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Bain and Company carried out a study in 2010 "Flexible Work Models: How to bring sustainability in a 24/7 world") which researched 3,300 professional men and women on the adoption and effectiveness of flexible work models. It found that a lack of availability of these type of programmes, as well as their poor utilization, can dramatically increase the likelihood of employees leaving their current company. More effective implementation the survey found can improve retention of men by up to 25% and for women by up to 40%. Continue reading
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Mobbing in the workplace
Bullying, psychological terror or aggression, hostile workplace behavior, workplace trauma, incivility, emotional violence resulting in emotional injury affecting the target's mental and physical health.
Mobbing is an English word, but one I first came across being used by non Anglophones to describe the subtle difference between covert emotional abuse in the work place by a group, from more overt and recognisable bullying, which can be carried out by individuals.
It manifests itself as "ganging up" by co-workers, superiors or subordinates to force someone out of the workplace through rumour, innuendo, intimidation, humiliation, isolation, undermining and discrediting. The result will be a negative impact on the target's emotional, psychological and physical well-being. It is generally malicious non-sexual, non -racial general harassment.
Mobbing is not an isolated incident or the type conflict or disagreement that often arises in offices which can be moderated. It is not always highly visible although rudeness and shouting can be components. Mobbing is a sustained war of attrition on the target, with focus on a specific vulnerability to generate malaise and conflict. It can be employer on employee, coworker on coworker and even subordinate on superior abuse. It can be seen amongst community members and neighbours.
If you are suffering from bullying harassment or mobbing, check out the individual coaching programmes.
Ringer leader
The mob usually has a ringleader who drives the bullying "programme." Leaders can be both extroverted and introverted, with the latter considered more dangerous, as their actions are under-cover. Sometimes while appearing to be publicly agreeable, they direct others from behind the scenes to perpetrate the "mobbing " on their behalf.
There are a number of reasons why a person instigates mobbing. It is always associated with their own feelings of insecurity. They might feel threatened by the skills, success, popularity, age or even the appearance of the target. There maybe a Machiavellian component of power seeking. Sometimes more complex clinically identifiable personality disorders are involved.
Bystander syndrome
Ringleaders engage, manipulate or recruit the rest of the mob to support or carry out mobbing activities. These can range from passing on and carrying out instructions to colleagues or reports, or circulating vicious rumours or gossip to undermine the target. If the ring leader is senior, the authority is legitimized. The recruits comply because they fear becoming a target themselves or they simply get a kick out of seeing other people suffer. Others are more passive bystanders who enable the mobbing situation, by failing to take action against it, thus becoming complicit and endorsing it.
If the ring leader is senior, the authority is legitimized.
One case study
Gabriella works in a small NGO in Brussels. Multi-lingual and highly qualified, with post-graduate certifications in her speciality, she has 20 years' experience running complex international research assignments and teams. In the two years she has been in her position she has become increasingly isolated in her office, with only one of her co-workers willing to talk to her on a daily basis. The office intern has been instructed not to respond to her instructions. Every aspect of her work is micro-managed and despite the size of the office, all communication is via email, very often aggressive in tone.
The departmental head has downgraded the content of her role and using the office manager as an interlocutor she has been given a series of projects normally associated with entry leve skills. During a client presentation Gabriella was stopped mid-way and replaced in front of the audience by a junior team member who was not familiar with the content. She has been sent to cover conferences not relevant to the activities of the organization and requested to produce lengthy reports to tight deadlines. These reports to date have not been read.
She has no job description or objectives and her requests to discuss the situation and establish her goals with the office manager and senior manager have been ignored. Gabriella's queries on what has been going on have been labelled as a disruptive refusal to co-operate.
Diagnosed with depression, Gabriella went on sick leave today. Should her next step be a lawyer? Can she even prove what has happened?
What do you think? If you have any similar experiences please share them.
How to create a career strategy when ALL jobs are temporary.
So do you think that change will fly by and leave your career plans untouched? You do? Then I suggest you watch this video!
Do you have career insurance?
One of the greatest challenges is planning a career strategy in a job market that is changing faster than we are. All the goal posts are moving and staying current is becoming not only challenging, but confusing in economic times where no one ( yes NO ONE) is indispensable.
Youth unemployment is soaring to unprecedented heights, default retirement ages are being deferred or even abolished. Benefits offered by corporations have been eroded and the expectation of career longevity with any one organisation is a concept of a bye gone era. None of us would think of not taking out house, car, medical or travel insurance to meet all sorts of contingencies. Yet many of us don't consider applying these measures professionally.
Career management has shifted to become professional protection which requires career insurance. But despite the widely available information about declining economies, many are confronted by change unprepared and uninsured
What can you do?
Create an ongoing personal development plan: at one time it was enough to work hard, meet or exceed objectives and recognition and reward would follow. This is no longer necessarily the case. We all have to invest in the ongoing development and widening of our skill sets. The pace of change is so rapid that many aspects of all our jobs could disappear or be re-allocated. We have no idea what new jobs will be needed or created. If you have not added formally to your skill set in any way in the past 2-3 years – this should be a priority. Attend a course or sign up for a webinar. Access to educational opportunities has never been wider and more affordable, especially online and distance learning to fit in with our full schedules and budgets.
Stay current: if you are part of the brigade that eschews online platforms and technological change you need to get over that. Rapidly. These platforms offer access to up to date information in all sectors which is easily available and cheap, or even free. There is no excuse for not registering for alerts and staying in touch. All serious professionals would now be expected to have a complete online professional profile. Make sure you have one.
Create a networking strategy: despite all the clichéd homilies about not digging wells when we're thirsty or fixing roofs in the rain – many do exactly that. Make networking part of your daily routine, on and offline.
Do you have a "go-to 10? " These are your ten contacts for an emergency. Maintain those relationships attentively because no one likes people they haven't seen for years, pitching up out of the blue when they need something. Set up an advisory board of professional contacts or mentors whom you can tap into for ongoing advice.
Get out and meet people: make this part of your annual strategy whether this is at conferences, or lunches/breakfasts, within your organisation or externally. It is a vital part of your career protection strategy.
Raise your visibility: speak in meetings, join professional associations, write articles, offer to mentor junior staff or contacts, or try to become a conference speaker.
