David Dean, Author at Bright Sparks Coaching

24th March 202124th March 2021Cambridge, Career Coaching, Coaching, Decision Making, Goal Setting, Mental Health, Positivity, Problem Solving, Psychology, WorkBy

David Dean

Get more P.E.T’s – and I don’t mean a puppy!

No, I don’t mean a family pussy cat, a bonkers puppy or a Three-Toed Sloth or even your friendly Wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains. I mean performance-enhanced thinking or P.E.T’s. Now Performance Enhanced Thinking is the […]

14th September 202014th September 202050+ Careers, Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Career Path, Careers, Coaching, Leadership, LinkedIn, MBA, Portfolio Career, Professional Identity, Teleworking, Working at HomeBy

David Dean

Can a Portfolio Career work for you?

Now you may or may not have heard of a portfolio career before. Wouldn’t blame you in the slightest if you hadn’t. In fact, I am sure a lot of working people may not have heard of […]

1st December 201511th February 2016Career Brand, Career Coaching, Formal Leadership, Informal Leadership, Leadership, Leadership Styles, Learning & Develpment, PsychologyBy

David Dean

Future of Leadership – A Philosopher’s View

Interesting short video from Alain de Botton on the subject of the future of leadership. Now his views may not necessarily be the consensus or an evidenced based perspective on leadership. However, being a thinker and […]

9th November 201525th October 201750+ Careers, Aspergers, Autism, Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Careers, Coaching, Conflict, Disability, Employment, Jobs, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Problem Solving, Psychology, WorkBy

David Dean

Autism at Work

Did you know 79% of people with autism on out of work benefits want to work according to the The National Autistic Society here in the UK . Some of the most satisfying work is helping autistic […]

24th September 201522nd May 201850+ Careers, Cambridge, Career Brand, Career Break, Career Coaching, Career Path, Career Theory, Careers, Coaching, Employment, Jobs, Learning & Develpment, Problem Solving, PsychologyBy

David Dean

Mind the Gap – Your Career after a Break

Once upon a time an old chap said to me, that a ‘career is just a job that has gone on too long”. I guess having had several “careers” (or more to the point jobs in the […]