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JUNE 27, 2014

I’ve got four deep collaborations in process now, including writing a children’s picture book with Alli Polin and the launch of a Parent’s Guide to Leadership (a free ebook downloadable from the sidebar.). I’ve also had a few false starts. Here are my lessons learned. I look forward to hearing yours.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Download our Leadership Training Brochure Here. More Leadership articles on Careers in Government. Check for understanding. Schedule the finish. Related Articles on Foundational Leadership Competencies: 6 Habits of Highly Successful Hybrid and Virtual Teams. How to Build Great Culture: Even if You’re Not CEO.

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MARCH 18, 2015

For specific exercises to get your team talking, download my FREE ebook, Talking Teams: 9 Easy to Implement Exercises to Inspire Confident Humility and Achieve Breakthrough Results. . Career & Learning Communication communication mistakes improving teamwork teambuilding'

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JULY 16, 2014

P.S. If you’re interested in leadership and parenting, you can also download our FREE ebook, A Parent’s Guide to Leadership from the sidebar. Career & Learning Developing Leadership In Children Energy & Engagement entrepreneur parent entrepreneur work life balance'

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FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Yesterday Keren Coney and I presented to careers advisers in the Solihull Careers Hub. This was part of a new initiative by the Hub to provide a developmental space for careers advisers. We were asked to talk about career guidance and social justice.

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APRIL 26, 2017

Click on the image to visit Karin’s store and download the book she co-authored with Alli free. Alli and I really got to know one another through our collaboration around two projects: the Energized Leadership book and our e-book A Parent’s Guide to Leadership (available for free download here). Winning Well Connection.

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APRIL 11, 2017

When I look back on my career at Verizon at the times my teams truly knocked it out the park–the times we increased results exponentially and led the Nation in results or had a major turnaround pulling a team out of the abyss, there is one common characteristic. How will we keep the MIT in front of us all the time?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Ultimately, it’s not anyone’s place to judge this woman, but there doesn’t seem to be any doubt that her decisions will influence potentially thousands of young women’s future career pathing. If you’re going to go the high-intensity-career route, you DO need a pit crew. and yes the husband reconnecting.

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

Click here for more information. If you want more information on mentoring you can download my FREE eBook, Mentoring in the Age of the Millennial from my new ecourse landing page. Such circumstances can hurt or help your career. I’ve shared this idea with you before. I’m repeating my self because mentoring circles work.

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

The new edition of The Careers Leader Handbook. On Monday 28th November we will be launching the Second Edition of The Careers Leader Handbook with a one day masterclass in careers leadership led by David Andrews and myself. You might be interested in attending if you are a: careers leaders in a school or college.

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MARCH 28, 2017

You need time to get to know one another as human beings and to focus on long-term goals and career development. You can download the free MIT Huddle Planner here. Of course, you need more than 10 minutes a week to build a great relationship with your manager.

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JULY 17, 2022

I had a great day last week at the West of England careers hub. It was so good to be out and about again, talking to teachers and careers advisers. The West of England careers hub event was so interesting, with input from careers professionals, teachers, senior leaders in schools, employers and local politicians.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

I’ve just given a presentation to the Career Development Association of Australia looking at the issue of green guidance. In it I argue that climate change and wider environmental issues are becoming increasingly important for our careers. Green guidance (PowerPoint slides) Download.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

There was one time in my career where I was absolutely certain that my team didn’t like me. And, fourteen out of fourteen had been in retail sales for their entire careers. I had been promoted to lead a 2200 person retail sales team at Verizon. The problem was I had zero sales experience. “It was probably a diversity move.”

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MAY 10, 2023

I gave a presentation to the College of Career Guidance and Development in Kenya today. It was fairly wide ranging, and variously addressed the definition of career, career guidance and looked at policy and technological contexts.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Today I’m at the University of Stockholm talking about the career guidance for social justice approach. This is what I’ve got to say… Career guidance for social justice Download. This has made me think about what it is trying to achieve and how we have got here. I feel that the story has come a long way.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

My LinkedIn feed and email inbox are filled with news of layoffs and reorganizations causing unexpected career turbulence. There was one dark point in my career when I received a call once a quarter for two years, giving me my Reduction in Force (RIF) numbers. Practical Tips to Help You and Your Team Heal. I’ve been there.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

There was one time in my career where I was absolutely certain that my team didn’t like me. And, fourteen out of fourteen had been in retail sales for their entire careers. I had been promoted to lead a 2200 person retail sales team at Verizon. The problem was I had zero sales experience. “It was probably a diversity move.”