Are you doing everything you can to protect your career?
Learning difficulties in the workplace
It is estimated that 15% of employees have moderate learning difficulties. Although many received support during their education, when they transition into the workplace, for most that support disappears, although the issues regrettably don't. I actually prefer the U.S. phrase "learning differences", which covers a wide variety of challenges and should not to be confused with any intellectual cognitive impairment which is more severe. This might range from mild dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficit disorders and short-term memory issues, through to milder conditions on the autism spectrum.
Anything to declare?
For many candidates it's hard to know where and when to declare these issues, or whether to declare them at all. Some companies list the conditions as "disabilities" on their application forms, which many applicants are reluctant to admit, because they actually don't believe their condition is disabling. Or they fear that it will be held against them in the recruitment process. In many cases it will depend on the type of job being applied for and the severity of the problem. If there are health and safety risks involved (ciphering chemical symbols for example, might be challenging for someone with dyslexia) or if the condition can impact on the job performance with more serious consequences.
According to the British Dyslexia Association being up front can be most useful in the long-term, particularly if job descriptions change and lead to more report writing and greater organisational demands, as these may need to be supported by assistive software and strategy training. There may also be (dyslexia unfriendly) tests for promotion.
Poor performance may be dyslexia related and can lead to stress which impacts performance even further. So another reason for being open, but possibly after an offer has been received to ensure that all channels of support can be available and there are no later accusations of lack of transparency.
As cruel as school
Workplaces can be as cruel as school. One client told me how a report he had written containing some spelling mistakes and word confusion (caught/court, assistance/ assistants, bear/bare) was circulated on an "all company" email circulation list. Rather than supporting this employee, he was made an object of ridicule for almost a year, bringing back a childhood stammer, which he had overcome 20 years before.
"Spell check is no use at all for anyone with dyslexia " Tom told me "all the words look the same to us"
Kara Tointon a British actress, herself suffering from dyslexia made an excellent documentary "Don't call me Stupid" charting her own struggles. It really is worth watching. Here is an extract.
Many adults with learning difficulties develop sophisticated coping and cover up strategies for dealing with these challenges (quite often avoidance.) The best way is to accept and confront the conditions and to make use of some of the many tools and support services that exist.
Tips to cope with learning difficulties
- Assistive technology: voice-activated software, text-reading software
- text-to-speech and scanning tools
- organization of work areas on to improve the reading of VDU with appropriate fonts and colours
- support on a one-to-one basis setting realistic deadlines, organising workloads, clearly marking deadlines etc.
- Structured admin patterns including written lists, to cope with a host of multiple verbal instructions.
- Provision of a dictaphone.
- Find a proof reading (non dyslexic) peer.
Many famous people have dyslexia. Tom Cruise, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Winston Churchill, Walt Disney, Leonardo da Vinci, Richard Branson and Thomas Edison to name but a few! And we all know what kind of careers they enjoyed!
If you are coping with a moderate learning difference in the workplace, don't remain isolated. Most geographies offer support, please check out your local areas.
Why career blips are good
Career pundits encourage us, exhort us even, to aim for professional activities in which we excel or feel passionate about. But for some of us that simply isn't possible. Oftentimes career blips can work to our advantage.
Sometimes, it's just a case of not having the skills to identify what we are good at, or feel passionate about. In other cases our passions, skills and interests change and develop over time and are not fixed. Sometimes, we just need to do something, anything, to put a roof over our heads and 3 squares on the table.
Multi- faceted
In High School I was "good" at English, History and Geography, but for different reasons went on to study Economics, which in terms of academic results, was my weaker subject. This was not considered to be my smartest move by my teachers. I was passionate about tennis, but this enthusiasm was best employed as a spectator, rather than on the court. I grew up believing I was bad at maths, yet found myself recently in an MBA workshop, as the only person there who could explain the root of Pythagoras' Theorem.
There are times when we don't want to focus on the areas in which we excel and want to explore new territory. We come to terms with the fact that our passions are best kept as non-revenue generating past times. We have misconceptions about our own abilities. Or lack confidence.
Skills, both hard and soft, which we put on the back burner in the early stages in our careers, we resurrect, or even discover for the first time in later years. Other latent talents develop over time and others become redundant. I once considered myself to be pretty hot-headed, I am now frequently an oasis of calm, when others are getting bent out of shape.
Nothing is set in stone
The reality is that we all have many choices and nothing is set in stone. The real skill is being able to navigate these changes with flexibility and resilience and adapt in true Darwinian style to different circumstances. Unfortunately, we have all been culturally conditioned to expect a vertical career progression (maybe even vertical lives), in constant upward motion and mobility.
But those days are perhaps over.
Individuals who desperately want to pursue one career or life track, but for whatever reason, simply have no activity in which they excel, or feel passionate about, end up apologising for what is today culturally perceived to be an unfortunate blip. But today, in a tougher job market these blips are going to be the new norm. We can't all get what we want as the song goes.
But that shouldn't imply failure.
It's not the end of the world if we don't get into the college of our choice or even into college at all.
- We have all been in jobs that have not been ideal, but out of economic necessity have been forced to stick at them. We can look around for others or seek another focus for our energy.
- Life doesn't end with a missed promotion or lost job. There are other places to work. Other things to do.
Hiring by numbers
It is perhaps part of today's culture to view this sort of flexibility and adaptability as wishy-washy, uncommitted or uninspiring. I see it simply as a new pragmatism, an ability to adapt to uncertain economic times. This approach deserves the same respect from hiring practitioners, as committment to a lifelong career in a given profession, sector or even company.
This new need to " do what we can" makes life challenging for recruiting and hiring managers, who will have tougher jobs identifying these intangible skills, as their hiring goal posts constantly change. There will be fewer candidates exhibiting the hallmarks of the traditional, predictable, career trajectory. They will need to move out of recruiting by numbers and probe more deeply. Many, sadly, are not equipped to do this effectively and may need new training themselves.
We are all the sum of many parts and instead of having to explain that with an apology, we should not just be acknowledging that fact, but celebrating it.
