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TV channel triple threat
October is televisually a busy month for me, with me appearing on three channels:Pete's PA started on the Living channel last Monday 8th October and runs for ten weeks. On that show, I'm helping celebrity Pete Burns to find a new personal assistant to run his life. And my role as one of his...
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Published 2 years ago

Should I sleep with the boss?
It's a rhetorical question of course, as I'm not suggesting that anyone should try to sleep with their boss in order to get ahead.But I do get asked lots of questions all the time that amount to the same thing: 'What do I need to do in order to get ahead at work?'So here are my three top...
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Published 2 years ago

Dr Rob on TV (again)
BBC2 is preparing to launch a new TV series called The Restaurant, which will run for eight weeks from Wednesday 29th August 2007. In the new show, which will run twice a week on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc puts nine couples through their paces to choose one...
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Published 3 years ago

The pain of having to network at work
Not everyone likes to network. But that doesn't mean that it is not darned important.Someone recently asked me for advice on their situation:I've never been the world's most social person but I've just joined a new company in a line manager role where social networking seems almost as important...
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Published 3 years ago

The voice of reason
My publisher Cyan/Marshall Cavendish asked me to record a podcast a few weeks ago, which has just been put onto itunes.The podcast is a 20-minute discussion in which the interviewer asks me to provide various tips on the topics of office politics, job hunting, entrepreneurship, and networking....
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Published 3 years ago

Dealing with difficult people
We often hear people talking about their "difficult colleagues" or "difficult customers". However, here's a tip for learning to deal with difficult people.For starters, stop referring to them as difficult people - because that makes it sound like a personality fault of theirs. Refer instead to...
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Published 3 years ago

Office politics: Just do it
Office politics gets a bad rep. But I consider it one of my missions in life to convince people two things:That you will make it harder for yourself to thrive within your organisation without playing the political game.That politicking isn't necessarily 'bad'. You can be political and ethical...
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Published 3 years ago

Dr Rob and the (ex) popstar/celebrity - part 3
I'm in the middle of filming Pete's PA, this series with Pete Burns, ex-Dead or Alive lead singer. And I have to say I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Pete Burns is actually such a lovely guy. He comes across on television as such a mean, critical, bitchy person. But that's only his on-screen...
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Published 3 years ago

Should I tell the truth on my CV?
One of my next books is called Should I Tell the Truth?So I was interested this morning to read about a top executive at InterContinental Hotels being fired for having lied about the qualifications on his CV.Patrick Imbardelli had worked for 25 years in the hotel industy. He had claimed to have...
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Published 3 years ago

Dr Rob and the (ex) popstar/celebrity - part 2
The 10 contestants for the job of Pete's PA moved into a house together in north London yesterday.The contestants were terrrrribly excited and there was lots of squealing as the girls all picked the bedrooms they wanted. It was interesting to watch as some of the smarter girls are already...
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Published 3 years ago

Networking: A favourable review
I just came across this review today. Here's what a reviewer wrote about one of my books from last year, The Rules of Networking:Networking, one of the most essential skills that is most highly sought after by all professionals hoping to progress in their chosen career path, or as stepping...
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Published 3 years ago

The Rules of Entrepreneurship hits the shelves - June 2007!
I just received confirmation from my publisher that my latest book, The Rules of Entrepreneurship, hits the shelves this month!It's packed with advice for anyone who wants to set up their own business. And one of the co-founders of The Mind Gym, Sebastian Bailey read it and said that: 'This book...
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Published 3 years ago