many victims of bullying feel they have little or no support or advice. While unions have traditionally provided access to experienced lawyers and negotiators, what about the 80% of employees who are not in unions? Having been repeatedly asked in recent weeks to recommend solicitors that specialise in this field, it became apparent that many people have little idea where to look for advice.
The incompetent – this is the chronically under-prepared speaker. They don’t understand their topic, but this doesn’t seem to stop them. They will arrive with overhead slides (yes overheads), photocopied in black and white cheaply at the newsagents.
What sorts of personalities perform best at work? It is a question that seemingly all of us have an opinion about, but this deceptively simple question has no straight answer.
Approaches that emphasise certainty and hold out the promise of providing neat answers are attractive to
people confronted by the uncertainties and complexities of their lives. It is therefore not surprising to
discover that clients seek out certainty in career counselling and prefer that counsellors give advice,
opinions and answers. This presents a challenge because we live in a world that is not simple, certain and predictable, and a world that is populated by people who are complex, changing and inherently unpredictable.
Five-time batting champion Wade Boggs missed a week when he lost his balance putting on his cowboy boots and fell into a couch
This is the presentation that myself and Robert Pryor are due to give at the National Career Development Association Conference in Seattle, Washington USA on Friday July 6th 2007. The presentation covers our very recent work linking Christopher Booker's magnificent work "The 7 essential plots: why we tell stories" published by Continuum Press, to narrative ...
At long last! Here is the interview I conducted with Skip Niles at the NCDA conference in Seattle in 2007. Prof. Niles is a leading researcher in Career Development who has focussed on the developmental aspects of career development. In addition Spencer Niles has made a very significant contribution to the profession of career development. ...