If you need help with a career blip take a look at the Career Transition Programmes
Unfair dismissal: 7 ways to create a workplace safety net
7 ways to create a workplace safety net
We are all walking the corporate tight rope. There have never been many guarantees in life as a corporate employee. But now, despite employment protection legislation, there seem to be even fewer. We live in turbulent and changing times and no one is immune. Unfair dismissal is commonplace. So it's not just necessary to be strategic about career advancement, but to always have a safety net in place in case of an unexpected fall. Even minor changes which at one time might have produced a little stumble, might send you crashing to your knees. These could be anything from a promotion disappointment, a take over, a new boss coming in, or even an economic blip that might unexpectedly impact results and performance. No one is indispensable. And sometimes our faces, from one day to another, simply don't fit. It's not only high-profile CEOs who get fired over the phone.
In the last few weeks I have had two clients, who have been basically, summarily dismissed and they believed had cases of unfair dismissal. For some reason, out of the blue, their contributions were deemed to be below par. Within an hour they have been placed on notice, told to clear their desks and instructed not to return to their place of employment. Access to their company email accounts and records had been immediately blocked. Had they committed some grave offence or were guilty of gross misconduct: hit the boss, lost a few billion, or sworn in front of a client? No they hadn't. There seemed to be no obvious reason to either of them, nor was there any traceable record of any "sackable" offence, or even communicated under-performance. They both had contracts of employment. For some reason they were both surplus to requirements at one given moment in time and were "let go", to use that hateful euphemism. Neither were senior enough to negotiate a golden parachute.
Regretfully, they have both found themselves in a void: hurt, angry, confused and wondering what their next steps could be.
The take away lessons to both these clients were signficant and there were some commonalities. They realised with that great gift of 20/20 hindsight that when the going was good, they had taken it for granted and had not taken even basic precautions. Under- performance had been cited in both cases as reason for termination and in reviewing their next steps, the only way both individuals could support their own version of events was verbally and anecdotally. If considering legal action, this can be problematic. With future employers it might also be useful to have support documentation to hand.
Do you have your safety net in place? Check out the career transition programmes if you are in difficulty.
7 Precautions
- Always store personal professional information outside the office. Both used their office computers for personal use and had not stored key information privately, or as hard copy. They had no access to vital correspondence on other hard drives, once access had been denied.
- Always ask for annual goals and targets against which your performance will be assessed in writing. Keep a record of that document or correspondence. Neither had done this.
- Save copies ( in either a personal email account or as hard copy) of the good stuff! Any positive feedback or success stories. Once outside the swinging doors, neither had any record of their achievements or access to them, even previous performance assessment documentation where they had received strong ratings.
- Keep copies of requests for support or feedback and document any tricky problems as well, especially the methods you used to overcome them. Neither had hard or soft copies of ignored requests for support and advice, or any conflicting instructions they had received.
- Ask for recommendations from peers and superiors within your company to support your success stories. These can be posted on an online professional profile for the whole world to see.
- Look for a mentor or sponsor within the organisation you can turn to for advice. Both felt isolated.
- Carry on building an external network. You never know when you will be unexpectedly on the job market.
This may all seem very cynical, but change doesn't have to be cataclysmic to produce a massive personal downside in today's cyclical job market. Organisations will be equally vigilant in maintaining their records. Unless you have negotiated a golden parachute as part of your contract of employment, having a net under the corporate tight rope is simply a basic and very necessary safety measure.
You've heard of driving defensively – well regrettably, although far from ideal, we now we have to work defensively too.
What other precautions would you suggest?
Job search: Are you missing in action?
Getting on the job search radar!
I have spent the past week with two different women, of two different ages. Their backgrounds could not be further apart. One is a young graduate, seeking entry-level employment, the other a woman in her 40s, with extensive supply chain and procurement experience, as well as an MBA. She has taken an eight year parenting break, relocated internationally with her husband and is now dealing with the inevitable challenge of explaining motherhood and her CV gap.
Both want to enter the workplace. Both are struggling. Both are drifting off the job search track and are M.I.A. Despite feeling they had nothing in common, even just idle chat reveals the numerous common elements. Not only were they simply failing to get the jobs they wanted ( when they could even find a job they were interested in) they were receiving no response to their CVs, sometimes not even a rejection letter.
Back on track
All job search candidates regardless of age, gender or time in life need to have some basics in place, so here are some easy tips to get back on track:
- Identify and articulate transferable skills. It doesn't matter how you do this but this is a critical exercise, taking time and thought. I repeat my mantra – if you don't know what you're good at, how do you expect anyone else to know? Recruiters and hiring managers are not telepathic and don't have the time to drag it out of you.
- This basic but critical exercise leads to the creation of an effective mission statement and elevator sounds bites. CVs should stop disappearing into cyber space and interview performance will be strengthened. If there is any hesitation in delivering your USPs – practise and practise again!
- Establish and develop a professional online presence. This is vital for anyone, male or female, young or old, entry-level or transitioning. Failure to do this is tantamount to professional suicide. The entry-level woman had received no advice from her university careers advisor to create this type of profile, which in my view is a scandal in itself! Careers advisors – read my open letter! The older candidate needs to resurrect and tap into her existing network from her days as a professional woman and connect with them virtually on platforms which simply did not exist when she was in the workplace ( LinkedIn, Twitter, Google +) This small step shows you care about your professional image and that you are current in your approach. Your LinkedIn profile url can also be used in an email signature or on other online profiles as a way of extending the reach of your CV.
- Create a modern CV with targeted keyword usage. Their current versions are probably not getting past ATS ( Applicant Tracking Systems) or coming to the attention of recruitment sourcers. 97% of CVs, it is maintained, are not read by a human eye! Once again this could account for a failure to obtain an even a first interview.
- Most jobs (estimated at 85%) are not advertised. Creating a strong online presence and strengthening a personal brand will drive traffic to your professional profile. It's no longer about looking for a job – it's also about raising visibility to ensure you are found. Many jobs are also only advertised on LinkedIn.
- There is no substitute for strategic networking at any age and stage. No matter how young you are, or how long it's been since you were in the workplace, we are all connected to someone! Have some simple, but good quality business cards printed – you never know when you need them! Connect and re-connect. Join networking groups and professional bodies especially if any membership has lapsed during a career break.
