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.
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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 IT Career Engineer’s Special Video Report on CD – my [...]