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  • That’s just a story you are telling yourself

    September 2, 2021

    That’s just a story you are telling yourself We may get back to three-minute videos one day, but for the moment, I want to explore some ideas around how we think. In support of that, you can find some of my thoughts on a substack linked here. Below is the extract of the first post, […]

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  • Reboot Your Career Episodes

    April 10, 2020

    The 3 Minute Mentor LIVE! Reboot Your Career Episodes While we are in the COVID-19 lock-down, I am creating a new longer series of videos called Reboot Your Career. Here are some links to those videos. If you have any questions, please email them to 3minutementor@gmail.com. Thank you Episode 1: Is it time to reboot […]

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  • What is the best advice you have ever received?

    May 8, 2020

    What is the best advice you have ever received? This week on The 3 Minute Mentor Live! we offer 5 pieces of advice that can help you build your career and live a happier life.

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  • How do I build better teams?

    May 1, 2020

    The 3 Minute Mentor LIVE! Episode 7: How do I build better teams? In Episode 7 of The 3 Minute Mentor Live! Reboot Your Career we discuss how to build better teams.

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  • How do I influence someone?

    April 24, 2020

    How do I influence someone? The 3 Minute Mentor LIVE! Episode 6 – some techniques for influencing people. It can be hard to get people to do something you need them to do. Here are three simple techniques that might make you more productive at doing that.

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  • What is the secret to success?

    April 22, 2020

    The 3 Minute Mentor LIVE! Episode 5: What is the secret to success? In Episode 5 of The 3 Minute Mentor LIVE! we reveal the secret to success – for your career.

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  • How do you make better career decisions and why Work-Life Balance may be a myth?

    April 10, 2020

    The 3 Minute Mentor LIVE! Reboot Your Career Episode 4 In this episode, we discuss a model for making career decisions and why Work-Life Balance maybe a myth.

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  • What Skills Do I Need to Reboot My Career?

    April 3, 2020

    Reboot Your Career Episode 3 In the third of our series, we look at the skills you need to reboot your career. You can also find a more detailed episode on each of the areas by clicking on the following. Content Approach

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  • Problems at work or building your career? Maybe it is you.

    March 27, 2020

    Reboot Your Career Episode 2 In episode 1 of this series, I talked about if you should reboot your career and where to start. Before we do a skill audit, I want to think through how we see ourselves. If we don’t accurately assess ourselves, we will never get our skills gaps clear. The books […]

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  • Is This The Right Time To Reboot My Career

    March 20, 2020

    Reboot Your Career Episode 1 I have started a new series of LiveStreams on rebooting your career. I will upload them to this page as we complete them. They can be found on Youtube too. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

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  • Episode 131: Why am I failing to motivate someone?

    December 29, 2016

    You may have told someone something for the 10th time and they still don’t get it, what is going on?

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  • Episode 130: Why do strategies fail?

    September 30, 2016

    We have all had great ideas and strategies but they don’t all succeed. Here are 5 reasons why strategies fail and how to avoid them.

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  • Episode 129: What are the worst types of people for a team?

    June 9, 2016

    Episode 129: What are the worst types of people for a team? Have you heard the old joke about the difference between Heaven and Hell? In Heaven, it says: the French are the chefs, the Italians are the lovers, the British are the police, the Germans are the mechanics and the Swiss make everything run […]

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  • Episode 128: What are the best types of people for a team?

    April 26, 2016

    Episode 128: What are the best types of people for a team? In a recent post on LinkedIn I talked about the 5 People to kick off your team– NOW! The post talked about the five types of people who you probably don’t want on your team if the team is to reach its objectives. […]

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  • Episode 127: How do you set someone SMART Objectives?

    April 13, 2016

    The best approach to setting goals is something known as SMART. The idea of SMART is usually attributed to Peter Drucker’s management by objectives approach and is still very valid today. In this episode we look at what SMART covers and how to use them.

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  • Episode 126: How to create an on-line persona?

    March 18, 2016

    Episode 126: How to create an on-line persona? Do you know how you are perceived on line? Not sure? Google yourself. Like what you see? Is this what you want your friends and family to see? Maybe a new boss? Will this help you get that new job you always wanted? What will this do […]

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  • Episode 125: What is a USP and should I have one?

    November 23, 2015

    When building a career, we should also think about creating USP for ourselves.

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  • Episode 124: Do I need a personal brand?

