Yesterday, I was coaching a young woman who recently graduated from university. She’s doing her first formal job search. She had applied for a job that is very appealing to her. During our conversation, I realised she was basically in a holding pattern. Instead of moving full steam ahead to uncover more opportunities, she
1. “If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I’m going.” - Jackie Joyner-Kersee 2. 3. “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” - Diane von Furstenberg 4. “I was smart enough to go through
By Nana Dooreck. Founder at Rubicore - @RubicoreCo My dad is 78 years old. He’s usually the first person to tell me about the new features of an iOS update or a recently launched platform. How does he know all this? Well, he always says, “not a day goes by without learning something new.” From photography to
A productive day starts with a smooth morning. However, not everyone's a morning person, some of us need the AM's to plain sail to set a positive mental attitude. Morning person or not. Instead of sitting in traffic or being crammed into the back of a busy bus, there are some better ways to start
Mary Linnell is an inspirational leader who has been running a successful business in a male-dominated construction sector for over 13 years. Originally raised in Canada, Mary’s background includes working in hospitality and winning ‘Top Novice Worldwide’ awards at Flight Centre LTD. After this success, Mary launched ‘Easy Glass Services’ in 2002 and now leads
Are you tired of missing out on interviews, jobs, promotions or career opportunities? Would you like to have more customers? Are you afraid of getting a “no” and being rejected ? Do you want to secure even more career/business opportunities? The key to career/business success lies in your ability to effectively promote yourself, and with
Do you sometimes feel that your communication flows easily and at other times it is like pulling teeth? As a leader or manager, would you like to stop getting resistance to your requests, proposals, ideas and suggestions? A Natural Flow When there is a natural flow between people in business, they feel totally comfortable expressing
When I think about the moments that matter most in leadership, these are the moments when we need to be most fully ourselves. Like when a colleague is having a meltdown. Like when our integrity is being challenged. Like when someone rejects our work. Our presence needs to be like a lightning bolt: bright, focused,
How confident are you in the future? Do you have a great sense of certainty about how the world will be in five years? in ten? My friend and colleague Patrick Hollingsworth writes of the VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) in his outstanding book, The Light and Fast Organisation. He recommends a light
“What am I doing here?” I sobbed. I lay face down in the mud with a 40kg canoe pinning me down awkwardly between slippery logs. I was 16, somewhere in northwest Ontario on a portage. The other girls on the canoe trip had gone on ahead and I had been left to carry one of
