11 Dec 2003
| by Jeremy Bullmore
My job has expanded and I now have three bosses to report to rather than one. I have tried to point out that I can only do a limited amount for each boss, but they don't seem to understand the difficulties involved in reporting to three different masters.
11 Dec 2003
| by Jeremy Bullmore
I've worked in middle management for the past few years, and believe that I have a good chance of continuing to move upwards. I've recently been approached about an interim management job, where I'd work on a specific nine-month project for one company, then move on.
01 Dec 2003
| by Miranda Kennett
I've been in this company almost since it started five years ago. I've gradually been promoted, so now I am a senior manager, just below director level.
01 Dec 2003
| by Jeremy Bullmore
Q: Our managers have introduced 360-degree appraisals, where colleagues, managers and direct reports give feedback on a particular individual. A month ago, my manager told me I was up for promotion, and that I would hear after my appraisal. My problem is that I am not popular in the office.
01 Dec 2003
| by Richard Bremner
Jaguar has worked a canny game with the list price and the fuel efficiency of the XJ6.
01 Dec 2003
Fuelled by a Shell power breakfast, our diarist ponders top-up fees and a Tory revival.
01 Dec 2003
I would like to have been a farmer in the lowlands of Scotland as my father had been.
01 Dec 2003
Taking the development of emotional skills seriously is a challenge for society today
11 Nov 2003
| by Jeremy Bullmore
I work for a management consultancy that gives great advice to its clients but cannot seem to take its own medicine. Our offices are riddled with communication problems, office politics, clashing agendas, and backstabbing.
11 Nov 2003
| by Jeremy Bullmore
I work in a small technical department in an NHS hospital, and have enjoyed a reasonably good relationship with my boss. As part of the NHS reforms about 10 years ago, we had to re-apply for our jobs and I was approached and asked if I would like to apply for my boss's position.