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In his address to Stanford Graduates in 2005, Steve Jobs said; “And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition”. When we have an instinctive response to something it is often our personal values that are being touched upon. If it’s a negative feeling then we are somehow anticipating that our personal . . . → Read More: What’s in a personal value and what are mine? If you’ve read my book, “The Senior Executive’s Emergency Job Hunt“, you’ll know already that I strongly recommend that executive job hunters spend more time preparing a portfolio, about which they can talk passionately, than a stale CV (resume, to my North American clients). The CV is a useful document ONLY as something to leave . . . → Read More: Executive chef says the nicest people use HP sauce Most of us have fallen into our career. While the proportion of vocational to non- vocational degrees fluctuates, most people still end up in a career that just happened. They left school or college and looked around for a while, until eventually someone said to someone else, that Fred or Freda were looking for a . . . → Read More: What would I do? – An exercise in Finding-Your-Passion “I didn’t think it would be this quick but… I was offered a 6 month full-time commission today and I just want to say a big thank you to you for pepping me up and helping me believe in myself when everything was looking very grim and Januaryish … you were the adult voice of . . . → Read More: Andrea – Public Policy Specialist (UK) One of the few skills most senior executives will admit they need to develop is their networking skill. Even though it is a fundamental aspect of most such positions, the ability to network is often seen as a bolt-on rather than a need-to-have. I’ve written a lot about the importance of networking before, and mentioned . . . → Read More: How to manage your network |
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