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

If you’re a new manager, eliminating these mistakes and building effective habits early will leverage your influence, build your career, reduce your frustration, and help you enjoy your work. These are practical ways you can build a strong foundation for your career. Favor Friends and Former Peers. Assume people should know.

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MARCH 12, 2023

Last week I went to Leeds to present at the Careers Live event. It was great to be back in a room with so many people who were passionate about careers. This is what I had to say in my keynote… Career guidance after the pandemic Download I also gave a workshop based on our five signposts model.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

I got to give a lecture to new masters student at the University of Derby’s career development masters this weekend. Inevitably I was keen to talk about the new edition of The Careers Leaders Handbook. Careers leaders seminar presentation Download. But for now these are my slides from the session.

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MAY 16, 2023

Today I have been in the amazing surrounds of Astana, Kazakhstan at the Asia Pacific Career Development Association. I ran a hybrid workshop for attendees in Kazakhstan and those connected digitally across Asia today on career development and social justice.

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MAY 4, 2022

As part of my visit I’ve been asked to talk about career and in particular about academic careers. While I’ve not done a lot of formal research into academic careers, I have been conducting an ongoing action research project (aka my life) on working in and with universities for the last 20-30 years.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Today I ran a workshop on career guidance in schools for the CDANZ conference in Auckland, New Zealand. In it I tried to distil down the learning that we’ve had from 12-13 years of a school based career guidance system in England and use it to prompt some thinking about how colleagues might want to develop things in New Zealand.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend the Black Country Careers Hub conference and give a keynote and a workshop. It was a great opportunity to meet careers leaders and to have the chance to network with a wide range of people involved in careers in schools.

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MAY 24, 2023

Today I had the opportunity to address a room full of careers leaders in Gloucester. You want cold hard careers content, so here you go. Firstly I gave a key note setting out some of the history of careers leadership, reflecting on current challenges and looking forwards to the future.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2022

I’ve just finished teaching a session on career guidance policy at the University of Derby. In many of their countries career guidance receives little or no support from the government. This is what I had to say to kick the discussion off… Career guidance policy 2022 Download.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Photo by Merlin Lightpainting on Pexels.com I spend a lot of last week teaching career theory in Lillehammer with my colleague Sikin Jynge. As anyone who has ever taught a career theory course will know, it can be a challenging thing to teach. Career theory is supposed to help people to make the complexity of career simpler.

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JULY 5, 2021

Think back on your career. You can learn more about this process by downloading our free Idea Incubator Guide. .” It’s human nature to remember a negative experience you had speaking up more than a positive one. What would you describe as your biggest moments of courage? Own the U.G.L.Y. U- What are we Underestimating?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

On Monday I had the opportunity to go and talk about career and career guidance with a group of third year Education Studies students at the University of Derby. Why career matters… Download So that is what I tried to say. For anyone who is interested, here are the slides that I used.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

This time I’m doing something pretty new, which is based on my recent article Building a radical career imaginary: using Laclau and Mouffe and Hardt and Negri to reflexively re-read Ali and Graham’s counselling approach to career guidance.

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MAY 18, 2022

I had the opportunity to talk to a range of academics with diverse interests and to try and convince them that career and career guidance are really important. This is what I had to say… The concept of career (CCU presentation) Download. I gave it my best shot!

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

His career is marked by consistently helping individuals and teams and his company do better. If you haven’t downloaded my FREE e-book Mentroing in the Age of the Millennial, or want to participate in my EASY 5 Day Leadership challenge, click here. John Manning of Map Consulting suggests Franklin D. Follow John. .

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JULY 18, 2023

Today I am with my co-authors Chris Percy and Siobhan Neary, presenting the new iCeGS paper in parliament with the aim of engaging policy makers in thinking about, and ultimately funding and improving the career guidance system. The new paper is available to download for those that are interested in reading it in full.

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MARCH 27, 2023

On Friday I had the privilege of running a workshop for careers leaders in Leicester. The workshop was based on our new edition of The Careers Leader Handbook , but focused in specifically on issues to do with data, evaluation and impact. Careers leader evaluation workshop from Leicester (PowerPoint slides) Download

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Over the summer the International Labour Organization published a new handbook for career development for low- and middle-income countries. The handbook introduces a new career development framework that can be used to establish career education and career guidance programmes. Handbook for career development.

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