Credit Crunch Nightmares
It’s bad enough worrying about the credit crunch and looming recession during daylight hours, but now it seems the economic situation is affecting our nights as well.
Sleep deprivation caused by money worries is already, according to recent research, affecting those in particularly vulnerable professions – from estate agents and investment bankers to lorry drivers and taxi drivers. Continue reading »
How not to Multitask
You’re working on two projects at once, while your boss has placed two new demands on your desk. You’re on the phone while three new emails come in. You are trying to get out the door on time so you can pick up a few groceries on the way home for dinner. Your Blackberry is going off and so is your cell phone. Your colleague stops by with a request for info and you’re desperate to go to the loo before you leave. Congratulations, multitasker! Continue reading »
Learn to speak “Behaviourese”
Use your CV to illustrate your competencies and you’ll impress recruiters.
Over 70% of UK organisations now have competency systems in place, sometimes covering just the key roles in the organisation but often embracing every job. Continue reading »
Vocation Vocation Vocation
At the start of 2008, Badenoch & Clark ran a survey amongst accounting and finance staff on a wide range of work-place issues. A number of themes emerged, but one of the strongest messages was a lack of any clear career path for a worryingly high number of people. Continue reading »
The future work landscape
Glittering glass towerblocks will disappear from city skylines as the traditional nine-to-five grind dies out, researchers claim. Continue reading »
Email – it could get you the job
Gone are the days when you were expected to hand in your CV in person, or send four pristine copies through the post.
Gone too is that nerve-wracking call to let you know whether you have been successful. Many job applications, and even salary negotiations, now take place via email. Continue reading »
Teambuilding – Jack Bauer style
A contribution from guest writer Di Stirling-Chow, Greenslade Business Consultants
For any one who has always had a secret desire to be James Bond, or more lately Jack Bauer, Greenslade Business Consultants Ltd’s spooks-based teambuilding event fits the bill exactly! Continue reading »
Making sense of the office environment
Feeling lethargic and sluggish at work lately? Find it hard to concentrate or to get motivated?
You might think you need more caffeine or nicotine, but the problem could lie with the amount of stimulation your senses are receiving. Continue reading »
Appraisal – fit for purpose?
A contribution from a guest writer, Mark Beale, a leadership development specialist, in response to Praise for Appraisals in our last issue.
The article, Praise for Appraisals, recently published in this magazine, provided some interesting reading. Continue reading »
Making your job work for you
Being at work takes up a large part of your life so there’s no point in staying somewhere and doing something that bores you or makes you miserable.
If you find yourself surfing the net, making personal phone calls and emailing your friends to get you through your working day, it’s probably time you made a move or changed your role, to be fair to both yourself and your employers. Continue reading »
Loading ...
