Author Archives: derek

The door is open wide to the Focus for Change Executive Room, welcoming senior managers in tansition.   Alongside is membership of the Executive Forum where subscribers air and exchange common issues. Executive Room was ceated specifically for senior managers seeking … Continue reading →

Wait patiently at the department store checkout and the assistants busy discussing their own affairs are determined not to catch your eye. Try enjoying in a pizza parlour a lunchtime conference with a business associate while on the next table … Continue reading →

Transition can be a lonely process.  Sharing concerns makes the exercise so much easier. Throughout all the years Focus for Change has been advising people facing change in the workplace – through redundancy, corporate restructuring or, at career’s end, retirement … Continue reading →

Unlike the three hopeful jobseekers featured in a recent ITV programme, you don’t need to penetrate the Mayfair den of a friendly Dragon to get the best advice on how to persuade an employer you have what they need to … Continue reading →

Noel Coward, with his famous talent to amuse, did so with devastating irony when he sang about bad times coming around the corner while air raid sirens wailed their war-time warning.  These days it’s jobs that are bombing – hard … Continue reading →

Be honest! Held up to the light, would you see holes in your cv? Watching Stuart “The Brand” Baggs sink deeper into the lavish coat of varnish applied to what was a demonstrably modest achievement brought joy to millions in … Continue reading →

Don’t put it around but – strictly between you and me – have you noticed that this WikiLeaks thing is coming out with stuff we’ve been saying for years?  Apart, of course, from the later sensitive disclosures that must surely … Continue reading →

It’s always tempting to wade into the swamps of lively argument – especially when fired with opposing opinions on the economic and financial difficulties we all share.  After all, whatever our circumstances, our view of common sense is not necessarily … Continue reading →