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25th February 202025th February 2020Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Careers, Coaching, Cognitive Behaviour Coaching, Education, Employment, Home based working, Home Office, Jobs, Learning & Develpment, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychology, Small Business, Teleworking, Uncategorized, Working at Home, Working ParentsBy

David Dean

Mind Over Matter – Mindfulness for day-to-day life

Mindfulness is the big thing these days. Google is awash with solutions to day to day this and that. Mindfulness can transform your life, make you more handsome, slimmer, unblock a drain and grow hair on a […]

8th August 20197th August 2019Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Career Path, Careers, Coaching, CV, Education, Employment, Jobs, Learning & Develpment, Organisations, Psychology, Small Business, team leaders, Uncategorized, Work, Working at Home, Zig Zag CareerBy

David Dean

Zig-Zag Career Paths

Would you describe your career as linear, a very nice straight line in a particular job or profession? Or like mine and many others, a bit of a zig-zag and haphazard career path? Having been at work […]

11th September 201827th November 2018Appraisals, Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Careers, Coaching, Employment, Jobs, Learning & Develpment, Psychology, UncategorizedBy

David Dean

Appraisals what are they good for?

How many people have a good performance appraisal experience? How many line managers feel that they are just a “HR box ticking” episode (bah humbug)? More to the point how many people actually have appraisals at work? Having spent […]

6th September 20164th April 2019Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Career Narrative, Careers, Coaching, CV, Employment, Jobs, Learning & Develpment, Networking, Psychology, Uncategorized, Work, Working at Home, Working ParentsBy

David Dean

Nifty Networking

I sure you’ve heard on the grapevine that most vacancies and job opportunities are never advertised. There is very little evidence to back this statement up of course, but anecdotally it kind of makes a lot of […]

25th April 201627th November 2018Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Careers, Coaching, CV, Education, Employment, Home based working, Jobs, Learning & Develpment, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychology, Small Business, Uncategorized, Work, Working at HomeBy

David Dean

Mental Health – The Last Workplace Taboo

Not necessarily what will be going through your mind in terms of the last workplace taboo I am sure. You may well have your own thoughts on a workplace taboo. Or you perhaps recognise other issues that may […]