some advice for those who wish to be expert

Holding all the Aces

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Somebody asked me how they might fulfil their ambition of becoming an expert. My advice was straightforward: being an expert in something is not always enough. If you have real ambition you need to be holding a handful of aces, not just one or two. Tweet READ MORE

Caught in the slipstream of Change

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These are turbulent times and common-sense dictates that, when the winds die down, we should not expect everything to be exactly as it was before.

And yet trillions of dollars are being thrown at failed institutions in a desperate attempt to prevent essential change. We should realise that we are caught in the slipstream READ MORE

Keep it zipped?

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Stuart King has suggested that employers might try to influence employee behaviour to prevent staff publicly trashing their employers online. I think that this would be both impractical and undesirable.

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Workforce optimisation is sub-optimal

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Organisations lack consistent, objective tools and processes to optimise their workforce, according to new research.

The SuccessFactors Survey highlights key internal workforce challenges for business wanting to be agile within the current economic downturn.

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A question of balance

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For many years it has been fashionable to talk about striking the right work/ life balance but I feel that simple equation is no longer appropriate, for the emerging circumstances we face.

We need a new equation for those who may find themselves without work.

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