How to Bring Your Best Self to Work

How to Bring Your Best Self to Work-Strategies for Career Success is my latest book and this blog post is not about marketing or selling my book. I just want to reflect on where I am in my own life and career pathway. If you have been following my blogs over the last few years […]

Why Creativity and Innovation are Important for Success

I have often heard it said that the company which stands still, dies. This is true for all organisations and for us as individuals. Life is about evolving and adapting to change but for many, it is actually about driving change. There is no doubt that creativity and innovation are primary sources of competitive advantage. […]

Drive Yourself To Success

Action is the foundational key to all success  – Pablo Picasso. Many successful people argue that performance is always the basis for long-term success. Dedication and hard work are certainly essential parts of the recipe for success but there are other factors at play also. In all cases, however, success is something that one achieves […]

Your Attitude Controls Your Life.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow – Helen Keller. Attitude is a person’s view or way of thinking and feeling about a situation, person or event. Our attitudes define our world because they impact  on relationships, work performance, commitments and more. Our thoughts shape our attitudes and govern our […]

How To Focus On Career Advancement

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be -Ralph Waldo Emerson. A person  with a career is different from a person with a job. The latter works for an employer and is paid for that work. A careerist is a person who has an occupation for a significant […]

Change, Resistance And Fear. How To Cope.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; they only create sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like – Lao Tzu (Chinese philosopher). It was the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus who said that the only constant in life is change.  Everyday we experience change-the […]