About me – Richard Scott

Amature writer who has spent last 20 years working for big corporates and 10 years studying and practicing management and leadership with some great mentors along the way. Managed business units ranging from $100m to $250m over the last 5 years.

Re-Tooling for a New Career

As happiness can often be derived from our level of satisfaction with our personal relationships (outside work) and our job satisfaction – it is important that we consider re-tooling to get us back on track and well, be happier ! . . . → Read More: Re-Tooling for a New Career

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Mid Year Kick Start

As I have said before, in all likelihood this will put you way beyond your peers whom are still drinking moche lattes and talking about ‘how they can’t believe it’s July ‘. . . . → Read More: Mid Year Kick Start

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Gaining Distinction

Sometimes when we are asked to volunteer for projects or take on new challenges we only think of the burden of work, rarely do we think of the opportunity to excel and stand out or dare I say – gain distinction ! . . . → Read More: Gaining Distinction

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Taking Back Control – An approach to Time Management

Many people I speak to don’t believe time management can make a difference. Most of the time you can quickly tell why – they don’t practice what they have learnt, they aren’t disciplined with their time. . . . → Read More: Taking Back Control – An approach to Time Management

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Finding Inspiration

It’s the end of the year and you are tired. You have been drudging through one of the toughest times in modern history. You sit back and look out the window and spend some time reflecting. You realise you want to feel inspired, it’s missing and you want to Find Inspiration. . . . → Read More: Finding Inspiration

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Your 20’s – Gaining Knowledge, Experience and a Bank Roll

People are not necessarily wealthy because they earn a lot of money; they are wealthy by what they do with their money. Let’s say you are earning the National Average Wage of $55,000.00 as Sociologist at age 20. If you can save $500.00 a week for 10 years with average interest of 5% then you will have $300,000.00 by age 30. Putting it in blue chip shares or property would probably give you closer to $500,000.00 by 30. . . . → Read More: Your 20’s – Gaining Knowledge, Experience and a Bank Roll

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Writing a Career Plan or 4-Steps to a Better Career

“ I was surprised when the Executive role was Director of HR and people thought I was mad leaving sales but I figured all executive roles are pretty interesting and important so went in head first “ . John often tells me how much he loves being the Director of HR. . . . → Read More: Writing a Career Plan or 4-Steps to a Better Career

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Writing a High Impact CV or Resume

I was on a flight from New York to LA heading for interview when it dawned upon me that the way I structured my current CV or resume may not be appropriate for the audience to whom I was meeting. I was lucky enough to be sitting in business class and had struck up a conversation with this guy in his late 50′s sitting next to me, he was a self-made man who had stashed away tonnes of cash so I figured he’d have an opinion. So I asked him what did think was important in a CV. . . . → Read More: Writing a High Impact CV or Resume

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Networking 101 or How to get on in the world

Want to be more successful at what you do? Speak to most successful people in the Corporate world about what made them successful and you should universally hear that networking was one of their keys to success.

Creating a new network or improving your current one can be a daunting and off putting task; this causes many . . . → Read More: Networking 101 or How to get on in the world

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