In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing job market, addressing skills gaps is crucial for career advancement. Once you’ve identified the areas where you need to improve, it’s time to take action. In this blog post, we’ll explore effective ways employees can bridge their skills gaps and develop the expertise needed to advance professionally. Here are 14
Insights from the CIPD Labour Market Outlook 2023 The CIPD recently published their Labour Market Outlook: Summer 2023. So, in this blog post I thought I’d take this opportunity to review the evolving dynamics of the employment sector that it highlights. The key points provide significant insights, especially concerning career management in organisations. Let’s delve
There’s a powerful allure in leadership and career development quotes that resonates with almost everyone. Whether succinctly capturing profound truths, evoking deep emotions, or simply providing a chuckle on a rough day, quotes have a unique ability to distil life’s complexities into digestible nuggets of wisdom. They become beacons of guidance, reflections of society, and
You’ve just taken on a new role, and you’re excited. Excited because you were looking for progression and are a driven individual. However, you’re also feeling a little stressed by the new responsibilities and workload. It is times like this that improving your emotional intelligence can be just as beneficial as broadening your cognitive intelligence.
Accelerated growth requires accelerated leadership development and that means accelerated behaviour change. Â Business results, business change and business success all stem from the behaviour of individuals. If your leaders are going to develop their leadership skills, they need to experiment with small changes in behaviours. Even after very basic training sessions, adults typically retain just
The starting point for accelerating leadership development is to focus on leadership skills for rapid growth. Â In other words, the key leadership skills and behaviours that will really make a difference to performance and help you realise your vision. I emphasise behaviours because you need to focus on observable actions that will deliver business results.
Growth is a good thing. Right? After all, if a business doesn’t grow, it is likely to disappear in the end. All businesses start work each day with the goal of growing toward a better, and more profitable, tomorrow. But, there are tons of challenges that come with growth, and leaders have to be ready
We’re now only a few weeks away from the launch of Grow Your Geeks.  A number of people have kindly read the book prior to publication.  And it’s already received some great reviews. Pre-Publication Reviews of Grow Your Geeks A ‘must read’ for Senior Leaders and HR partners alike, in fast growing high-tech environments “Clear,
I’ve been delighted at the enthusiasm for Grow Your Geeks. I’ve had a lot of people say how much they’re looking forward to reading it so I thought I’d share a sneak preview. Here is an excerpt from the book: The High-tech Sector in the UK has grown by the equivalent of one new business
I’ve been rather quiet on my blog lately. It’s because I’ve been writing my first book, “Grow Your Geeks – A Handbook for Developing Leaders in High-Tech Organisations”. The book will be published by Rethink Press and is due for release in April 2017. I’m really excited about it! Here are the most common questions
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