Category Archives: Risk Reversal

Following last week’s article by Scott looking at how you can deal with the bigger challenges in your career, I wanted to to take a look at “why” you should take on those bigger challenges… (read more)

Bigger roles and increased responsibilities come with both feelings of excitement and anxiety. Excitement about the opportunity to show people what you’re capable of, but anxiety in case things go wrong or you’re unable to deliver. (read more)

When you’re going for a job interview, you need to remember that you’re usually asking someone with very little – if any – knowledge of you to make the decision to hire you in just one or two meetings. Considering it’s one of the riskiest decisions in their team’s short to medium term future, you need to give yourself the best edge you can. (read more)

There comes a time when each of us feels like we’re eligible for a pay increase, but broaching this is often a difficult situation which, if handled badly, could sour future relationships. Here are four things to bear in mind which will help you secure that elusive pay rise and maintain good relations with everyone involved. (read more)

Sometimes in your career you’ll get a great opportunity to take up a role that’s bigger than you think you could be ready for. Perhaps it has a bigger budget than you’re used to, involves managing more people, or requires delivering a project at a level beyond your experience. (read more)