- Be active. Inactivity is not just a barrier to getting top jobs, it's a barrier to getting any job! It's also a great way to beat negative thinking, and maintaining your confidence, vital in job search. It also gives you data to monitor, from which you can make any changes to your job seeking strategy.
- Tweak those strategies . Don't panic and especially don't be afraid to change. Nothing is set in stone and what works in one set of circumstances may sink like a lead balloon in another! Be flexible
But most importantly never give up. The estimated time to get a job is reported to be on average a minimum of 7 months currently. If you carry on struggling – seek professional help. It will be worth it in the long-term!
Good luck!
HELP! I hate my job!
What to do when you HATE your job with a passion!
I spent time last week coaching a young professional who hated his job in a small, family run organisation. In fact he hated it so badly that the things he claimed he would rather be doing instead, covered all manner of unspeakable things, too awful to mention involving finger nails, dentists and Kabul. You get the picture.
He hated the work, he hated his bosses, he hated his colleagues. He vented for a while, but when we got into specifics, mostly he hated the way he was treated and spoken to, but above all he hated the chaos and the stress. He outlined some of the issues that especially caused him grief and truthfully those practices at best would be considered bad management, and at worst, workplace bullying. Attempts to self advocate had been unceremoniously dismissed and there was no HR function.
Leopards and spots
I have worked in this type of family run, small business and know the environment well. The words leopards and spots, blood and water come to mind. It is unlikely that any employee will be able to make a dent in that can of worms and undo not just decades of working habits, but also family culture, when normal business protocols generally don't apply. In a small organization, transferring to another department or changing job functions are not options, so for this young man there seemed to be two choices – stay or go.
Hating your job isn't good. We spend 2000 hours a year in the workplace at least, so it's hard to pitch up at the office to do something you passionately dislike. Usually if you hate your job everyone can tell and will interact accordingly. Being desperately unhappy will also affect performance and added stress leads to mistakes, creating a vicious cycle of poor interaction, escalating tension and mis-managed expectations.
If you hate your job –check out the individual career transition programmes to make an effective forward move.
There are many of reasons people end up in jobs they hate: inadequate hiring processes and poor candidate decisions to name but two. During the recession many people took jobs that weren't ideal simply to pay their bills. Jobs and situations also change after the start date creating unanticipated circumstances.
Work on you
In any situation the only person you can change is yourself.
• Manage your emotions. Don't resign in a fit of desperation. Pique doesn't pay the bills, you do and they will not go away. It is also easier to get a job from a job.
• Do some inner work. Time to review your life and professional goals and complete a C.A.R.S. analysis (Challenges, Actions, Results , Skills). Make sure you know what you're good at and what you goals are.
• Make a list of what you like about the jobs – there will always be something.
• Change your attitude. If you go into the office looking down, are detached, act dejected and withdrawn, your colleagues will feed off that and respond accordingly.
• Check your work. Stress impacts accuracy and you are more likely to make careless mistakes. Create a "To do" list every night for the following day, making sure you schedule the work you hate the most first or at your period of highest energy. Feeling that you have achieved something, even when you loathe doing it will make you feel better.
• Find a mentor – someone who can guide you. Even in a small company there has to be one person you can ask for advice.
• Silence is golden – don't post your dislike of your work situation on Facebook or Twitter. Bosses use social media too.
• Monitor your health – stress impacts everyone in different ways. Exercise, see friends, eat healthily, have enough sleep and make time for you. If you find you are struggling with anything seek professional help.
• Start your job search discreetly and reach into your network. Let search and recruitment contacts know that you are open for a move.
• Prepare your interview story. Don't bad mouth your company. A skilled interviewer will be able to interpret what you don't say if you focus on your future requirements.
• Resign correctly – give the appropriate amount of notice and leave your desk and workload in mint handover condition.
• Leave graciously – you may not realise it yet but you have had a substantial learning experience and developed many key skills: resilience, diligence, commitment, focus. If your colleagues behave badly you will always know that you did the right thing.
But above all , you will make better choices next time!
Down but not out! The power of the past!
Old methodologies can work!
Today the pace of technological change is phenomenal and the process of searching for a new job has moved away from the more traditional methods towards online, electronic strategies. Tried and tested techniques once standard for job seekers are now becoming at best outdated, and in some cases, totally obsolete. Career coaches are constantly hammering home to job seekers how important it is in today's job search market to keep abreast of the wide variety of job seeking tactics that are available to us all on the internet. Included in this list are professional platforms such as LinkedIn, online job listings, other social networking sites, company websites and so on.
Embracing change
However, there is now a half a generation at least, who know of no other way of looking for a job other than online. Older demographics are also starting to understand that change is inevitable and even the Luddites embrace parts of this brave new world, albeit reluctantly: posting LinkedIn profiles, joining Facebook, uploading CVs electronically and raising their online visibility. But younger demographics, mainly out of ignorance, can at times be just as closed to trying out something, not necessarily new, but new to them.
Other than seeing things on old movies or Mad Men, they are not familiar with, and have no experience of, job search processes that weren't carried out via the internet. However, there are times when traditional time-honoured methods cannot be totally ruled out and can even bring some benefit.
Need help targeting and focusing your job search? Check out the personalised career transition programmes.
Mr. Postman
I was working recently with a young man based in Buenos Aires. He is engaged to be married and wants to relocate to Europe, to at least be on the same continent, preferably in the same country as his fiancée, who lives in Munich. They had agreed that he would be the one to move: he was entitled to Italian nationality via his grandmother and could therefore work in the E.U. He also speaks 5 languages fluently, compared to his wife to be, who has a mere 3 under her belt.
Together we created a career transition strategy, identified his transferable skills, raised his general visibility and targeted the companies he would like to work for. Despite his best efforts, progress was slower than he would have liked, which was putting pressure on his relationship.
Long shot
So I thought and suggested (somewhat tentatively) that he could write some letters. There was a silence. Then the dialogue went something like this:
Pietro: – " But I have written. I've sent all sorts of mails and LinkedIn messages"
Me: " I know – but what about writing a letter, printed on paper ( I've seen his hand writing – not good. It would be hard to believe he is older than 9) put it in an envelope and post it in the mail with a copy of your CV. It's something you haven't done and might be at least worth a shot'
Pietro: "Wow – you mean like a letter? Like in snail mail? That will take ages. How do I know they will get there, or anyone will read it?"
