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Self Development Stuff
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Self development exploration through experience, products, comments, suggestions and good old trial and error.
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A career development option - non executive directorships
Becoming a NEDAcronyms, don’t they drive you wild? NED is, simply, a non-executive director. Perhaps I’d better introduce properly what an NED is and what it means. According to Wikipedia:“A non-executive director (NED, also NXD) or outside dir...
Abuse
Abuse is a sensitive subject, but in a recent article in the Times, they featured one of the least talked about areas of abuse: the abuse of children by women.They called the article, and the accompanying radio programme on BBC Radio 4, 'Breaking the...
It’s all about passion
I spent a half hour on the phone today to a new potential partner – they sell a great on line business simulation game for schools. The Director of the company had looked at our website, seen some potential synergy and we exchanged emails and arra...
Leadership?
I often wonder about myself as a leader - you see it's hard to analyse your leadership style when you work mostly on your own.Several years back I took a leadership survey that showed I was a 'coercive' leader. I know precisely why! The band I was i...
Job hunt? The changing market
A couple of years back I signed up to the Marketing Week job emails - and I still get them. I am not looking for a job, but I haven't unsubscribed from these notifications. And I've noticed something.In the past there were jobs for 'Marketing Manager...
Emotional Intelligence
About two years ago I went on a skills update day about Emotional Intelligence. It was very good, and I learned about how it is applied 'scientifically' and how useful it is in recruitment. EI needed to have some sound basis for practical application...

