Shiftwork is the work we have to do to manage, thrive and survive in a world where shift happens. I've identified 11 shifts that we have to make (see here) and the first shift (see here) and second shift (see here) and I provide some tips about how to achieve the third one here. Below I ...
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Creativity – why you need more lego to go Beyond Personal Mastery®
Creativity - why you need more lego to go Beyond Personal Mastery® This is a new video from Bright and Associates to illustrate some of the key ideas in the Beyond Personal Mastery® creativity framework. It relates to the Inspiration Action step of the Beyond Personal Mastery® model and the Combining & Adding step. The more ...
Transform your Career by shifting: Shift 2 From Plans To Plans And Planning
Remembering: how to be creative
A different take on creativity This is not a love song. This is not a love song. With apologies to Johnny Rotten, this is not another blog about creativity promoting the message “if only you were more like ______” (complete the sentence with your preferred media friendly successful person). This is not about determining which psychological traits ...
Getting Amazing Results on your resume
Extract from Amazing Resumes by Jim Bright & Jo Earl, published by Jist This post covers issues to do with CV layout, and how to deal with your education and qualifications on your resume. Before the extract is a short background to the book. Background The material comes from my book Amazing Resumes. This book is the ...
Using Signpost cards to understand passion, purpose and values
Signpost Cards Signpost cards, are a set of 48 cards developed by Russell Deal of Innovative Resources. They are based upon original photographs that that inspire exploration of the importance of purpose and belonging in our everyday lives. Introduction One of the most important, but regularly unspoken questions in a career counselling session is “what is the point?”. ...
Web-based careers services 2: the bicycle, the bells and the whistles
I wanted to follow up on the very popular post on web-based career services to explore the usability of web-based career services. My recent experience of participating in webinars and similar e-meetings brought home to me just how much variation there is in the usability of the systems. So to my two questions for this ...