Me: " Yes I mean like a letter, like in snail mail. How do you know anyone's read your emails? You don't. You could send a registered mail but that might seem a bit over the top for a CV! Give it a try."
Long shot
So he did and 8 letters were duly dispatched addressed to the contact names he was trying to reach in his preferred target companies, giving dates of his next planned trip to Munich. During the next month he received by various means, 3 requests to contact the company to set up information interviews. Not a bad result and return on energy for a long shot.
So there are things that we can usefully blast from the past and there are others that could prove difficult. I saw one old school suggestion of unannounced visits to a potential employer. Now 30 years ago that might have worked. Today it's unlikely that any unscheduled caller will get beyond security, particularly in large organisations where even gate keepers have gate keepers. But in small informally run companies – even that might work on a lucky day . The visitor will find out soon enough if his/her presence is considered intrusive and they find themselves unceremoniously on the pavement.
Down but not out!
So the moral of the story is not to have a closed mind no matter what age you are and to assess all the tools in the job search box. Just as older job seekers have had to adapt to new ways of navigating the market, so Gen Y can learn from tried and trusted methodologies, which although mainly gone, should not be totally forgotten.


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1980s: Steve Jobs Predicted Microsoft "Is Going Out Of Business"
Jeff Raikes jumped from Apple to Microsoft in the early 1980s. This article recounts a speech he gave at Seattle University's Albers School of Business last week, were he espused many of the lessons he's learned at Microsoft. Worth reading. However, most interestingly is what he says Apple's Steve Jobs told him.
Apple's Steve Jobs wasn't pleased. Taking the job was risky, Jobs told Raikes, because Microsoft was going to go out of business.Or not.

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Beloved Community: A Space to Hold On To
Lydia Patrick
While we can spend a lifetime with friends and family building and shaping a community of love and commitment to each other – sometimes holding space for beloved community is what allows peace to enter into the conversation. Lydia Patrick, Service Leader. Ember Webb, Worship Associate.
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On this day ...
6 - 7 September 1770
Endeavour Voyage Maps
James Cook
Joseph Banks
New Guinea to Savu
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We continued to steer W.S.W. at the rate of four miles and an half an hour, till ten o'clock at night, when we had forty-two fathom, at eleven we had thirty-seven, at twelve forty-five, at one in the morning forty-nine, and at three 120, after which we had no ground. At day-light, we made all the sail we could, and at ten o'clock, saw land, extending from N. N.W. to W. by N. distant between five and six leagues: at noon, it bore from N. to W. and at about the same distance: it appeared to be level, and of a moderate height: by our distance from New Guinea, it ought to have been part of the Arrou Islands, but it lies a degree farther to the south than any of these islands are laid down in the charts; and by the latitude should be Timor Laoet: we sounded, but had no ground with fifty fathom.
As I was not able to satisfy myself from any chart, what land it was that I saw to leeward, and fearing that it might trend away more southerly, the weather also being so hazy that we could not see far, I steered S.W. and by four had lost sight of the island. I was now sure that no part of it lay to the southward of 8° 15' S. and continued standing to the S.W. with an easy sail, and a fresh breeze at S.E. by E. and E.S.E.: we sounded every hour, but had no bottom with 120 fathom.
At day-break in the morning, we steered W.S.W. and afterwards W. by S. which by noon brought us into the latitude of 9° 30' S. longitude 229° 34' W. and by our run from New Guinea, we ought to have been within sight of Weasel Isles, which in the charts are laid down at the distance of twenty or twenty-five leagues from the coast of New Holland; we however saw nothing, and therefore they must have been placed erroneously; nor can this be thought strange, when it is considered that not only these islands, but the coast which bounds this sea, have been discovered and explored by different people, and at different times, and the charts upon which they are delineated, put together by others, perhaps at the distance of more than a century after the discoveries had been made; not to mention that the discoverers themselves had not all the requisites for keeping an accurate journal, of which those of the present age are possessed.
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Because laughing releases tension AND moves the muscles in your face in relatively unusual ways, it helps reduce tension headaches and allowsPlus, it distracts you so youre not thinking solely about the throbbing going on in your head.If you press really hard all around it, it heals your headache. The headaches of Belladonna are usually worse in the afternoon, the whites of eyes are red, and the cornea is glassy, and moving eyes aggravates.A characteristic of Gelsemium is a sensation of a band around the head just above the ears. It also suits tobacco headaches. What causes headache on top of your head? Often times, we know exactly why we have a headache.You should also press on the muscle and move your head in all possible directions. As you do this each day, the muscleI have ongoing digestive issues and wish to keep my colon healthy. 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Monday, November 01, 2010
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Filming of Toyota Auris-hybrid
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
72 Windows 7 phone tips
- Reposting a tips blog post
Friday, October 15, 2010
New Toyota Auris hybrid hits the UK
Saturday, October 09, 2010
What is BI–Business Intelligence
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Friday, October 08, 2010
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Windows 7 Phone - Office 2010 mobile and SharePoint
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Microsoft Lightspace
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Saturday, October 02, 2010
- Interesting application for sharing ideas via a kind of white-boarding flowchart like app. Also available on the iPad
- Here's a video done with Popplet for a Work Smart from FastCompany
Friday, October 01, 2010
The age of gadgets
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- Windows Phone, Blackberry control to be added later hopefully A tad pricey though at $299
Sunday, September 26, 2010
NeoSmart - EasyBCD
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- Updates, patches etc. always lead to an unstable OS that ends up bloated unreliable and difficult to troubleshoot
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Gmail–priority inbox
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- Nicely done video
Monday, September 13, 2010
Captain Jack Flash–SPAM assassin extraordinaire
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Please if you are interested in this transaction i will give to you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully. I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary and that is why i went to a secured car site where i can be sure that the person is real. I believe i can trust you. where we are now we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which is secured so nobody can monitor our emails, then i can explain in details to you. I will only reach you through email, because our calls might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom i am dealing with. If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so i can call you for further inquiries when i am out of our military network. I am writing from a fresh email account so if you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this message, if no response after 3days i will then search for someone else. I am doing this on trust, you should understand and you should know that as a trained military expert i will always play safe in case you are the bad type, but i pray you are not.10.2million USD is a lot of money which is the dream of anyone.
