“I believe many like me have similar challenges especially with such prolonged period of working remotely and not being able to work face to face to build or maintain positive working relationships.” This was a quote from a client in a recent email to me. I think it sums up the challenge of many with remote working. For some people, [...]
Just the word ‘networking’ sends shivers down many people’s spines and indeed very few people genuinely love it. However, in most service businesses in particular, it is essential that client facing individuals are confident and skilled enough to get to know people in the marketplace. This is predominantly done at events, both in person and online. Once people start going [...]
Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to be aware of and manage your own emotions and those of others. In other words, to consider how we relate to others. I often find in the work I do with bright, knowledgeable professionals that this is unacknowledged as an important ability at worst and in many cases, at best, rated behind other [...]
Emotional intelligence (EQ), a term often banded about on LinkedIn and in articles. What is it? Why emotional intelligence matters at work: it is the ability to understand and control your own emotions and to deal with those of others. In a nutshell, it is about our human side – how we relate to other people. Many of the clients [...]
Working from home has been the way of working for the majority of professionals for the past year. This works better for some than it does for others. It’s also presented its challenges for those who are managing a team remotely. Maybe you feel you have perfected remote team working, many haven’t! Even when we start to come out of the current [...]
It is almost a year now since the majority of professional people have been working at home. Maybe you feel you have this nailed, many haven’t! There has been lots of talk of how to make sure that team working in this remote world is effective. After a year of working with senior leaders who have been trying to do [...]
Is your LinkedIn profile looking neglected or worse still, non-existent? When was the last time you did a LinkedIn profile update? I have found that there are several reasons that people don’t do this: Not into social media/want to maintain privacy. Don’t see it as important. Time. To tackle the first reason, it is true that by [...]
I am delighted to share the Calico press release below, announcing that Inside Out Image has joined Calico as an Associate - helping to provide relevant knowledge and insight to the legal sector. NEW MEMBER NEWS In keeping with the mood elsewhere Calico Legal Solutions Group is looking forward to a brighter year, with new members, a fresh editorial focus, and [...]
During a recent webinar that I hosted 33% of attendees said that they didn’t proactively work on their career because either they didn’t know where to start or it was too hard to get the help they need. Does this resonate? Proactively managing your career doesn’t have to be difficult or complicated. I believe that there three important guiding principles to manage [...]
Last month I ran a webinar on proactive Career Management, I couldn’t believe how quickly the places were booked, I increased them three times and it was still sold out. This clearly showed me that individuals realise how important this topic is. During the webinar, I asked, “Who regularly makes time to work on their career?” Interestingly, only 13% said [...]