This Post This post is based on my article article that was first published in the Engineering UK 2010 Annual Report. At that time I was Head of Research and Performance at Energy and Utility Skills, the Sector Skills Council for the utility sector. The original article can be downloaded here Introduction In our work and home […]
The Cherie Blair Foundation – A webinar experience
Getting started: A happy chance I first found out about the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women following a chance conversation with a foundation mentor on a train. As a great believer in the power of mentoring, and using it to to develop high performing people and teams over a 40 year career, it seemed natural to explore what the […]
Elevators Stories: prioritising the punchline
Taking your chance How often have you bumped into a person that you really needs to impress only to have them called away halfway through your pitch? Talk about frustration. While you can’t always avoid this, this is a way of making the most of any time you do have in this situation. The technique […]
How to say “No” to your boss
And not get fired….. Even better, not only not get fired, but make you boss appreciate you even more. For many people this seems wrong. Surely bosses want people who are willing to take stuff on? How can saying “No” make them happy with you?
Hobbies helping work
Can what you learn in your hobby help you at work? My experience says that it can, even if I did find out the hard way. In the beginning I started my career as a trainee laboratory technician with Anglian Water. At the time it seemed like a pretty dead end role, washing test tubes and […]
Doing well at work: Understanding money and business
Introduction My name is Bob Windmill and I am the Managing Director of Windmill Insight Solutions Ltd.My passion is helping people and organisations become better at what they want to do. My blog is a way of sharing with you the sorts of projects I am involved in. I also write about how you can […]
Doing well at work: Being a Go-To Person
Introduction My name is Bob Windmill and I am the Managing Director of Windmill Insight Solutions Ltd. My passion is helping people and organisations become better at what they want to do. My blog is a way of sharing with you the sorts of projects I am involved in. I also write how you can […]
Doing well at work: Intro
Introduction My name is Bob Windmill and I am the Managing Director of Windmill Insight Solutions Ltd.My passion is helping people and organisations become better at what they want to do. My blog is a way of sharing with you the sorts of projects I am involved in. I also write how you can help […]
How I escaped a life of grind
Looking back Sitting here today with two successful careers behind me and another in progress it’s easy to forget that life wasn’t always so rosy. In this post I will be writing about the shock of moving from the nice comfortable world of education to the rather less forgiving world at work. School – the […]