    October 26, 2015

    This time we look at personal brands.

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  • Episode 123: How can I use war-gaming to make me more effective?

    September 14, 2015

    Focus on war-gaming approach called Red Team-Blue Team.

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  • Episode 122: Accepting a job you haven’t proved you can do?

    August 3, 2015

    Episode 122: Accepting a job you haven’t proved you can do? Someone argued with me about the sense of taking a job that you didn’t have the skills for. As a mentor and as an employer – how should you feel about that? As an employee, should you ever consider a job that you are […]

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  • Episode 121

    July 6, 2015

    Episode 121: Managing your ‘ego’ in the workplace. If you are a regular of The 3 Minute Mentor my guess is you have some determination and drive. To achieve what you want to achieve you have to exhibit confidence and to lead people. Both of these are good and should be encouraged in yourself and […]

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  • Episode 120

    June 5, 2015

    My boss micro-manages me, what can I do?

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  • Episode 119

    February 4, 2014

    What is the role of creativity at work?

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  • Episode 118

    January 10, 2014

    New approaches in an old company

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  • Episode 117

    November 19, 2013

    What is an Agile development method?

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  • Episode 116

    October 10, 2013

    How can I grow my business?

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  • Episode 115

    September 14, 2013

    How do I assess my company’s culture?

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  • Episode 114

    August 20, 2013

    Should I “rat” someone out?

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  • Episode 113

    July 17, 2013

    What’s the right amount to pay someone?

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  • Episode 112

    June 28, 2013

    What are personas and how can I use them?

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  • Episode 111

    June 28, 2013

    Settle fights between teams?

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  • Episode 110

    May 17, 2013

    Dealing with “bright shiny object” syndrome.

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  • Episode 109

    May 17, 2013

    What is the “innovator’s dilemma”?

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  • Episode 108

    May 17, 2013

    What should a CMO do in their first 100 days?

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  • Episode 107

    May 17, 2013

    How do Newton’s Laws relate to business?

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  • Episode 106

    January 21, 2013

    What was McGregor’s X-Y Theory?

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  • Episode 105

    January 7, 2013

    What are hygiene factors?

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  • Episode 104

    December 31, 2012

    Getting a premium for your product.

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  • Episode 103

    December 31, 2012

    Is there a “generational gap”?

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  • Episode 102

    December 31, 2012

    How should I start blogging?

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  • Episode 101

    December 31, 2012

    How should I manage my references?

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  • Episode 100

    December 31, 2012

    Shares and equity as compensation.

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  • Episode 99

    December 30, 2012

    What should you look for in compensation?

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  • Episode 98

    December 30, 2012

    Taking legal action against your former employer.

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  • Episode 97

    December 30, 2012

    I have just been laid-off. What do I do next?

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  • Episode 96

    December 30, 2012

    What is a world class organization?

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  • Episode 95

    December 20, 2012

    Differences working for a start-up?

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  • Episode 94

    December 20, 2012

    What are “Moments of Truth”?

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  • Episode 93

    December 20, 2012

    Promote or give a pay raise?

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  • Episode 92

    December 20, 2012

    Encouraging staff in a small setting.

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  • Episode 91

    December 20, 2012

    How do you go about naming something?

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  • Episode 90

    December 18, 2012

    Getting the first impression right?

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  • Episode 89

    December 18, 2012

    What is the role of social media at work?

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  • Episode 88

    December 18, 2012

    What is a wedge issue and how do I use it?

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  • Episode 87

    December 18, 2012

    How do you hold yourself accountable?

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  • Episode 86

    December 15, 2012

    What makes a great manager?

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  • Episode 85

    December 15, 2012

    Career Derailment Factors? Part II

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  • Episode 84

    December 14, 2012

    Career Derailment Factors? Part I

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  • Episode 83

    December 14, 2012

    What are product extension strategies?

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  • Episode 82

    December 14, 2012

    What is the Product Life Cycle? (Part II)

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  • Episode 81

    December 14, 2012

    What is the Product Life Cycle? (Part I)

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  • Episode 80

    November 29, 2012

    What are Porter’s Five Forces?

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  • Episode 79

    November 29, 2012

    What is Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War’?

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  • Episode 78

    November 29, 2012

    What is crowdsourcing and how do I use it?

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  • Episode 77

    November 29, 2012

    How do you make sure a team stays?

