Category Archives: Careers Column

a series of essays, commentary, opinions, roasts and research on all matters relevant to careers, career development, job hunting, psychology and all that jazz

Creating creative coaching sessions – Keyhole coaching

key hole coaching Dr Jim Bright

Are we stuck in rather unimaginative approaches to how we deliver coaching or counseling sessions?  How can we start creating creative coaching sessions? This post is prompted by Madeline Paterson who commented on my post Act before you think as follows: "I would be interested in hearing more about your thoughts on the tendency of our ...

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Webinars on Coaching with the Chaos Theory of Careers with Dr Jim Bright

Webinar Series! - Coaching clients using the Chaos Theory of Careers - 10 1 hour webinars presented by Dr Jim Bright Training for Organisations - in-house courses StressSmart®, Job Applications & Promotions, Dealing with Difficult People, Authentic Coaching & Career Conversations for Work Excellence® Dates - dates of public training for the rest of this year Chaos Theory ...

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Coaching Fractal Action for Personal Development

We get frustrated when we are unsure how to act, and feel disheartened when we voluntarily or involuntarily act in ways that are not true ourselves.  We can get lost while searching for the sweet spot that lies between pattern and surprise, consistency and spontaneity, security and risk, familiarity and freedom, and order and disorder. ...

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Why is George Clooney so rich?

We are all familiar with all the advice on how to get rich. However here I analyse George Clooney’s wealth and provide a possible reason for his wealth. George Clooney apparently earns $15m per film Assume Clooney appears for 60 minutes of a 90 minute film That works out at $250,000 per minute on screen. George likes coffee, in ...

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The top 10 words of 2011 or of all time?

LinkedIn report the top 10 clichés found on LinkedIn profiles in 2011 (see here).  So how do these words stack up in terms of historic usage?  Using a relatively unknown google research feature called Ngram, we can see how often each of these words have appeared in books since the 1500s!  It is interesting to ...

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The role of parents in career development and thoughts on my father

here is a link to my column in the Sydney Morning Herald and Age newspapers on parents and careers. The role of parents in career development is critical. Here I share some thoughts on the role of parents in career development and thought on my father. Vale John Robert Bright 1925 - 2011  

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How to get luck on your side

Here is an article in the Australian Financial Review on Luck in Careers. How to get luck on your side in your career. It is about luck in careers, luck readiness, and luck and career success. Click this link for the article. Click this link if you want to take the Luck Readiness Inventory.        

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