Coaching
Co-Founder Conflict: NFI?
I met up with my friend Gillian [https://www.linkedin.com/in/davisgillian]
yesterday.
Like me, she’s perhaps a
Portfolio Career
Creating, building and maintaining a modern career mix
Portfolio Career
Work labels: word salad and connotations
A couple of weeks ago I had a drink with someone who’s done some great work in
their field.
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Switching to Annual View
Whether we’re coming fresh out of a salaried role or have spent years out on the
road as an
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Positioning: Get Uncomfortably Narrow
A lot of entrepreneurs and freelancers struggle with positioning.
Often it’s ironic as the work many of us do
Mindsets & Growth
The perils of a chain reaction
Our well-intentioned but misguided desires to root for the independents.
A couple of times a week I’ll walk with
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Freelancer to Entrepreneur: The Forest, The Mountains, and the Water
Imagine a landscape. It has a forest on one side and a mountain range on the
other. The two are
The Tension
Labels In, Labels Out
We’ve always had labels in one way or another.
First, the label tended to be the same as the
Coaching
Book Request: The Coaches
Note: this is an idea I am getting rid of
[https://www.howardgray.net/2019/05/10/why-we-need-to-get-rid-of-ideas/] (for
the
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Going Solo? You’re still in the Rat Race
Many of us strike out as consultants, freelancers, entrepreneurs, or artists to
escape the rat race – to get away from
Battle Scars
Empty Tank
On June 1st 2015 I broke out alone again.
This month marks the end of the fourth year as an
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Bonus Content
TV shows, self-help gurus, car salespeople, and yoga certification courses all
offer bonus content of one kind or other.
Behind
How-To Guides
Question time: Getting booked to speak at conferences
A question (and often frustration) I hear pretty regularly is how to get booked
at conferences as a speaker.
There
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Gateway Drugs
Let’s start at happy hour, the mixer, the meetup.
You show up and contribute. Through a conversation, an idea,
Coaching
Coaching: Spinning our Wheels
Here’s a question I hear from time to time.
What is coaching for?
It’s a simple question, but
The Tension
Insider, Outsider
Usually we want to be insiders. The inside scoop, the inside knowledge, being in
the loop.
Being outside doesn’t
Stage Left
LA Story: Get to The Hour
Touch down in Los Angeles for the first time in a while and you’ll be struck by
the casual
Coaching
Coaching: Preparing for job interviews
Job interviews can be nerve-wracking at the best of times.
There’s pressure, uncertainty, intensity; it’s a set-piece with
How-To Guides
How to build your network in a new city, country or culture
12 ways to get going when you find yourself in some place new
Moving around the world to live and