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Alternate Resume
I have this idea I like to play with which I call the “Alternative Resume”. Everyone we meet in business has a resume. Its normally a very dry, 3-6 page document that lists your contact details and all your achievements, in chronological order. Every item on it has been phrased to make you look your…
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6 tips for “un-networking”
Imagine this scenario…. You go to a networking event, hovering at the edges of the crowd , desperately searching for someone you know, so you can chat and relax. Succumbing to the pressure to “network” you give up and introduce yourself to a nearby stranger, who is also standing by themselves. To your disappointment your…
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5 Olympic Sized Opportunities
Having recently done a bit of work with people from the City of London, I have suddenly, but probably not strangely, become aware of the next Olympics due in July 2012 in London. Its also come to my attention that a number of Australian firms, that aren’t what you’d exactly call “sport” or “building” companies,…
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Solutions to problems
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about experience versus wisdom and mentioned different types of solutions. What I was really talking about was solutions from the entrepreneurs point of view. I have found myself discussing this a bit lately, in fact last night I had a meeting with a couple of senior members of…