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  • Episode 76

    November 8, 2012

    Things to help you stand out.

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  • Episode 75

    November 8, 2012

    Planning your organization – Part II

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  • Episode 74

    November 8, 2012

    Planning your organization – Part I

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  • Episode 73

    November 8, 2012

    How should I go about managing a budget?

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  • Episode 72

    November 7, 2012

    Alcoholic employee – what should I do?

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  • Episode 71

    November 7, 2012

    Do I have to attend the sexual harassment training/classes?

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  • Episode 70

    November 7, 2012

    What is expected from a General Manager?

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  • Episode 69

    November 7, 2012

    How do you manage stress?

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  • Episode 68

    November 7, 2012

    How do you solve complex problems?

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  • Episode 67

    October 31, 2012

    How do you work from home?

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  • Episode 66

    October 31, 2012

    What is empowerment?

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  • Episode 65

    October 31, 2012

    What is the paradox of leadership?

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  • Episode 64

    October 31, 2012

    The Question

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  • Episode 63

    October 30, 2012

    How do you manage upwards?

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  • Episode 62

    October 30, 2012

    What does organizational savvy mean?

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  • Episode 61

    October 30, 2012

    How do I tell someone to do something?

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  • Episode 60

    October 24, 2012

    Empower people and freedom to be creative?

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  • Episode 59

    October 24, 2012

    Productive conflict within organizations

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  • Episode 58

    October 23, 2012

    Disruptive and older team, what can I do?

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  • Episode 57

    October 23, 2012

    When is it time to change your role?

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  • Episode 56

    October 22, 2012

    Some common traits of good leaders

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  • Episode 55

    October 22, 2012

    Role of politics in the workplace

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  • Episode 54

    October 22, 2012

    Management and leadership differences

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  • Episode 53

    October 22, 2012

    Corporate Social Responsibility

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  • Episode 52

    October 22, 2012

    Role legal has in business decisions?

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  • Episode 51

    October 22, 2012

    Talking to the press

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  • Episode 50

    October 18, 2012

    Influencing styles

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  • Episode 49

    October 18, 2012

    How do I achieve objectives without power?

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  • Episode 48

    October 18, 2012

    How do you delegate?

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  • Episode 47

    October 18, 2012

    Do you have some simple time management rules?

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  • Episode 46

    October 18, 2012

    What can we learn from Elton Mayo’s Hawthorne Studies?

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  • Episode 45

    October 18, 2012

    How do you create and maintain a connection with your employees?

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  • Episode 44

    October 18, 2012

    The First 90 Days

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  • Episode 43

    October 18, 2012

    At my work place, it’s harder for women to get promoted. What should I do?

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  • Episode 42

    October 18, 2012

    I am doing a good job, why am I not an executive yet?

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  • Episode 41

    October 18, 2012

    What not to say to your new boss.

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  • Episode 40

    October 18, 2012

    How should I handle having a new boss?

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  • Episode 39

    October 18, 2012

    What is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and why should I care?

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  • Episode 38

    October 18, 2012

    What is the best way to resign?

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  • Episode 37

    October 18, 2012

    How to receive a bad review?

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  • Episode 36

    October 18, 2012

    Giving an annual review – Part 2

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  • Episode 35

    October 18, 2012

    Giving an annual review – Part 1

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  • Episode 34

    October 18, 2012

    Best process for building a strategy?

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  • Episode 33

    October 18, 2012

    What are the basics of motivation?

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  • Episode 32

    October 18, 2012

    How do I give better presentations?

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  • Episode 31

    October 18, 2012

    What are the simple rules of negotiation? Part 2

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  • Episode 30

    September 21, 2012

    What are the simple rules of negotiation? Part 1

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  • Episode 29

    September 21, 2012

    What can you do to make your email more effective?

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  • Episode 28

    September 5, 2012

    Teach someone to say they are sorry?

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  • Episode 27

    September 5, 2012

    Dealing with passive aggressive behavior.

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  • Episode 26

    September 5, 2012

    Can good come out of having a bad boss?

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  • Episode 25

    September 5, 2012

    How do you give good feedback?

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  • Episode 24

    August 29, 2012

    How do you write a value proposition?

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  • Episode 23

    August 29, 2012

    My team tells me they are overworked but there is no more resource to help. What do I do?

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  • Episode 22

    August 29, 2012

    How do you manage horizontally?

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