Career Development
Quitting My Job Earned Me Names (e.g "mad"), But Today...









"Many people still think you must have been mad to do what you did". Those were the words uttered to me by a former senior colleague that I held in considerably high esteem. My response to that "verdict" about my mental state of health, ostensibly passed by some of my former colleagues was along the […]







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Entrepreneurship
Why Company Retirement Courses Rarely Work









This is a sequel to yesterday's issue of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter, titled "Speaking to Retirees & Aspiring Entrepreneurs". If you have to organise training courses for (prospective) retirees, start-ups and/or aspiring entrepreneurs, THIS is one article you want to read. Otherwise you may get it ALL wrong. Believe me! Before leaving in December 2001, to […]







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