Monthly Archives: March 2010

Melbourne tram model of career development

On the no 8 tram for final day of 3 day course got me thinking career development is like a tram journey. When you are on track we sit back and don’t think about it, but the crucial part is … Continue reading

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I like strangling animals, golf and ….

A total of 159 different hobbies were listed across the resumes. The top ten most frequently listed were: 1st reading, 2nd travelling, 3rd Golf, 4th Tennis, 5th Swimming, 6th listening to, music,7th family ,8th rugby, 9th snowsking, = 10th fishing and going to the gym. Some of the least frequent included collecting cigarette cards, washing the car, tap dancing and keeping reptiles. Continue reading

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What is an informed decision? …

What is an informed decision? Can we tell at the time of deciding?

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How many “uniformed decisions”…

How many “uniformed decisions” are miraculously re-framed in hindsight as informed?

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Are so-called “informed decisi…

Are so-called “informed decisions” merely post-hoc rationalisations?

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too often we take the easy way…

too often we take the easy way in careers support – we focus on information provision assuming the more the better.

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Some management myths exploded

Most of us have had to endure some of the extremes of management dogma throughout our careers, and most of us submit to some form of performance management at work. If you ever suspected that some of hoops you were made to jump through were unnecessary, unhelpful or unfair, then you might want to make Jeffrey Pfeffer your pin up boy. Continue reading

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