Changing job is right up there with moving home and divorce in the top most stressful things in life. As a consequence, too many of us end up staying in a job that we despise for months if not years because the daily drudgery is more bearable than the stress of looking for a new job and the copious rounds of interviews that we would have to endure to change. I am sure that just the mere thought of putting your resume/cv together and the intense scrutiny you will have to subje

Interviews can be daunting experiences at the best of times and I am sure that we can all share horror stories of when we have had a nightmare at interview. One of the early interviews I had was for a sales role at a large technology company. I had really wanted to get a job there and when the call came that I had got an interview I was over the moon. I researched the role, the hiring managers, the company, the market. I had everything prepared. The day of the interview came

We have all seen them. In all walks of life. The top performer, naturally talented, who brings in all the business, outperforms all his colleagues but can be immensely difficult to manage. Causing untold friction in his team and the wider business as a whole. It seems that sooner or later the only course of action is to dispense with them for good before they destroy the whole business. "No person is bigger than the team" is the mantra we tell ourselves to justify suppressing