• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletins
• Helping you liberate your talent
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Employee stagnation
• Fresh thinking and talent is important for organisations to stay one step ahead in an uncertain world, and with many employees not moving jobs for fear of making a bad decision, your talent pool could be stagnant and in need of a clean up.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin Employment law - DRA
• The Default Retirement Age (DRA) ends in October 2011 and employers need to take steps now to ensure their policies are up to date and legally compliant.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Retirement (guest)
• The law about Retirement age is changing and with an aging population, this is a hot topic to keep up to speed about.
  
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Career ambition
• Employees need to see that their career ambitions will be realised with their employer or they will leave, at huge cost.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Managed exits
• Employers cannot afford to carry underperforming employees and line managers need support from HR to equip them to carry out these uncomfortable conversations.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Time for change
• Work is not working anymore and things need to change to give employees
  more flexibility as well as employers not having to pay for resource they do not
  need. With many working practices created years ago, things have moved on
  and fresh approaches are needed to create a 'win win' for employer and employee.
• Energise ''Human Capital' bulletin - Employee bonding
• Talent drain is predicted to be the no 1 problem businesses face in 2011 so companies need to act now to bond with their employees to prevent one of their greatest assets walking out of the door as the economy and jobs market picks up.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Career conversations
• Career conversations give employees feedback, attention and acknowledgement. With other pressures, they can be easy to put off, but this could cause talent drain with expensive consequences.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Reengaging the disengaged
• Disengagement amongst employees is growing and has been caused by many factors including; less people doing more work, pay freezes and anxiety about work security and economic uncertainty generally. Reengaging them is vital.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Meaning at work for Talent
• There is a real danger that talent will jump ship post downturn because organisations are not meeting their needs for meaning, purpose and autonomy and unless this is addressed, intellectual capital will be lost.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Motivation
• Now more than ever, employers need employees who are motivated to give discretionary effort but redundancies, salary cuts and uncertainty are impacting on a tired and overworked workforce.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Line managers
• The role of line managers is crucial in engaging talent, but lack of time and jealousy can get in the way, and pressured line managers need support and attention too.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Creative engagement ideas
• Engagement is important but doesn't have to cost a lot of money; imagination and developing creative initiatives that meet employees' needs goes a long way.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Engaging internal communication
• Internal communication is a simple but often forgotten aspect of employee engagement.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Coaching style of management
• Instead of being directive, using a coaching style of communication increases the resourcefulness of employees.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Handling redundancy well
• Handling redundancy well is an opportunity to build the employer brand and create engagement, despite challenging circumstances.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Difficult conversations
• Line managers avoid difficult conversations which inhibits optimum performance and productivity.
• Energise 'Human Capital' bulletin - Countdown to talent drain
• Talent are hard to replace and lack of pay increases and L&D during the downturn will cause an expensive talent drain as recovery comes.

Energise 'Self promotion' bulletin

• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletins
• Helping you liberate your talent
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Managing your stakeholders
• Success is rarely achieved by you alone; we all have stakeholders who can hinder or hasten our progress so defining and having a plan to manage them can have a big impact, rather than leaving it to chance.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Blogging
• Blogging is all the rage and a fast modern way to get your message out to your target audience, the key is to be purposeful.
  
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Thought leadership
• In a competitive market place, thought leadership in conjunction with a distinctive personal brand can help you to differentiate yourself and attract opportunities to you.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Blocks to self promotion
• Many people have blocks about self-promotion so limit their own success. This bulletin shares common blocks and tips to overcome them so you do not sabotage your career or business.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - W.I.F.T.
• W.I.F.T. stands for What’s In it For Them and many people focus on their own perspective & motivations instead of thinking about what’s in it for their target audience, whether employer or customer, thereby jeopardising their own success.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Pay rise
• Pay rises can be thin on the ground in a downturn, but if you do not ask, you do not get, so preparing a business case to justify a pay rise is well worth it, as well as reminding yourself of your achievements and initiatives.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - What value do you bring?
• Times are tough and this makes businesses look closer at the value an individual brings and what contribution they make, so quantifying what difference you make is a must.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Creating a Biog
• A biog is a useful summary to promote yourself, similar but different to a CV. It needs to be succinct, yet reflect all the key points that express your unique brand, skills and experience and give a flavour of you the person.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Twitter
• Twitter has opened up the door of opportunity to connect with and engage people around the world fast and has enabled small businesses to create awareness, without huge budgets.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Authenticity
• Authenticity is about being who you are and is an effective and natural form of self promotion.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Writing articles
• Articles are a great way to build your brand and establish thought leadership and the Internet has increased the opportunities to create awareness with no shelf life.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Keeping in touch
• Keeping in touch is essential to maintain awareness, but it needs to be done in the right way as time poverty means people are busy; a tailor made approach is the answer.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - The imposter syndrome
• Many people think they will be 'found out' and that others will realise that they are an 'impostor' and not as good as they think they are.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Verbal business card
• A 'verbal business card' is what you reply when asked 'what do you do' and is a simple but often ignored part of your personal brand.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Networking
• Networking - many people have blocks about networking and either avoid it or don't have a clear focused strategy
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Overcoming self doubt
• Overcoming Self Doubt - lack of confidence is common and stops people from feeling happy and liberating their talent and realising their potential.
• Energise 'Self Promotion' bulletin - Personal branding
• Every person is unique - their personal brand is what territory they want to occupy in their target audience's minds and hearts.

