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Career Mentoring

Get rehired by the place that let you go, eFinancialCareers
Good news emerged last week for anyone kicking around the market reminiscing about their previous employer: SAC Capital advisors, the Stamford based multi-strategy hedge fund founded by Steve Cohen, has just rehired two managers it let go nine months ago.… read more

Crash Course in Building a portfolio career - Management Today
You're feeling jaded with your corporate career and want a bit more variety in your working life. The idea of mixing a number of roles in a portfolio career intrigues you, and with the employment… read more

Moving On, BoardRoom Magazine
No senior boardroom executive gets through their career without having written, implemented and overseen a business plan or corporate strategy. However, I have yet to meet one who… read more

The art of CV writing, eFinancialCareers
If you are spending your time by the sea over the summer, thinking about a change of view and employer at work, you will almost certainly need a new CV. But writing a CV isn't quite the easy… read more

How to Weather a Storm, eFinancialCareers
A recent offsite at one of the large US banks reportedly included a session on "Preparing for the downturn." This may have been due to good future events planning, or it may be because… read more

The art of reinventing yourself
PETER Barton, a former partner at Travers Smith, who now holds several non-executive directorships including with Alliance & Leicester and the Guinness Trust Group, recently offered some… read more

The Lawyer - There's more to life post-law
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Leadership

A Gallop Through Leadership - BoardRoom Magazine
A professor from one of the world's leading business schools recently introduced the subject of leadership with the statistic that a Google search on 'leadership' resulted in approximately 200,000… read more

Preparing for life beyond the firm - Daily Telegraph
Retirement can be a particularly difficult and challenging time for top lawyers, Richard Brass finds. But mentoring can help these professionals reinvent themselves for a new role… read more

CEO - A view from Director David Stewart
The pace of change in corporate life is such that it is now very unusual for CEOs and senior executives to spend their whole career with one employer. Mergers, takeovers, changes in strategy… read more

Non-Executive Directors - A view from IDDAS Director David Stewart
It has become fashionable to complain about the critical shortage of high calibre Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) but, says David Stewart, a partner in the business and career mentoring firm, IDDAS… read more

Yellowstone National Park: a lesson for the economy? - BoardRoom Magazine
Over the past few weeks, anyone picking up any newspaper will have read increasingly dismal headlines about the state of the economy in the UK, Europe, the US and beyond… read more

Guiding Light, Legal Week
During the past year or two, much has been written and spoken about the challenges facing lawyers who seek to pursue a career outside law, particularly those who seek a role on the board… read more

Changing Career Trends in Law
At the most recent IDDAS dinner for senior partners and HR professionals from leading law firms held on 28th November 2006, former Senior Partner of Simmons & Simmons, Janet Gaymer… read more

Coaching

Mentoring vs Coaching..IDDAS's perspective
In our discussions with clients we are aware that mentoring and coaching are often mentioned in the same breath and, at times, appear interchangeable. At IDDAS we have a very clear… read more

Succession Beyond Planning
Succession is not complete when a senior executive moves into a new boardroom role. The succession planning phase may well be over, but it is important not to fall into the trap of believing that… read more

Starting out on the right foot, eFinancialCareers
If you’ve recently landed a new position you’re probably feeling a mixed range of emotions – excitement, apprehension, uncertainty. But don’t let them go to your head… read more