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Want to turn your job into a career?

Have you ever thought where your job is taking you? Great, then you’ve taken the first steps towards turning your job into a career. A career is more than simply what you do to earn money; it lives and breathes and will flourish or fade according to...
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Will 2010 be a new dawn for your career?

In 2009 chartered accountants did not escape the impact of the recession with salaries and career progression on hold. Will 2010 be a new dawn? Read about our latest research and tell us your experiences.

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New ICAEW one-to-one career advice service

We’ve just launched a new one-to-one career advice service with regular career community contributor and ICAEW member Bob Griffiths.

As well as being a chartered accountant, Bob is a trained coach with extensive experience in helping people over...
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Being Consistent with Your Brand

For any brand to be successful, it has to be consistent. That’s whether it’s a corporate brand, a product brand or of course a Personal Brand. Without consistency you may be sending out confusing messages to your colleagues and clients, and others t...

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It’s Christmas time – could storytelling work for me?

If you ever had any doubts about the power of storytelling, a quick look at your high street in December should change your mind. 

All the great religions have harnessed the power of storytelling to persuade and inspire.  But how doe...

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Why Focus can dramatically improve your presentation skills

Focus, the third pillar of great Communications (Story, Status, Focus) is the vital component that when harnessed properly transforms a presentation into a performance.

We have the Russian theatre director, writer and innovator Konst...

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Dressing your Brand – avoiding the image wreckers

The way you dress is the packaging of your brand – in much the same way as the packaging of any other branded product. Does your packaging therefore say “what’s in the tin” or do you present an inaccurate impression of who you are?...

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Out of work? Attend the ICAEW Career Clinic on January 27th

The ICAEW’s London Region and the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Society are holding a Career Clinic for accountancy and finance professionals who have found themselves out of work or are worried about redundancy.

The event will discuss the current job market, CVs and interviews.  There will also be a presentation on developing your personal brand and job hunting online.  The event is open to ICAEW members and students and is only &#...
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How can I make myself heard in meetings?

We've all had this experience. You say something in a meeting that gets roundly ignored. A few minutes later, someone else makes exactly the same point. Everyone then murmurs approval and looks at the speaker as if he’s just told them the Meaning of...
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The Team Leader as a Coach

Increasingly these days team leaders are expected to have coaching skills. The old command and control model of management is now considered to be outdated and outmoded.

So what is expected of a team leader as a coach and what skills do they need to perform the role properly?

The main expectation of a coach as against a manager is that the coach will consciously engage their team in developmental activities and be constantly looking for oppo...