Friday, November 28, 2008
Here’s a simple but thought-provoking self-coaching tool I’ve been playing with.
It works like this:
On a scale of 1 to 5, what are your beliefs about life in general right now?
1- Life sucks.
2- My life sucks.
3- I’m great. You’re not.
4- We’re great, but they aren’t.
5- Life is great.
I heard about these 5 levels at a recent [...]
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
I’ve enjoyed Simon Stapleton’s post on personality and IT Leaders and decided to take the free personality test at www.41q.com
There are indeed just 41 questions and it took me less than 10 minutes to complete. Here are my results:
As you can see, most suggested career paths are from the caring/helping professions - and it’s true [...]
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Here’s a Christmas Career Coaching Special for IT Professionals - but you must act quickly…
… because there are just 12 slots and the offer finishes midnight 30 Nov.
Take action today and inside Santa’s stocking you’ll soon find these coaching goodies delivered to your digital in-box and (within a few weeks) to your doorstep:
1 CD copy [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Over the years I recall getting some emails from HR which told the sad news of an employee’s unfortunate early demise.
For a moment I would stop what I was doing, say a silent prayer for the deceased’s family and friends and (if I’m honest), also for my own good fortune in still being of sound [...]
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Over at Simon Stapleton’s blog he’s chasing a $1000 donation target for his cancer research appeal…. just $474.50 to reach that milestone.
If you’re one of the first 10 people to respond here’s how you can help out and also get a gift copy of my IT Career Engineer Special Video Report on CD - [...]
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Hey, don’t shoot the messenger, will ya!
I recently spent several hours reading every single blog post of one, Jerome Alexander - the self-titled corporate cynic.
How exactly I found his blog I can’t now remember, but the urge to explore was stimulated by a comment written by Simon Stapleton on my “How List Writing Can Make [...]
I wrote before about “How List Writing Can Make You Happier” and today’s post is an update on that exercise for October. I realize this is a subjective experience but then again, when the subject’s “me”, I’m all eyes and ears
Some people keep diaries and journals. Others create photo albums and make heartfelt [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
If you’re an experienced IT ‘Subject-Matter-Expert’ now interested in adding a management/leadership role to your professional skillset, CIO Simon Stapleton has written a useful 24 page e-book on “The Essence Of IT Leadership Vol 1“.
I downloaded and read it in about 30 minutes and here are some comments on what I’ve learned, written from a [...]
