10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio Career
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wall street journal has a great article today on solo success. It starts – “welcome to the age of going solo”.
4 (not new) thoughts but some good advice and experience.
think long term
join a network
have your own space
think like an entrepreneur
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I was recently contacted by Bill Vicks who is a portfolio worker and amongst other things has a site called BoomersNext Step.com. Bill interviewed me about the work that Mike and I have been doing relating to the over 50’s and it kind of moved over into the work that I have and currently [...]
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Gary Smailes aka Bubblecow has written a review of AWDYD and is offering a free copy to the most deserving cause.
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Our friend Bruce Lynn from Dynamic Work sent this to me recently. Some very interesting thoughts on happiness via portfolio careers…
I thought of an extension to the zoo analogy today after a customer meeting. In the wild, you are prized for your speed and strength. In the zoo, you are prized for being well groomed, [...]
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The CBI says the recession has become the catalyst for a “new era in business”. The study by the employers’ group identifies four key areas of UK business including more flexible workforces. ” A more flexible workforce should evolve with some firms that might mean a smaller core workforce and a larger, so-called flexiforce.” The Shape of [...]
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We had a great book launch Thursday at Katie’s wonderful entrepreneurs club in London. 80+ people there including many friends and colleagues and our publisher selling book copies. We did a stand up routine together for the first time which, from the tweets and emails we have received since, seems to have gone down well. [...]
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Girls should be ‘realistic’ about careers and motherhood – schools group head
This article in the Guardian has caused a bit of a storm. 230 comments and counting….
Teenage girls need to be taught a heavy dose of realism – that it may not be possible to be a perfect mother and a career woman, the president [...]
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As we always say it is always good to expose yourself to a new experience – even if it involves getting up at 6am – I am an owl not a lark. Interesting challenge in that you are given every daily newspaper 30 minutes before going live and you have to work out just what [...]
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A fascinating discussion appears to have begun in our LinkedIn portfolio careers discussion group. That excellent writer on careers and job finding, John Lees, started it off with this observation: ” A client suggested to me that a portfolio career is like a STONE ARCHWAY, with the keystone being the main element providing an income [...]
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Barrie recently posted about the F word(s) flexibility, fulfillment and freedom – some of the benefits of a portfolio career. Scott Adams of Dilbert fame talks about a similar thought around CHOICE. He suggests that if a genie could grant us our perfect work/life blend BUT the genie would do the scheduling – would we say yes? This [...]
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