01 Dec 2001
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? - SHOULD I TURN PREDATOR'S MOLE?
01 Dec 2001
| by LORD POWELL was foreign affairs adviser to Margaret Thatcher and
John Major, and chairs Sagitta Asset Management
BRAIN FOOD: Lord Powell - If I had to start again - My secret ambition has hovered between being a conductor, a concert pianist and playing rugby for Wales. But since none of them was ever in reach, I settled for a more mundane existence. And I did manage
01 Dec 2001
| by MIRANDA KENNETT, managing coach at The Coaching House
(www.coachinghouse.com) and a founding partner of The Management Due
Diligence Co. If you have an issue you'd like this column to cover,
e-mail: management.today@haynet.com
FIRST CLASS COACH - Now that I'm head of department I have to start doing people's appraisals. I've never enjoyed being appraised and am not looking forward to having to do them. I'm also not convinced they're very useful.
01 Nov 2001
| by MIRANDA KENNETT
FIRST CLASS COACH - I feel pigeon-holed in my job. Because I'm good at the detail, I'm always given roles that require that kind of skill and never the more creative, bigger-picture kind of work. How can I move out of this rut?
01 Nov 2001
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?
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JEREMY BULLMORE - SHOULD I REVEAL THAT I'M PREGNANT?
01 Oct 2001
| by SIR DAVID BARNES who was CEO of of Zeneca 1993-99
BRAIN FOOD: Sir David Barnes - If I had to start again .. - Business was my metier, although I got there by mistake. So I don't look back and wish I'd been a professional footballer or conductor. The first thing I'd do is gain additional language skills -
01 Oct 2001
| by MIRANDA KENNET, managing coach at The Coaching House
(www.coachinghouse.com) and a founding partner of The Management Due
Diligence Co
FIRST CLASS COACH - I've been offered the chance to work in another office of the company in Europe. It seems a good career move, but I'm a bit anxious about the upheaval and not sure how easy it would be to integrate.
01 Oct 2001
| by JEREMY BULLMORE
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? - Q: MY BOSS IS SNATCHING A PLUM JOB AWAY FROM ME
01 Sep 2001
| by JEREMY BULLMORE
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? - I'M NOT SURE I'M UP TO MY NEW ROLE
01 Sep 2001
| by MIRANDA KENNETT
FIRST CLASS COACH: I seem to work very long hours in my job and
it's causing trouble at home. My partner thinks I'm a workaholic. How
can I stop? - It all depends why you're a workaholic. Lots of my clients have this tendency and it's rarely just a case o