Hunting down great career ideas...

Working on a cross-functional project is a great opportunity and should be grabbed with both hands! Make sure you get the most from it and that you repay the trust your manager(s) placed in you when offering you the opportunity.

We recently talked about how to move from local to HO – so now’s here’s the reverse situation. Working in a local office or depot can bring great rewards and insights to how the business works at customer level. Here are some tips on how to make this move a success!

Suspecting a colleague is being less than supportive behind your back is a very unpleasant feeling, especially if you can’t be sure of their actions or motives. Here are a few ideas about how you might deal with such a situation.

At T&P we are often asked by people in specialist roles if they should remain specialists or move into broader more general management roles in order to drive their careers. As ever, the answer is ‘it depends’ – on what really motivates you, energises you and ultimately what you believe success looks like. So why have you raised the question? What lies behind it?

What do senior people look for when promoting people? This question was posed at a recent career conference we ran. An interesting question to ask and, whilst all organisations will differ, there will be key similarities wherever you are working.