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When Amy Williams became the first British solo gold medallist at the Winter Olympics since 1980, her sister Ruth said: “It’s fantastic. Amy has lived her dream”. How exciting for Amy. But how sad for the rest of us that living the dream is such a rare and wonderful thing to happen that it needs to be remarked upon. (more…)
The bad weather has crystallised some interesting attitudes amongst companies and their staff. Travelling home yesterday I overhead two people praising their company for encouraging its people to go home early whilst they could, or to work from home if travel was really impossible for them. When I got home my wife told me of a radio report decrying companies who are telling their staff that if they don’t get to work in the bad weather they will lose pay. Two very different attitudes. (more…)
What do you do when you joined a company because you admired its values, only to find that its priorities changed as it grew bigger? This thought must be going through the minds of Google employees. (more…)
I was invited into the BBC TV studios yesterday to talk about Prince Williams’s career options. He had just announced that he wanted to be more than just a royal ornament and the BBC were interested to know what else he could realistically do. (more…)
The engineering consultancy WSP have been running an innovative scheme to encourage staff to reduce their carbon footprint. The scheme will be welcomed by environmentalists and career professionals but less so by libertarians. Libertarian environmentalists will have something to think about.
Imagine this. You have worked for a company for, say, fifteen years. You have been a loyal employee and the company has been a good employer. Your salary and bonuses have always been paid on time, the company has invested in your personal development and you have made a positive contribution to their success. Then one day the boss walks in with a long face, puts his hands up and says “Sorry but the whole thing has been a scam, there is no money left, the fraud squad are investigating me and you are out of a job”. There is not much you can do about it now, but could you have done anything better?