The economic climate is gloomy, but what about the romantic one at work?
The Factory Bill Gates met his wife at work and Rupert Murdoch met his current wife at work. Even Elton John met his first wife through work (she was a sound recording engineer). A few years ago,...
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Managing your job with a terminal or chronic illness
The Factory You need to decide on a preferred “communications policy”. In other words, you need to decide who you want to share your diagnosis with. Some people will prefer to limit knowledge of their...
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The Factory Long day of training folks on realities of chaos theory of careers. Then at the end of the day I saw a client in the classroom – I am on the road again in Melbourne. The client told his...
View ArticleAdult training it would be great without the trainers!
The Factory The incompetent – this is the chronically under-prepared speaker. They don’t understand their topic, but this doesn’t seem to stop them. They will arrive with overhead slides (yes...
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Mentoring at work: does it work?
The Factory Mentoring is one of those ideas that seem intuitively sensible and worthy of widespread implementation. But how effective is mentoring? Does it lead to any positive outcomes? The FactoryThe...
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Working with a terminal illness
The Factory My late Aunt Sylvia Cox was an inspiration to me. She was not only my Aunt, she was a teacher at my High School. Her enthusiasm for life and her naturally exclamatory style engendered a...
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