I wait for your contact details so we can go on. In less than 7days the money should have been noted on your account and i will come over for my money. I will give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for my dream. I hope i am been fair on this deal.
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Samsung galaxy 10
- Interesting prototype of a new slate like device. Would that be WebOS, or Samsung's own OS I wonder?. Going to be a busy Xmas and onwards in the portable space that's for sure
New Arc TouchMouse
- The old Microsoft Arc-Mouse is great, but this latest edition is way cooler!, a pocket mouse no less, arf
Friday, September 03, 2010
SharePoint 2010–Productivity hub
- Just installed SP2010 Enterprise and installed the free productivity hub from Microsoft. The hub includes Office 2010/SharePoint 2010/Win7/IE8 etc. content packs including videos, documents and links to blogs, coaches (tutors) and is nicely skinned in Silverlight just for good measure
- So that means a company who is hosting SharePoint 2010 can avail of a free training portal by way of a this site collection add-on. Very impressive set of documentation
Download here
Demo site here – you'll need to login as corp\demouser with pass@word1 to see the content. You may also need to install Silverlight via the plug-in
Friday, August 06, 2010
Calibre - e-book management application
- Interesting little application that allows you to control content on multiple devices plus a rather neat ability to pull online newspaper content from the Internet and pull/push to multiple devices such as the Kindle, iPad, HTC phone etc. Look's like a winner
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Windows 7 phone development - silverlight slipstreamed videos
- Fast forward to 14:51 to watch a nice demo of a silverlight application interface showing off a Mix2010 video slipstream on a series 7 phone
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Project Hilo - Windows7/Vista desktop animation
- Picked up a tweet from Channel9 Microsoft's developer site on a new project looking at new and interesting ways to leverage touch based systems to give you a Microsoft Surface like experience on the PC/laptop. Fast forward to 5:30 minutes to see the actual demo. The rest is mostly about the architecture and coding
- re-quote:
"Project "Hilo" is a series of articles and sample applications that demonstrate how you can leverage the power of Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010 and Visual C++ to build high performance, responsive rich client applications. Hilo provides both source code and guidance that will help you design and develop compelling, touch-enabled Windows applications of your own. Join Yochay Kiriaty and James Johanson for an introduction of Project Hilo, a quick tour of its architect and design principles
Additional information about the project can be found in the Introducing Project HILO post, and on MSDN – Hilo: Developing C++ Application for Windows 7"
Friday, July 23, 2010
Mix10–s Windows Series 7 Phone for developers
- Following on from a great demo of the up and coming series 7 phone, I thought I'd post this up. Great to see you can paste Silverlight embed code directly into Live Writer and that Blogger, accepts it! Live Spaces sucks in this respect :-( - just strips the code out
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Google map for mobiles
- I've been quite impressed with the Bing utility for Windows Mobile, especially the GPS location and tracking facility along with Speak 'voice searches' translated in to text based searches piped into Bing.com
- Google have launched a cool little application (small .CAB file) that gives you street level maps including Street View photographs linked to your location. Ideally you need Wi-Fi or 3G as the photos are quite dense and slow to load
- Below is a shot of Cirencester a T junction looking south. Note for some countries they may not have a street view. You can rotate around the spot, including pointing at the floor or sky!
- It also has some nice features like layers; Wikipedia, Buzz, Traffic etc. The get directions also let's you input post codes, like GL7 6NQ UK. My old address and Wikipedia has some interesting info like the local train station at Kemble and a local footballer. Impressive
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Gruber assist - bike to e-bike conversion kit
- Awhile back I watched a video my bro sent me of what looked like Cancellara using a doped racing bike. This has never been proved/ But the kit does exist to convert an existing bike into a covert e-bike, with the motor housed in the main frame seat down tube using a bevel gear drive
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Phillippe Starck – species mutation
- Genius or madman? Somewhere between I dare say, but nonetheless a sentient and highly intelligent individual whose design inspires others. He is currently working with the Pramac Racing team on their Green Energy program, specifically on their livery as witnessed during last weekends Mugello MotoGP
- Here, he is speaking at TedTalks. Very French and very funny and a very mercurial personality
Live Essentials (beta) Wave 4
- Wow! I'm just loving the new Live Essentials beta updates. Live writer always was a great blogging tool, but this version is awesome. Plus, all the other Live wave4 tools and the web companions rock! Well done Microsoft, a round of applause is much due
Predators tools
- Go and kill a site using the Predators tools. Cool! Love the sound effects
Monday, June 14, 2010
Spring is sprung
- 'Grass is riz, I wonder where the birdies is? quote
- Some early garden shots taken during a weekend visit to Mount Juliet, near Stoneyford, Kilkenny county
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Kitchen art - Lumenico
- These are some early prototypes of of brothers Kitchen artwork project. He is a electronics/lighting expert and is currently specialising in art projects for communities
Early examples of hang gliders
- I was looking for some trailer dimensions for one of my Microlights when I stumbled on some early examples of hang gliders made from simple aluminium tubing and polyethylene sheeting and drafting tape!
- Wikipedia "Author: Barry Palmer (1961) This is possibly the predecessor of the earliest example of a modern hang glider. It is one of 7 or 8 gliders built by engineer Barry Palmer. The first, which was built of salvaged aluminium tubing, polyethylene sheeting and drafting tape, had an out of pocket expense of $10.89. The spars and keel were 22 feet in length, so launches of the 40 lb aircraft could be accomplished easily even in no wind. Flights got up to 600 feet in length and as high as 80 feet. The last of the series flew in the summer of 1962, and had a swinging seat, which expanded the flying capability and control well beyond the "true hang" armpit supports. The triangle control frame begun in 1891 for hang gliders,at least, was incorporated in at least one of the photographed hang gliders by Barry Hill Palmer"
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Visible Earth - NASA
- Found this amazing photograph courtesy of Visible Earth – NASA
Sunday, May 23, 2010
HDR using Photo stitch?
