LOS Cast with Paul Chiddle
In this recording, I am in conversation with Paul Chiddle at Southampton Business School, University of Southampton on his 28 years serving in the Royal …
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Treat your career development as a business plan.
Career Career development is an important part of life,
the time you spend at work often exceeds the time you are with the most precious people in your life. Nobody wants to be tied up to a bad career for life. When you are unhappy doing what you spend 40 or more hours a week doing, it will wear you down.
Leading Oneself- Our Emotional Wellbeing
In stepping out of your comfort zone, one of the key elements to keep in mind is your emotional being. This plays a crucial part in your day-to-day life. It’s one thing to sense the world around you, and it’s another to truly experience it. There is a clear distinction between the outside world and you… until emotions come into the mix.
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Intergeneration Unfairness Report by the House of Lords
Previous work on intergenerational fairness has sought to define generations by year of birth. The Intergenerational Commission defined the post war generations as the Baby Boomers, born …
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The Impact Of Remote Work On Organisations by Dr David Baxter, Associate Professor In Innovation At Southampton Business School.
A trend that has started a decade ago is remote working where professional has the freedom to have a flexible life. On the face of it the idea looks very relaxing but it comes with all sort of challenges. It can be frightening for some, stressful for others due to lack of communication, boredom, etc.
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Easy is not always the best option.
Easy options are not always the best options. Here are just 7 reasons why:
It is easy to eat junk food.
It it easy not to exercise.
It is easy to be busy with no time for yourself or your loved ones.
It is easy to hurt someone’s feeling.
It is easy to be lazy.
It is easy to stay in the old boring job.
And it is easy to watch TV all day.
Eventually by choosing an easy life, life gets harder.
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Environment dictates performance
Environment dictates performance, and we gain more experience by exposing ourselves to new environment.
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Known Unknowns of Careership.
While the debate about the future of work continues to get plenty of media coverage, much of it is of the alarmist ‘the robots are coming to take your job’ version. It makes for good press and interesting, populist stories. There are three things to think about if you have 10+ years left to work or run your business. I call them the WWW, not the world wide web or wild wild west Work, Workforce & Workplace.
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