Looking for a new job? You’ll probably be really pleased when you get offered one. But HOLD ON! Don’t accept it straightaway! Is the job really as good as you hope it is?

Once you have been offered a job, it is your responsibility as a candidate to conduct thorough due diligence – research – on an organisation. I coach a lot of job hunters looking for new, better jobs, … Read more

I gave a seminar at The Business Startup Show a few days ago on how to win at pitches and presentations – whether that’s to investors, customers or clients.

One powerful technique involves putting ourselves into the shoes of the people we’re dealing with.

A couple of years ago, my publisher shot a handful of video clips to promote The Extra One Per Cent (which is now available under its … Read more

What gets you feeling nervous? Perhaps it’s having to give an important presentation at work or going for a job interview. Maybe it’s the thought of going on a date or arriving at a party where you don’t know anyone.

A study by Katharina Kircanski and her colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles suggests a really quick method of keeping our feelings in check.

The researchers invited people … Read more

We all know that smart, technically-skilled people don’t always make it to the top.  So what does help people to succeed and get promoted?

Research tells us that it’s about people skills – being able to build, maintain and use relationships to achieve outcomes at work.  I call this skill organisational savvy.

So what is organisational savvy?  And how can you get better at it?

Social astuteness

Published research … Read more

My Confidence book is one of my all-time bestsellers. And the publisher asked me this year to add some content to it so that we could give readers the very best advice in the revised and updated 3rd edition.

Readers have told me that one of their favourite techniques from the book is what I call the ‘DO IT’ problem solving method.

DO IT is a simple method for … Read more

I shot this video a while ago, but I still stand by the five top tips I shared.

The book these tips came from was originally called The Extra One Per Cent but was republished with a new title as E is for Exceptional.

I hope you found the video interesting.  Please feel free to share your thoughts and comments below!… Read more

A confession: I really like cakes, chocolate, ice cream and toffee popcorn and all manner of treats that are full of sugar and saturated fat!

Like most people, I sometimes struggle to resist temptation. But recent research has found a simple way to boost willpower when we’re trying to do the right thing.

Vanessa Patrick at the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston taught experimental … Read more

Sometimes it’s tough to know what to do in life.

I was intrigued to read an article from a few months ago on the New York Times website about why we get side-tracked when it comes to making decisions and what we might be able to do about it.

Here are a handful of the quotes that I liked from the article:

• Most of us tend to be overly optimistic