Hunting down great career ideas...

There’s a myth that every mentor needs to be a Yoda figure. But the truth is that successful mentors may not be good listeners, may not always offer balanced advice, and may not have a story, anecdote or sound-bite for every situation.

It happens to the best of us. Either because we had a bad day and slipped up, or because we have weaknesses as well as strengths, we have a nagging feeling that we’ve failed to establish a shining reputation with an individual or group of people.

The start of the year is an ideal time to review your current career position. One of our clients was telling me that he uses our motivation cards at the start of every year to recalibrate his career

Christmas affords many people the opportunity to wind down from work. There is a whole swathe of parties to attend, drinks to be drunk, turkey to be eaten and fun to be had.

It’s very easy to drift in your career – sometimes other things become more important, priorities change, the constant effort to impress and do new things can make you wonder if it’s worth putting in the effort, you get frustrated with colleagues, you get depressed at the thought of another winter or you realise with dread you’re heading into performance review time.