- This is a test photo I took on the way home today on the back road coming into Thomastown. It is made up of four photos stitched together using Microsoft's Live Photo Gallery photo-stitch tool. There are two left side shots, top and bottom and two right side shots top and bottom. Each had under and over exposure, simply by the fact I was pointing towards the ground and sky
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Windows phone series 7 – yes please!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Lexus e-bike prototype
- Early prototype of the Lexus e-bike. Both VW and Lexus are having a stab at the e-bike market, but like the GoCycle they have some way to go yet to produce a lightweight, pedal driven stowaway that meets the criteria of low cost, low consumption, small environmental footprint and long range i.e. >65Km
- This model looks over designed and would benefit from rear suspension to take the knocks out of the stiff carbon fibre frame – flax would be better, or just plain old aluminium would do. Overall though there are some nice touches, like the Kevlar drive and hub-based gears and neat cable-work tightly integrated
Model citation jet
- Nicely flown model plane. Considering the wind, that was a cool bit of flying. Mind you, a little bit of wind will make it that bit more stable on landing providing there is not too much low level turbulence
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Pivot and other stuff
- I've been off air for the last few months mostly coming up to speed on Office 2010 whilst developing some rather cool Excel training materials in PowerPoint 2010 as a potted set of training materials with hands-on demos, combined with videos and narration
- In between work and play I've also been developing a new company selling e-bikes over at http://cyclotronic.eu. A 2 year incubator company selling LEV (Light Electric vehicles) whereby I intend to have my own branded models and technology at a some stage. Grin factor 10 when you ride an e-bike into town, especially when you power up the hills – it's like being a bionic man! Muscle power + electricity – a powerful cocktail for you adrenaline junkies and not to healthy types as well..
- Out of the Office 2010 apps, Excel 2010 impresses; mostly due to the outstanding speed it loads and performs calculations on Pivot table data. With Power Pivot it can handle a million rows of data on the 32-bit version and 100's of millions of rows in the 64-bit version of Excel 2010 allied with Windows x-64 bit + oodles of RAM
- How does Power Pivot work? Clever compression algorithms that compress data both on disk and in memory .. more
- Gary Flake of Live Labs demos Microsoft Live Power Pivot. He shows off rather impressive PhotoSynth (Silverlight?) like application that can be used to Pivot web data. You can download it here. There will also be a Silverlight application you can embed in your own site, with your own content later this summer 2010
MS PP site
MS PP Gallery site – password is Pass@word1
Office 2010 documents shared on FaceBook
- Interesting collaboration project with FUSE at Microsoft Cambridge Research, Docs.com and Facebook whereby you can edit and share Office 2010 docs in the cloud with your friends and colleagues. Currently invitation only
- One of several incubation projects under Ray Ozzie's tutelage to further Social cohesion
Sunday, February 28, 2010
PowerPivot for Excel
- I'm just brushing up on my Excel skills prior to Office 2010 going to RTM later this year
- I noted that the PowerPivot site has some good demos and hands-on labs available via www.powerpivot.com. There is also a good blog and two sample sets of data (pivot sample data) here and (SQL Server data) here
- For a Windows 7 installation, for the SQL data set for Adventure-works demo, you will need SQL Server 2008 Express edition with Advanced services from here. Instructions and prerequisites here. NOTE: You have to install SQL Server Express SP1 BEFORE you commence the main install and reboot the system. Then you won't get any compatibility warnings and fail the 'restart' section of the install! SP1 is more of a pre-patch
Monday, February 22, 2010
Outlook social connectors
- Social connectors are links into external sites like Linkedln, Facebook, MySpace and Windows Live. They show up in your contacts, or during mail creation in the lower pane
- Quote: "The Outlook Social Connector allows you to synchronize your contact data right into Outlook and obtain information about your friends and colleagues. See status updates from various networks and recently posted files.
Easily track your communication history. Use the Outlook Social Connector to display a quick view of related Outlook content when you click on an email from a contact, such as recent e-mail conversations, meetings, and shared attachments. Developers can connect and feed social streams from line-of-business applications or integrate their solutions directly into Outlook"
- They also work work with earlier versions of Outlook 2003/2007. Compatible versions of Outlook 2010 beta-32bit include, Home and Business, Professional Plus and Pro
Friday, February 19, 2010
BPOS anybody? – Business Productivity Online Services
- Just signed up for a 30 day trial of BPOS, aka Microsoft hosted services in the cloud. It's early days, but the basics are already up there. When Office 2010 & SharePoint 2010 are out, later this year, I hope to see BPOS provide Word/Excel/PowerPoint and maybe OneNote 2010 in the cloud, alongside the existing hosted services. Should be a winning solution as a light-touch, non-infrastructure solution for small to medium sized businesses; possibly large enterprise businesses as well, although some may prefer to handle their own infrastructure/data storage and security concerns
- As a user with the Standard Business suite you get: Exchange Online, Live Meeting, Office Communications Online, SharePoint. With the Deskless worker suite, you get Exchange Online, SharePoint Online (read only)
- If you have Outlook 2007 or the 2010 beta installed, you will be able to create a separate profile in Outlook to handle exchange mail or you can use OWA – Outlook Web App, cloud based email
- Live Meeting 2007 can be based in the cloud (web based) or via the Live Meeting console. Communicator 2007 R2 can be cloud based or you can download the client. There is also a BPOS client that you can download which acts as a launch-pad. If you sign-in as a Desk-less user you get a minimal subset of functions (third graphic shown)
- The administration is fairly straight forward for someone with limited technical skills, plus there is plenty of online help to configure Exchange and SharePoint etc. You can migrate your domain across and your Exchange accounts/MX records via downloadable tools. You can also do bulk uploads via a .CSV file
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
- Would I buy an iPad? Nope, not until I see version 2, with a camera, more books and PC like apps that I can use
- Do I like the look of it? Sure, it's pretty, but I'm not impressed with 10 hours of battery life, nor how big it is, nor how heavy it is. First thing that will happen, is it will roll off your knee or you'll drop it with a resultant cracked screen
- If you get a chance to hold a Amazon Kindle v2 (not the DX model) you'll see what an e-reader should be all about. The Kindle fits in my jacket pocket, runs for a whole week on one charge, can be held whilst reading and is very easy on the eyes
- I think the iPad is competing with better net-books that have a full app suite, touch and probably as good battery life. It also kind of competes with their own MacBook..
