This week I wanted to ask you whether you want an easy life or a rich life. I feel that many around me have for some time been veering towards easy, whilst bemoaning what they then get. So I’ve done some thinking about it… Some of us want an easy life. No question. Simple, easy […]
Today I sat in a coffee shop in Central London opposite a good looking man in his early 40s, smartly dressed even down to his matching bumble bee tie, socks and accompanying silk hanky in his breast pocket. But instead of having a sense of energy and eagerness to take the world on, he had […]
At Jaluch we are updating our unconscious bias infographic that we first created in 2013. During that process, we have been looking at some of the more recent unconscious bias research that has been published. Inevitably the topic of salaries and bonuses came up. Here is one piece of research we found: “Within 5 years […]
It only happens in the summer months I am sure. Does everyone go a bit loopy and clap happy? This week I have read about a square running tack, a mad woman with a chocolate cake on her head and an employee whose claim to fame was to still have all his teeth. It’s a […]
Today I met some lovely business women in Jeddah and one of our conversations was about whether it is acceptable in business to simply say ‘I don’t know’. If, when asked something, you say ‘I don’t know’, is it a sign of weakness? I have heard it suggested that you are better off saying ‘let […]
It’s a radical approach, but would your whole performance review experience be improved if you binned the SMART objectives? Having delivered training in how to set and write up SMART objectives for many years now, I don’t suggest this lightly. But I do suggest it as SMART objectives seem to be universally hated, so perhaps […]
I have been talking about leadership and role models to a number of business and student groups recently. Who inspires us today to choose our careers, develop our skills, aspire to the board, or set up a business on our own? What I have found is, if you ask a group of students, invariably the […]
Are you having a hard day? Stressed, fed up, under appreciated, picked on, bullied, harassed, under paid, under valued, ill trained, lacking promotion prospects, having to work with someone you detest, irritated by your boss, got a smaller bonus than you wanted, hate the fact that you don’t have a company iPhone, perhaps no pay […]
Is career progression about who you know? A recent survey of workers from 1500 firms across five continents, found that the number one hindrance in a person’s career is a poor relationship with superiors. So should we conclude that career progression is not about intelligence, experience, skills, potential, technical know how, charisma, sales technique or […]
Who’s a moody, misery guts in your business? Yesterday I heard a guy on the radio saying, it’s now possible to monitor the overall daily mood of the world by analysing global tweets on Twitter. So what you might say! But they have also worked out that the Dow Jones index actually responds to the […]
