Have you heard of executive presence? Are you aware of your own executive presence? Don’t kid yourself, there is a big difference between managers and executives. The roles are poles apart! To be elevated into the executive space is a creation – a creation by you. What you do and don’t do will assure you a place on the executive […]
Once upon a time, in the enchanting land of Veridia, there lived a narcissistic Prince named Narco. Narco was breathtakingly handsome with a shimmering coat that sparkled like the evening stars. However, his good looks were not limited to just his appearance; it was also deeply intertwined with his personality. He was utterly obsessed with […]
The news at the moment is decidedly worrying. Probably the one issue that concerns me the most is the ever-increasing unemployment statistics. Just yesterday I again was reminded of the staggering number of people who are unemployed. Something like 8,500,000 people! And growing – 28% of the entire working population with over 300,000 people having […]
Being in the career advisory space, I often encounter clients who are appear (especially to themselves) to be seriously stuck – they spend wasteful time negatively judging themselves, comparing themselves with others and drawing inaccurate conclusions. From where I sit, it is easy to understand why they just don’t know which way to go – […]
Let’s face it, artificial intelligence is coming at us like a tsunami! If you don’t quite know what AI is, just think of it like this: it’s robotics but at a ‘human’ level. It’s a robot that will be able to make, say, 100,000 decisions and it won’t necessarily be a physical steel-shaped apparition. It […]
I often read with amusement the ideas of the proponents of work-life balance (WLB). My view is quite simple – if you want to build your career, chuck out WLB. Building a career isa 101% commitment! Anything else will leave you at the back of the queue! This might sound a bit harsh, but unless […]
This might just be your story . . . . . . Read on! In my business I have the privilege of coaching quite a number of young Chartered Accountants. Part of my program is to get my clients to see their own unique strengths. I then coach them on how to take these strengths […]
A client recently took my course on Executive Presence. He was struggling with his confidence levels, especially around his boss. The thing is, he was the CFO of the company! How could he find himself at this stage in his career battling with self-esteem issues? Not the domain for executives! They are supposed to get […]
Don’t you often find that you are asking yourself the question “I’m a qualified manager, but am I making it? Am I where an executive should be with my years of experience, should be?” It does not seem to matter how many years you have been qualified, there is always this nagging uncertainty that you […]
As I write I think maybe I’ve lost my mind. It seems so logical but the expectation is almost impossible. The story is about a HP Envy Laptop that I bought from Incredible Connection (Woodmead) in early December 2017. I have a Apple 128gb Air Laptop (bought from Incredible Connection 18 months ago) but it […]