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Archive for the ‘Career Motivators’ Category
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Career Change is scary when you are trying to do it all alone.
Do you feel stuck in a job that doesn’t excite you? Are you bored to tears or even stressed out by your job? Does Monday morning fill you with dread?
Perhaps you’ve dreamt that there must be something out there more fulfilling, exciting and worthwhile for you to do? You may have even considered changing career but don’t know how or what you could even do.
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Posted in Career Discovery, Career Motivators, Interview Tips & Assessment Centres
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Follow me on Twitter for your daily motivational quotes – Recently I’ve written
- Sometimes it’s good to take things slow and enjoy the journey – you don’t need to do everything at super fast speed
- Why not step outside your comfort zone – you may be surprised by the outcome
- Small differences add up to big changes – what small changes can you make today?
- It doesn’t matter how long it wil take as long as you start taking steps towards it now, and set some sub goals!
- Why not do a random act of kindness to someone you meet today?
Posted in ABOUT DENISE, Career Motivators
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Networking, not all my clients enjoy doing it, but sometimes they need to look for ways to build connections with others. I’ve a client going off to a conference next week, this is the advice I’ve sent him:
1. Plan to enjoy it – write it down and have it somewhere you will look at it each day. ‘I am going to enjoy meeting new people at the conference next week’
2. Read the networking chapter in my book
3. Plan how many people you will speak to – 1 or 2 on arrival, one in the morning break, 2 at lunch time etc
4. Be subtle – you are looking to get to know people a bit, find out more about them and then you can get in touch later
5. When you go into the conference rooms don’t automatically sit on your own, but sit next to someone and talk.
6. Think of some questions you can ask – what do you think of the event, what made you come, how is the recession hitting your company …
7. Don’t panic, and smile occasionally. If all gets too much, go for a quick walk or be on your won then go back ‘on stage’
I have covered this in much more detail in a chapter of my book – How to get a job in a recession, and also in my eBook – Traditional Job search
Posted in Career Motivators, JOB SEARCH, Job Hunting in a Recession
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
Too many people spend Sunday evenings dreading the week ahead. It’s awful to be in a job you don’t like but there are things you can do to make it more bearable.
Often we have nothing to look forward to at the start of a week, so why not schedule something you could do – an evening class, out bowling with friends, or an evening at home with a DVD.
Also, why not remind yourself why you took the job.
If it really is so awful, despite the recession you can still plan for a new job – it might take time to work out what you want to do, so why not schedule 2 evenings a week so you can focus on your job search or career decision making..
A really good start would be to sign up for the 10 steps to a job you love eProgramme, available by using the sign up box to the right of this page or visiting www.amazingpeople.co.uk
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
If you have had a career break to bring up children you may want to go back to work, or perhaps it is a case of “needs must” as you need to increase the family income or your partner has been made redundant.
I worked with a return to work mum yesterday who couldn’t see any thing relevant about her time at home with their children. As we talked about what she did she could see that there were lots of transferable skills. For example:
- Managing schedules and logistics for a group of 5 (if you have 3 children)
- Balancing priorities and keeping within a budget
- Negotiate with suppliers
- Pay invoices and reconcile accounts
- Arrange for repairs – home and vehicles
- Mediate disputes and reach conflict resolution
- Manage, motivate and coach family members – including setting goals and requirements and monitoring improvement
You need to think more laterally as there are plenty of transferable skills – you were not a “stay at home mum” but was a home manager.
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
I spoke on Radio Gloucestershire last week on why it’s important to have something to look forward to.
Yes, the outlook is bleak, the problems in the middle east, the economy, and the day I spoke was, for many, their first day back at work for 2 weeks.
If we focus too much on the negative, it’s likely to be how you will feel. So think about more positive things, things you can look forward to. Not just the long term of summer holidays, but also smaller things to happen in the short term – meeting friends, going to watch live music or a film. Perhaps looking out for mini moments of happiness: a blue sky, reading a great book, stroking your cat, having a manicure?
Why not try and list 50 things you can do to make you happy, then whenever you do feel down you can do something off your list. Do this when you are feeling good and upbeat, not when you are feeling a bit down.
I also think it’s important to have these mini moments as if you spend too much time looking too far forward you miss out on what is happening right now.
So what can you look forward to next week?
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
Many people have had an extended break over christmas, so coming back to work today feels like returning after a 2 week holiday.
But it’s different
Returning after a summer holiday means we are feeling chilled and well rested, but is that so after this break?
You probaby spent the first few days getting ready for Christmas, shopping and baking, and then a week of time with family – sometimes these are people that we want to spend time with but too often it is more of a chore.
The weather has been cold so we probably havent had as much exercise as previous years, so we may be feeling sluggish with our clothes tight.
And we don’t want to be back at work, we have to crank outselves up to feel more motivated, especialy if there is a worry over a possible loss of job for yourself or your loved one.
But are back at work, so what can you do to make this a great day and week? Why not look to pay someone a compliment, help someone out, review some of your work to look for ways to improve it.
I’m not going to suggest you make resoultions but i would like to suggest you plan to think and act positive, just one day at a time
Let me know your thoughts
Denise x
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
I’ve never watched the X Factor before, but I’ve watched it this weekend.
It’s all about chasing your dreams, and why not go for it? Better to chase a dream and lose then never to try.
The tears streamed down my face as I watched the last contestant who was entering this year after having thought about it for 4 years. It was so sad, his wife had died in child birth and she had encouraged him to enter, but life had got in the way …. so this audition was for her.
He said something very poignant "You regret more the things you don’t do, than the things you did."
If you take this thought and think about your life and your career, you might find something to ponder on …. ?
Posted in CAREER MANAGEMENT, Career Motivators
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
A recent report by Ashridge has found that over half (55% of managers do not feel motivated by their organisation and colleagues.
This research is confirming what I read about motivation when studying occupational psychology, organisations think that performance related pay and incentive schemes are the number one motivator whilst the results from managers is that they want is challenging and interesting work.
But this is generalisations; managers want to be treated as individuals. Managers should ask their staff what motivates them and, ideally people should feel able to tell managers how they want to be motivated.
The survey included some interesting facts – despite the European Union work time directive, over half of managers are working over 60 hours a week and 63% are taking work home with them. So the 48 hour maximum working week is being exceeded by many.
So what does motivate you – money, status, interesting work, flexible working? Why not be clear what you want and then you may stand a better chance of getting it.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
One question I ask my clients is "What does success mean to you?" and I ask them to consider this before we meet.
This provokes some very different responses, such as:
What does success mean to you? Success isn’t about having pots of money in the bank, success is being happy with yourself and the life and career you’ve chosen. Success is feeling you’ve achieved something worthwhile and earning respect for being good at your job.
What does success mean to you? Achieving goals and financial reward.
What does success mean to you?
- Happiness
- Fulfilment
- Acknowledgement from your peers
- Wealth
It is a very interesting question to reflect on and does not necessarily relate just to money but to personal satisfaction.
Why don’t you consider your answer to this question, it can help you be clearer on your motivation. Why not let me know what it means to you.
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