The World Economic Forum (WEF) released its Corporate Gender Gap Report yesterday on Intnernational Women's Day.  The WEF surveyed 600 heads of HR at large global employers.  Some of the stats are staggering. 

As well as providing practical techniques to help everyone deliver great presentations, this is also a cracking read (even though we know the ending).  Engaging, inspiring, brilliant and laugh-out-loud funny are just some of the praises to heap on Jon’s book.  If more people adopt the approach he provides

This is a question that I get asked a lot.  With all the hours we spend at work, the relationship we have with our boss can be one of the most significant in our everyday lives.  It certainly has a big bearing on our happiness at the end of the working day.  And on our careers.  It would be foolish to generalise about bosses.  However, I can offer a general tip

Highly recommended for anyone involved in creating, evaluating, selling or buying creative work. 

How do you know if someone’s performance is up to the mark?  Here’s a clue: it delivers against objectives.  No more, no less.  Simple, innit?  Well it would be, if only people could write clear objectives.  SMART goals.  Something for someone to aim at that is actionable, measurable and describes a result rather than a process.  Too many goals are meaningless. Rubbish objectives are a pet peeve for many of you.  Here are some usual suspects: