Employability

007, Change Management, Organisational Change, Oak Consult, Mark Conway, Management Consultancy 13
Reading Time: 4 minutes The original version of this post was a partial celebration of the 50th Think Oak! post together with the 50th Anniversary of the James Bond Movies. What better way to celebrate than to talk about very special agents, Change Agents! Firstly what is a Change Agent? A Change Agent is a [...]

007 ~ An Agent For Change

 in Business Skills / Employability / Leadership / Management / People / Teams  tagged 007 / BPM / Change Agent / Change Catalyst / Change Management / James Bond by
Oak Consult, A to Z of Employability
Reading Time: 9 minutes I often get asked by teachers, lecturers and students what are the key skills and qualities that businesses are looking for in young people leaving full-time education for a career in business. In this A – Z I’d like to give some pointers on the very important topic of Employability. [...]

A to Z of Employability

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Reading Time: 14 minutes A – Alerts You can sign up for Google Alerts quickly and easily. Using those keywords and phrases from your preliminary research online, you can elect to have any instance of those keywords and phrases as Google finds them sent straight to your inbox. Enter the topic you wish to [...]

A to Z of Business Social Media

 in Business Skills / Employability / Personal Development  tagged Blogging / blogging tools / Facebook / Google / internet / LinkedIn / PS4 / social-media / Xbox 720 by
Star Performer - Attitude or Aptitude 6
Reading Time: 4 minutes I’ve been thinking a great deal of late about what makes the difference between a good team member and a great one, or for that matter a good leader or a great one. Aptitude or Attitude? I’ve come to the conclusion that Attitude is a key defining factor. Who are [...]

Aptitude or Attitude ~ What makes a Star Performer?

 in Employability / People / Teams  tagged Aptitude / Attitude / Energy / Focus / Responsibility / Self-belief / Star Performer / Tenacity by
Personal Communication 5
Reading Time: 8 minutes Communicate or Fail is a two-part post focussing on communications at an organisational level and on a personal level. Part 2 will focus on personal communication. Click here if you missed part 1. Effective communication remains at the heart of business. It is a crucial skill that must be mastered [...]

Communicate or Fail ~ Part 2

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Destiny or Design - Choose to Succeed 5
Reading Time: 8 minutes Life is not something that just happens to you, something you are powerless to do anything about. You have choices. You can choose to succeed. It is never too late to improve your life and implement the changes that are going to lead you to your ambitions. I don’t profess to [...]

Destiny or Design ~ Choose to Succeed

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Measuring Success
Reading Time: 9 minutes In the sixth and final part in the series of The Brand New, Brand You, I will be covering the last step in the START process in Brand New, Brand You, Test. So you’ve got to grips with Brand New, Brand You. You’ve developed your Brand – Your values and [...]

The Brand New, Brand You! ~ Part 6

 in Employability / Management / People  tagged 360 Feedback / Bit.ly / Brand / Brand You / Feedback / Google / Klout / Myers Briggs / Social Mention / Technorati / TweetDeck by
Reinforce - Brand New Brand You 1
Reading Time: 5 minutes In the fifth part in the series of The Brand New, Brand You, I will be covering the fourth step in the START process in Brand New, Brand You, Reinforce. Now that you have started to establish the Brand New Brand You, it is important that you continually reinforce your [...]

The Brand New, Brand You! ~ Part 5

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