• Energise 'Career strategies' bulletins
• Helping you liberate your talent
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Fears about career change
• Any change brings up natural fears and career change feel like a huge leap with big consequences. Identifying your fears and working out how to overcome them is essential to create a successful change.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Transferable skills
• People are often blind to their own skills, but knowing them is crucial to define your personal brand, to market yourself and when needing or wanting to consider new career options.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Free Resources
• Energise create 3 bulletins each month to help you: Career strategies, Self promotion and Smart living and working.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' - bulletin - Career vision
• Many people drift along in their career rather than having a clear vision and plan to make it happen. In uncertain and competitive times, having a vision is even more important.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Flexible working
• Flexibility can make a huge difference to your quality of life and work life balance so it is worth exploring how a different career or changed terms at work would enable this.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Career constipation
• Many employees are staying put in their jobs for security and out of fear, and with little recruitment happening, many people are feeling their careers are stuck. Action can be taken, even with little movement, to get your career moving forwards again.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Vocation choice
• Most people fall into their career by accident and receive basic, if any, careers advice at school or college and the world of work is changing fast. Career change can feel daunting, especially the older you get and the more financial commitments you have, but the downturn is the ideal time to review your career and prepare yourself for change.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Making a difference
• More and more people want to do work that makes a difference to the world and every person has unique talents to give back in some small or big way.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Redundancy
• Redundancy is common and widespread at the moment. While challenging to deal with and a real knock to confidence and status, rather than being a problem, it can be an opportunity for work that is more 'you'.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Self employment
• Self-employment is not everyone’s cup of tea, but it is a popular and growing choice for many, including the younger generation and there are lots of different types to suit you.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Work of passion
• Work of passion - most people are in a job or career they fell into by accident, don’t feel passionate about and so changing this one thing would have a huge impact on life fulfillment.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Linked In
• Linked In is to your career what Facebook is to your social life - it makes networking from your armchair easy and convenient and offers many other benefits too.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Bored at work
• Many people are bored in their jobs and changing your attitude improves things in the short term, but career change may be the only solution longer term.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Ready for change?
• Career change isn't the answer for everyone, but being clear that you are in the right career makes sense following a review.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - CV tips
• Your CV is a summation of your personal brand. Mistakes are common and it is worth investing time to get it impactful.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Blowing your own trumpet
• It is common for people to avoid blowing your own trumpet. Overcoming this block creates success and recognition.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Portfolio working
• Portfolio working - more people are designing careers to suit them with a number of different strands, through choice or necessity.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - Career reinvention
• Career reinvention - reinventing yourself can feel daunting and difficult, but the fears and obstacles can be overcome.
• Energise 'Career Strategies' bulletin - The changing world of work
• The future world of work is very different from the past - less full time jobs, more part time, temporary and self employment. Taking responsibility for your own career and pension is a must.
• Energise 'Career strategies' bulletin - Career change
• Career change - most people fall into their careers by accident, but it is never too late to change.

• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletins
• Helping you liberate your talent
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Conscience
• The spotlight is shining on trust and businesses having good ethics and a conscience to do the right thing by its customers and shareholders.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Managing worry
• There’s lots to worry about in an uncertain world and worrying about things we cannot influence is a waste of time and energy. The key is to focus on what you CAN influence.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Tax
• Tax is not an enjoyable subject, but by planning ahead, you can make it less painful and even save yourself money. With many changes happening and fines going up, sticking your head in the sand is not a good plan.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - How to stop thinking
• Many people drift along in their career rather than having a clear vision and plan to make it happen. In uncertain and competitive times, having a vision is even more important.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Managing difficult emotion
• We do not get taught how to manage our emotions and under pressured situations we can inadvertently project our 'stuff' onto other people. Noticing when we do is the first step to changing this.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Avoiding conflict
• People often don't say how they really feel and this causes problems that could be prevented in many contexts; work, friendships, romance. Learning how to express how you feel in the right way and at the right time is a great thing to master.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Annual review
• Life and work for many people can be busy, so making time to reflect and review is time well spent, and will help you learn and grow, creating new year resolutions informed by insight.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Trust
• Trust is an enabler creating good relationships, greater productivity as well as happiness and well-being and yet in the last few years, many changes have affected its existence.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Courage
• We live in challenging and uncertain times and finding courage to tackle what life throws at us is essential to make the most of our experiences.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Mind reading
• ‘Mind reading’ explores how we make things up from what others do or don’t do without clarifying the facts and the effect this has.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Asking for help
• Asking for help makes sense as we can’t be good at everything, but it is something that many people have blocks about that need to be overcome.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Awkward conversations
• Awkward conversations can be just that, awkward, so often people avoid them making things worse, but mastering them brings rewards - for them and for you.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Uncertainty
• Uncertainty can scare people and cause stress, but as there is more and more of it about, changing how you feel about it can make a huge difference to well-being.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Perfectionism
• Getting everything 100% right takes time and the rewards don't always match the time and effort to create it.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Personal springclean
• Doing the same habits and not stopping to take stock is easy, but a personal springclean helps you to re-evaluate key areas of your life and make positive changes.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Emotional resilience
• Emotional resilience not only helps you deal with life's ups and downs, employers are seeking it from their employees too. Are people born with it or can it be developed?
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Saying 'No'
• Saying no - many people say 'yes' when they want to say 'no' resulting in frustration, anger and time poverty. The key is learning to say 'no' comfortably.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Managing Overwhelm
• Managing overwhelm - too many things to do creates overwhelm, the opposite of what you need when you are busy. Knowing how to manage it is vital.
• Energise 'Smart living and working' bulletin - Smart working
• Working harder and keeping busy is easy, taking a step back to identify how to work smarter will save you hours in the long run.

• Energise Inspiring Career Change Examples
• Inspiring Career Change: Lorna T
• Lorna is a successful business woman with many skills, who was wise to think ahead and ensure her career focus was fit for purpose through changing times. Here's how we helped her.
• Inspiring Career Change: Jon Green
• A career change for work life balance: Jon was a successful leader for young people, but lack of organisation was stopping him from having time for creativity and his growing family. I helped him develop a strategy to manage key relationships as well as more effectively delegate and share work enabling him to focus on projects that were important to him.
• Inspiring Career Change: Alison
• Creating a distinctive brand and career vision: Alison was a designer, specialising in exhibition stands, I helped her to see more clearly her talents, what she was passionate about and reignite her creativity. We defined her brand and created a clear vision for her future and planning a career. She gained confidence and pushed out her comfort zone, expanding her horizons and creating a solid foundation for future career change.
• Inspiring Career Change: Cory Cook
• Turning a strength into a business: Cory came to me wanting career change and I helped her identify her true calling. Her attention to detail and going the extra mile stood out and she set up a business as a professional organiser and time management coach. www.corycook.com
• Inspiring Career Change: Debbi Baron
• Setting up a business from a passion: Debbi worked in architecture and design and wanted something different to big company politics. We explored her transferable skills and what she was passionate about and using her entrepreneurial spirit and passion for cheese she started her new career: www.domaines-terroires.com
• Inspiring Career Change: Duncan Goose
• Make a difference to the world: Duncan came to Energise frustrated with advertising and wanting to do more meaningful work and make a difference. I helped him crystallise his focus and he went on to set up www.onedifference.org. Duncan won a 2007 ITV People of Briton Award and has helped millions of people in third world countries have fresh drinking water.
• Inspiring Career Change: Martin Gammon
• Changing career and making a hobby a business: Martin had been made redundant and wanted a new career that would fit around his young family. I helped him turn his hobby and passion for photography into a successful business. www.hereandnowphotography.com
• Inspiring Career Change: Mary Wood
• Mary is a psychotherapist specialising in eating disorders and desperately wanted to make a difference by preventing the disorders from taking hold before they started to destroy lives. Her solution was to set up a charity but this was a huge leap for her so we helped keep her on track and push through the numerous challenges that cropped up along the way.
• Inspiring Career Change: Paul Bradly
• A career change from employment to self-employment: Paul was an experienced accountant who had been employed all his life and wanted to become self employed, I helped him market himself and think about what clients he wanted to work with to play to his strengths and give him the shape of business he wanted.
• Inspiring Career Change: Pippa Fernee
• From corporate work to personal services: Pippa had worked in insurance all her working life; a safe choice to support her parents. I helped her have the confidence to make a difference by offering piano tuition to children and to focus her marketing to create a business from this.
• Inspiring Career Change: Rebecca
• A change step before a career leap: Rebecca was a lawyer specialising in tax law who wanted more meaning from her work and to make a difference - a tax lawyer career wasn’t for her. I helped her identify different career options and she made an internal move combining tax law with charity law, ideal while she was studying and as a stepping-stone during the downturn.
• Inspiring Career Change: Sarah Grigor
• Getting the creative juices flowing: Sarah had already decided on her new career but couldn’t seem to get round to starting it. I helped her identify what was stopping her and what action she needed to take to get started. She now runs a successful greeting cards business from home, selling her product on the web, as well as in national high street chains. www.nostalchick.com

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