David Summerton Business Consulting
How To Get Things Done And Get On Managers at all levels in any organisation are constantly trying to be as effective as they possibly can be – and YOU should be no different. As individuals climb the organisational ladder to bigger and better positions, salaries and benefits, does it ever cross your mind why …
How To Be A Success When Winning An Internal Promotion Well done! You got the job and beat off your rivals to land that much-wanted internal promotion. Being promoted internally is theoretically a straightforward way to progress to your next career position from within the organisation because as an internal candidate this represents the result …
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Putting The Midlife Crisis Into Perspective We all go through a difficult period in our lives where things are muddled, unclear, unsettling and accompanied by a lack of clarity about what the future holds. This feeling of being becalmed and somewhat “lost” is a natural phenomenon and should be recognised for what it is – …
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Need A Career Change? If you have reached a point where things at work are just not what you wanted or if things have gone just a little bit flat, it is time to make a serious change of direction. The question is though how do I go about this carefully and successfully so that …
How To Change Your Career Successfully If you have reached a point where things at work are just not what you wanted or if things have gone just a little bit flat, it is time to make a serious change of direction. The question is though how do I go about this carefully and successfully …
9 Steps To Becoming An EXCELLENT Manager Consider the following 9 Steps to see how your managerial career can really take off FAST! Be Confident: avoid agonising over decisions and make bold, forthright steps. It is all about clarity and simplicity. Be Creative: never be afraid to take joy in experimenting with things! Defy convention …
How To Please Your Boss If you have a new job, or if you have just got your first management job, getting on and pleasing the person who appointed you and who holds your fate in their hands is important. This does not mean that you should be false and hang on their every word, …
5 Top Tips To Refresh Your Career We all want a career that moves us on, develops our skills, refreshes our passion and enthusiasm and, of course, pays us well. Sometimes, however, we get stuck and are becalmed where nothing much is happening. Career drift is not a happy time and you inevitably begin to …
Should I Take On More Responsibility? Great opportunity only comes along ever so often and the big question is do you take it with all of the pressures that it will bring OR do you weigh things up and move away from the offer? Inevitably side issues emerge: what will those around me think of …
How Can I Get On At Work? The key part of being a success, at whatever you are aiming for in whatever the circumstances, begins with simply BEING VISIBLE. This has to be the starting point for any strategy to gain promotion and attention. Being the hardest worker in your team or organisation, and the …
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