Education Archives - Bright Sparks Coaching

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 […]

28th January 201626th April 2021Business, Cambridge, Careers, Coaching, Cognitive Behaviour Coaching, Decision Making, Positivity, Problem Solving, PsychologyBy

David Dean

Positivity – is it all what it’s cracked up to be?

We live in a world awash with the need to be positive and the necessity to play nicely with one another. Organisations, social media platforms (Facebook & Twitter notably), institutions & the ubiquitous positivity guru’s have, according to […]

2nd September 201527th November 2018Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Careers, Coaching, Employment, Formal Leadership, Group Leaders, Influence, Informal Leadership, Leadership, LinkedIn, Organisations, Power, Psychology, Small Business, team leaders, Technology, WorkBy

David Dean

The Formal or Informal Leadership Question?

I am sure you have seen LinkedIn and other social media platforms awash with articles on leadership and becoming a better leader. How many articles and promotions do we see “10 ways to become a great leader” […]

23rd September 201427th November 2018Business, Cambridge, Career Coaching, Careers, Coaching, Employment, Home based working, Home Office, Jobs, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychology, Small Business, Technology, Teleworking, Work, Working at HomeBy

David Dean

Freelancers Guide to Staying Motivated

Now I have to declare my hand here. This post is a bit of a catharsis for me. Being self-employed there are times when its a bit like being a resting actor. The Peter Sellers character of […]

7th April 201431st October 2019Business, Cambridge, Careers, Coaching, Education, Learning & Develpment, PsychologyBy

David Dean

A Life Learning at Work

Now, this is not a hard luck story, but the business of helping people learn. Learning whilst at work is one of those things that really animates me – almost to distraction. Some are lucky to have […]