Friday, December 21, 2007
Did you watch this video?
http://markmccluretoday.com/?p=20
I assume none of my readers have ever sent such a career limiting email!
I’m certainly not encouraging it in any situation where you are still performing an employee role.
But I do recommend you send it in one particular case - when you are the CEO that I speak of.
So, if you [...]
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Watch this short video.
There’ll be a test tomorrow
– Mark McClure
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Well, it says here that:
“Mark McClure took up the challenge and successfully completed the Challengers Trophy held in Mid Wales 29 May to 1 June 1991″.
I’ve got the certificate in front of me. Honestly, I really do
And the medal is hanging from the whiteboard on my wall - it means that much to [...]
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Employees: When’s the last time you selected and then attended a training course paid for by your employer?
Business Owners: When’s the last time you invested money in your own education?
For me, both questions are linked because looking back on time spent as an employee, I recall passing up several opportunities to take first class training [...]
Monday, December 17, 2007
I paid my money and took the online career anchors test I mentioned in this post:
http://markmccluretoday.com/?p=14
It took about 15 minutes to complete and was in multiple-choice format.
Here are my top 3 anchors as reported by the test:
Entrepreneurial Creativity
Life Style
Autonomy / Independence
And here were my top 3 from a few years back while in paid employment.
Life [...]
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Is your career change stalled?
Perhaps it’s caught in the searchlights of inactivity or of paralysis by analysis. This is not so surprising to me anymore. Why?
Because if you been brought up and passively existed in an environment that encourages stability and conformity, rocking the boat is not exactly received with open arms. Even if it [...]
Saturday, December 15, 2007
My blog’s titled “Mark McClure Today” - since I am he, and today’s all any of us ever really have.
OK, I confess.
I actually added ‘today’ because my dot com name was already taken.
Anyway, ignore the oversight on my part and cast your eyes over the subtitle:
“Successful Career Change using Goals, Coaching and Mentoring.”
Since taking the [...]
Friday, December 14, 2007
A couple of years ago I went on a one day “My Career” program, offered by the Investment Bank that was my employer at the time.
Their Training and Development people designed and ran a “Learning Journey” career development course, and were a very switched on bunch indeed - made me see Australians in a [...]
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Here’s a seasonal gift that might just change your life.
It did mine.
One of the catalysts for my 2007 career change was enrolling with the International Coach Academy (ICA) back in January 2005.
The bank I was employed at had a very good personal development program (PDP) as part of their overall performance appraisal system.
And since I’d [...]
