Articles by Proteus Consultancy Ltd
Career Advice, Think Differently

Don’t let opportunities pass you by, seize them!

If you are going to take advantage of career opportunities as they arise you have to learn to be different, to act…
Career Advice, Career Mentoring

Are you painting your own career canvas?

If you don’t personally design and manage your career you will find that you have automatically handed over the task to…
Mentoring, Career Advice, Career Guidance

How do you define yourself?

Last week I met yet another new client who has essentially defined herself by her failures. It reminded me of my school…
Career Advice, Career Guidance

Do you manage your career proactively?

Most people never proactively manage their lives or their careers. For most people life, and what they do for half of…
Mentor, Mentoring, Career Advice

Enthusiasm and a sunny disposition are infectious.

So who would be the best person to infect you with their enthusiasm and sunny disposition - apart from your partner…
Mentoring, Career Advice, Career Guidance

Unhappy at work? Change your behaviour!

If you are unhappy at work here a five specific changes you can make to the way you respond (note well: ‘respond’ not…
Career Advice, Career Guidance, Leaving a legacy

What makes life's journey successful?

We’ve all heard the expression, “Success is a journey, not a destination,” but I like the extension that Arthur Ashe,…
Career Advice, Career Guidance, Career Mentoring

Career advice par excellence!

A client said, "I went to the Careers Office at my university to talk about my career options. The Careers Advice…
Career Advice, Procrastination, Career Guidance

8 ways to curb your tendency to procrastinate.

1 Stop saying, “I’ll just ... and then I’ll ...”. It usually means, I’ll have my reward and then I’ll get on with the…
Attitude, Self Belief, Career Advice

Naysayers only win if you let them!

If you want a successful career it’s quite important that you believe in yourself.  I’m sure we’ve all heard Henry…
Mentoring, Career Advice, Procrastination

The virus called procrastination.

I used to work in Denmark and before returning to the UK my colleagues organised a leaving do for me, but one of my…
Career Advice, Interview Advice

Judging a book by its cover.

In an interview you will be probed, you will be emotionally prodded, scrutinised and examined, your ideas, values and…