by Jo Banks | Jun 15, 2018 | Business, Inspiration, Self Development, Uncategorized, Your Dream Job
…and how to answer them When preparing for interviews, many people think that they don’t know what questions they can expect, which can result in anxiety levels reaching fever pitch because they feel so out of control. However, interviews are not...
by Jo Banks | Jun 15, 2018 | Business, Inspiration, Self Development, Uncategorized, Your Dream Job
… and how to avoid them. ‘Fail to prepare, prepare to fail’ – Benjamin Franklin The overarching reason why most people fail at interview is due to their lack of preparation. You can prepare for around 85% of an interview and yet so many people still...
by Jo Banks | Jun 15, 2018 | Business, Self Development, Uncategorized, Your Dream Job
Top tips to help your CV stand out from the crowd… Your CV is your marketing document, the first glimpse a prospective employer has of you. It’s therefore, critical to get it right if you want to land your dream job. Throughout my 20-year HR career, I...
by Jo Banks | Jun 15, 2018 | Inspiration, Self Development, Uncategorized
If it doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t! Intuition is something that we all have and is rarely, if ever, wrong. It’s a throwback to our cave man days; a built-in safety mechanism designed to keep us from harm, and yet, we often disregard...
by Jo Banks | Jun 15, 2018 | Inspiration, Self Development, Uncategorized
You CAN change others, but only if you change yourself first… I often hear people say, “You can’t change others, but you can change yourself”, but I don’t think that’s true. Technically you can’t change others, however, once you change...
by Jo Banks | Jun 15, 2018 | Business, Inspiration, Self Development, Uncategorized, Your Dream Job
Three common mistakes made by new starters… Since setting up my coaching and consultancy business 8 years ago, a significant portion of the corporate work I have undertaken has centred on outplacement, redeployment and general career coaching. As a...
by Jo Banks | Jun 15, 2018 | Business, Inspiration, Self Development, Uncategorized
Get more out of your time by setting clear intentions… How many meetings have you attended where at the end you thought, “What was all that about? What a waste of time!”. Alternatively, how many times have you asked someone to do something, only for...
by Jo Banks | Jun 15, 2018 | Business, Inspiration, Self Development, Uncategorized
Delegation is a skill that can be learnt, practised and improved… One of the most recurring themes I experience during individual coaching sessions is how to delegate effectively. Delegation, like most things, is a skill that can be learnt and the more...
by Jo Banks | Apr 30, 2018 | Business, Inspiration, News, Self Development
And the big ones will take care of themselves. In my experience, most of us (including me!) discount how much the ‘small’ decisions we make every day have in shaping our lives. We make hundreds if not thousands of small decisions daily that we often discount, unaware...
by Jo Banks | Apr 22, 2018 | Inspiration, Self Development
How to avoid getting into the ‘wrong’ type of competition… Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had a few clients mention an issue that I thought was worthwhile highlighting. I like to sum it up as the ‘My Life Is Worse Than Yours’ competition....
