recently about the rush to comply with the legal requirement to have 40% of women on the boards of Norwegian companies by 1 January 2008.

Meeting this obligation appears to have been a struggle for many companies, despite a 5 year lead time.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 February 2008 )
 
Jan 24 2008
Decide if the Company is Right for You
Friday, 25 January 2008

In the Independent's Careers column on 10 January, Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice at the London Business School gives her tips on succeeding at work.

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 January 2008 )
 
Jan 22 2008
Appraisals
Wednesday, 23 January 2008

An article in The Independent on 9 January - Secret Agent - a day in the life of an estate agent, recounted the experience of appraisal time at the office.  Their experience is sadly all too common - and across all sectors.

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