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2107, 2022

Choosing the right competing job offer

By |July 21st, 2022|0 Comments

This is an extract from Pat Storm’s Don’t Say I Never Told You – A guide to life from a loving father to his millennial daughters
As you move up the career ladder and gain valuable experience there will be situations where you have competing offers as organizations are scrambling to secure your talents.
Always remember that the interviewer […]

2107, 2022

Reporting progress to your manager – and why it should be done fortnightly

By |July 21st, 2022|0 Comments

I have just finished another Toolkit. It is called “How to write a finance report that people read and leads to a “Yes” – Guidelines, rules, and one page E-templates to get your report over the line. This is an extract from it.
There is a healthy and unhealthy way of reporting progress. I’ll never forget the […]

2107, 2022

The basics of reporting – getting to “YES”​

By |July 21st, 2022|0 Comments

I have just finished another Toolkit. It is called “How to write a finance report that people read and leads to a “Yes” – Guidelines, rules, and one page E-templates to get your report over the line. This is an extract from it.

1.   First get time smart – to free up more quality time
You will never be successful […]

406, 2022

How to write a report that people read and leads to a “Yes” #2 of 20

By |June 4th, 2022|0 Comments

Get smart with your time -time management techniques to adopt
You will never be successful if you do not devote your best self to the report. That means adopting time management techniques and controlling that beast the email.
The rocks, pebbles and sand lesson on time management
A philosophy professor is lecturing to his students. He brought out an […]

406, 2022

How to write a report that people read and leads to a “Yes” #1 of 20

By |June 4th, 2022|0 Comments

1.1.      Where was the training in report writing?
The most damning thing in this whole area is how random the training is. Report writers bring knowledge from their previous organisations and before long you have a potpourri of reporting styles that arrive on the executives’ desks.

I have worked for four major multinationals and none of them […]

2005, 2022

How to find your natural talents – and thus stop focusing on your weaknesses

By |May 20th, 2022|0 Comments

Reader: this is an extract from my book “Don’t say I didn’t tell you – life lessons from a loving father to his millennial daughters”
I went to a funeral and one of the lessons that came from the eulogies was that an interesting and colourful life of challenging oneself to improve, may not provide for […]

2005, 2022

Facing tough times

By |May 20th, 2022|0 Comments

We will face tough times in our lives , sometimes sharing the burden with nearby loved ones and sometimes handling it seemingly alone. These times include:

 A separation from a life partner
 Death of a family member or close friend
 Being a victim of abuse
Receiving a permanent disability from an accident or from a health […]

2005, 2022

Go where angels fear to tread – getting outside your comfort zone

By |May 20th, 2022|0 Comments

I was bullied at school, not majorly but enough to make a year or so unpleasant. I once challenged the bully to sort it out but cried before the fight could start. It probably was a good survival technique as a prefect’s attention was caught and the fight stopped before it started. I was not a brave child. But, […]

2303, 2020

Have Two, Two-Hour Blocks of Time Every Day

By |March 23rd, 2020|0 Comments

My father, changed his career in his thirties, moving from a clerk of the court to train as a lawyer. He had a full working day, four children under seven and a requirement to take seven exams which had to be passed each year.  Failing one exam meant a resit of all seven. As he […]

2303, 2020

Choosing the right job offer

By |March 23rd, 2020|0 Comments

Assuming that you know how to present the best side in the interview process, and there are myriads of articles on this topic, the important step is to avoid making a poor decision once you have been offered a new position
Do your homework
Make sure the next organisation is going to be a better fit, or […]