Archive of all profile articles – Page 54
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Careers File: How long should I put up with difficult staff before getting tough with them?
I have just been promoted and am in charge of a small, but bright and experienced team. However, one guy is being subtly difficult and slowing us down...
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Careers File: Now is not the time to be blaming others for the job market
The other morning, while stuck in yet another snow-induced traffic jam, I was listening to Nicky Campbell’s radio...
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Careers File: Gestures are good, territory sales managers, but don't give everything away
Territory sales managers may occasionally give away a little gift as a thank-you to customers - but some will question your motives, warns Philip Hesketh
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Careers File: Keep smiling, be inventive and set a positive example in tough times
Q: How can I motivate myself and my team? We are all feeling stale and are finding it difficult to get things...
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Careers File: Do your sums before resorting to unnecessary redundancies
Startling job loss figures are not as bad as they first appear, argues Sian Harrington
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Careers File: The first person you meet in a new environment will be a friend for life
When you go to a conference where you don't know anyone, do you just wander up to the first person you see or do you do your homework, have a good look at the delegate list and plan who you speak to - and indeed sit next to? ...
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Careers File: Don't dismiss networking
Don't dismiss networking - some of that winner's magic could rub off on you, says Sue Mountstevens
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Careers File: Christmas without Woolies is sad but it's best staff can take heart
News of Woolworths' demise is made more poignant by its timing, finds Sian Harrington
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Careers File: Let's all work hard to see off recession by exploiting every possible opportunity
Guy Moreton says we should all do our bit to stave off a long-term slump
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Careers File: Don't be wary of asking for help - the recipient is even more wary of saying 'no'
One interesting part of working with psychology students at Newcastle University is helping them overcome their fear of asking for help. As infants, the word 'no' is one of the first we learn to speak. Yet as we get older, it becomes...
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Careers File: You can't make someone listen to you - try changing the way you listen to them
Sue Mountstevens answes the questions on your workplace dilemmas
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A new blood line
Scottish & Newcastle boss Jeremy Blood talks to Robyn Lewis about life after the Heineken and Carlsberg takeover
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Careers File: There's no X Factor in food and drink - just hard work and satisfaction
A key part of my role as a specialist recruiter is to keep my eyes and ears open at all times for candidates who can help my clients achieve the business objectives they have described to me. Getting the right 'fit' with established candidates at middle and senior management level ...
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Careers File: Immigration law will starve food industry
New immigration controls could starve the industry of essential seasonal workers, says Sian Harrington
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Careers File: Prepare for the worst by investing in and developing your key members of staff
This month I was going to focus my attention on how to recruit, retain and develop the ‘future talent pool’. My friends and colleagues know a bugbear of mine is the ’I want it now’ quick-fix mentality of a lot of today’s business newcomers. They...
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Careers File: When the bar keeps rising, marketing anything below the best gets even harder
If someone offered you an unbelievable experience on the all-new A380 in return for £50,000 you’d probably tell them to take a hike. However, the A380 in question isn’t the infamous trunk road in Devon but rather the new jumbo aircraft introduced by Singapore Airlines late last year. It’s not ...
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Giant killer
Straight-talking retail anthropologist Paco Underhill gives a frank appraisal of the UK grocery market to Liz Hamso
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Careers File: Feeling down? Find out what the problem is, then discover how to solve it
The media has been more interested in the subject of happiness than usual this summer. Perhaps they see it as an antidote to...
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Him!’s Chisholm takes David Sands COO role
Scottish independent chain David Sands has poached Him! director Ewen Chisholm as part of a major expansion plan that could double the size of the business. Chisholm will join next month as chief operating officer overseeing the day-to-day running...