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I am a great fan of the work of Michael Bungay Stanier.  I have subscribed to his newsletter for some years and it is the only one that I read every time - there is always something interesting and thought provoking in it.

This weekend I had the opportunity to meet Michael and attend the workshop to launch his new product - Find Your Great Work. 

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My article is featured on positivityblog.com. Take a look to find out more about finding the job you love: How to Take Responsibility for Your Career: 10 Valuable Tips.

Research by BlessingWhite, an HR consultancy, shows that British employees do not have much trust in their bosses when it comes to discussing their career plans.

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I recently came across the video on You Tube of a speech that Steve Jobs of Apple gave at Stanford in 2005. It contains some very powerful messages…. about life, death and getting fired.

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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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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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In the Independent's Careers column on in early 2008, Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice at the London Business School gave her tips on succeeding at work.

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