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Transform your Career by shifting: Shift 2 From Plans To Plans And Planning

Shiftwork is the work we all have to do to manage, survive and thrive in the face of a world where Shift Happens. I've identified 11 shifts that we have to make (see here) and the first shift (see here) below I give a few tips about how to achieve the second one. Shift 2: From Plans ...

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Oppositional thoughts Volume 3 Amusing and lateral views on Career and HR Advice

Here is Volume 3 of my Oppositional Thoughts...They are designed to gently puncture some of the slightly precious life advice out there, and to complexify overly simplistic homilies, that make life appear a lot simpler than it is in reality. Earlier volumes of Oppositional Thoughts can be found here (volume 1) and here (Volume 2) Oppositional Thoughts..You can ...

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The 3 Rs of Creativity and Careers

The 3 Rs of Creativity and Careers I found myself coining a new phrase to capture some of the key ideas in career development. The phrase is: Reinvent, Respond, Resort The idea flowed from an inspiration from Steve Jobs being interviewed by Stephen Fry in Time Magazine. Jobs responding to Fry's question about his "career" said ""I do stuff. I ...

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Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Overprescribing Goal Setting

Recently Harvard academics  Lisa D. Ordonez,  Maurice E. Schweitzer, Adam D. Galinsky, and Max H. Bazerman wrote a piece in the Academy of Management Journal highlighting a range of serious problems with the overuse and uncritical use of goal setting (link here). They essentially argue that goal setting often comes with a series of side ...

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Oppositional thoughts…Amusing thoughts against simplicities in careers and life Volume 2

Oppositional Thoughts…I was advised to demonstrate a good fit to get the job. So I had a hissy fit at the recruiter. Oddly it didn’t work

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Chaos theory of careers tutorial: Using the Change Perception Index

The Change Perception Index is a practical tool that allows HR professionals, Counselors, Coaches and Change agents to engage clients on some of the most relevant dimensions of change, and to gain insights into their client’s preferences, and responses to change.

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Oppositional Thoughts…amusing provocations against simplistic careers and life advice Volume 1

Oppositional Thoughts…What if you follow your Passion and your Passion gets a restraining order for stalking?

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