- If they came in at $299 I might be interested, but at $499 I could buy a Lenovo net book with Windows 7 and have touch with a full app suite
- Pretty? Pretty useless in my honest opinion. Video on the go? Any net-book can do that. They should have made it thinner, lighter and focussed squarely at the books market. It's really just an iPhone on steroids but without a phone!
- People are already taking the mickey out of it. It's a shame, because I think Apple make some amazing products and their app-store is sheer genius
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Jay Leno's garage – Audi R8-10
- Jay owns an V8-R8, which he loves to bits as an manual gearbox out-and-out racer. Here he walks us through the updated V10 version
- Mad economy, 20mpg!! Not the sort of car to go to the shops with, but great for the odd track day – if you have the money and the free time
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Ribbon Hero
- Now that we're well passed the beta stage of this add-in I thought I'd give it another go
- What does it do? It's role play tool that sets you challenges and measures your performance using Microsoft Office applications… and.. let's you score points against you buddies and colleagues via Facebook. Kind of Mr. Clippy, but this time you win balloons!
- In Office 2010 there will be social connectors made available at a later stage, which in theory let you connect to Facebook, twitter etc and presumably share your skills via data mining emails or.. via metrics gathered via role play tools like Ribbon Hero
- I suspect this will end up forming part of a training platform via role play possibly with metrics linked to your job; maybe even linked to a remuneration scheme. Hard to tell how this will be routed. But there is plenty of scope for diversification
- I'd prefer a WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)application training guide hooked into the ribbon to smart-sense what it is I'm trying to do, then present me with a number of options and let an WPF avatar trainer walk me through the process – hell, why not do the work for me, so I can take the day off and go flying ;-) Man that's what I call being productive, arf
Saturday, January 09, 2010
CycleOps Powertap SL Plus Hub System
- Interesting take on a smart-hub. No this is not a powered hub, but a torque sensor that delivers data on your workout when you are training. It can be hooked up with the Garmin 705 GPS based training watch as well. Too expensive IMHO. It's for the really 'serious' riders out there, who need to do their winter training off the road combined with a CycleOps Jet Fluid Pro Winter Turbo Trainer Kit
More info:
Top Features of the CycleOps Powertap SL Plus Hub System
- Wireless 2.4 GHz transmission with Ant+Sport
- 15mm alloy axle
- Carbon/alloy hubshell
- USB download
- Coded heart rate strap
- Hub weighs a mere 412 grams
- Patents issued and pending
- Displays and records:
- Peak Power
- Time in Zones
- Power (current, average, max.)
- Heart rate (current, average)
- Cadence (current, average)
- Speed (current, average, max.)
- Energy expenditure (total kjoules)
- Ride distance (miles or km)
- Ride time
- Programmable odometer
- What's in the Box
- Powertap Hub
- Coded CPU
- Coded Heart Rate Strap
- Handlebar Mount
- USB Download Connector Cable
- Poweragent 7 Software
- Cable Ties
- Battery Cover Removal Tool
- Instruction Manual & DVD
Pro level power measurement: Powertap SL+ in either Shimano or Campagnolo configurations, with various hub hole sizes, and supplied with a Powertap CPU and Heart Rate strap.
We've updated the world's first-ever wireless power meter, giving it a stiffer axle and the flexibility of ANT+Sport. Now you can choose to focus on power measurement to have your best season ever.
Power to the People: With a wide range of features, there is a Plus Series PowerTap for every rider - every ability - and a wide price range. The SL+ maintains the same standard of accuracy as our first-ever wireless PowerTap but with a lighter, stiffer 15mm axle. Which PowerTap is right for you?
The Precision of PowerTap, The Flexibility of ANT+Sport: Data can be the difference between first and second. PowerTap is the precise instrument that gives you access to real-time performance measurement, and is accurate to within +/- 1.5%. Add the PowerAgent software package, and you'll have all the tools you need to guarantee you make the most of your data.
With the flexibility of ANT+ Sport, all Plus-series PowerTaps can be paired with any ANT+Sport device. So, use the included PowerTap CPU or provide your own device to stop estimating and start measuring.
Friday, January 08, 2010
First pedelec (e-bike)
- A short video showing my first foray into the e-bike market. I bought the Cyclamatic Power Plus a low cost CE approved pedelec. Technically an e-bike is a throttle activated only bike, whereas a pedelec is peddle assisted, i.e. you peddle and a motion sensor kicks in and spools up the brushless electric motor. Maximum speed is limited to 25kph, range >40km. I've added a decent lock and a set of 25W LED lights. This will be my main commute bike when I work in Dublin. I'm going to import a couple more, then build my own from scratch using a custom built carbon fibre frame and custom electronics as a basis to building a business model
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Garbage powered cars anybody?
- This video is from the LA Autoshow 2009. After the first guy drops out, Brian Nesbitt comes on and talks about E85 (ethanol) based fuel and the difference between the European manufacturers. Bottom line, the Yanks are dragging their heels and shouldering up to the big 'oil' power..
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
First e-bike setup and test
- Posted earlier on this bike from SportHQ, advertised on Amazon for £499, but luckily for me I spotted it had dropped to £399 in the January sales. Tim at SportHQ was kind enough to lower the price!
- It arrived a few days later over the Xmas break. I unpacked it and had it assembled, tires inflated via my car electric pump and off we went. It's a Pedelec, which means as you peddle it engages to 250W brushless electric rear hub motor, seamlessly making hill climbing a synch! It has a 24V 10Amp battery, 7-speed Shimano SIS derailleur, rear hub brake and standard front calliper brake. The battery can be removed for charging. The handbook says to connect the battery charge plug into the battery prior to connecting the LiPol charger to the mains. You then reverse the process by pulling out the mains supply plug, a relay is heard to drop out, then disconnect the battery connector. The battery box is sealed from water, so should be rain proof. Comments on Amazon rate this bike at 4.5 stars, with one complaint about some of the bolts rusting. This can be easily remedied with a little grease or household Vaseline and general maintenance with the oil can every couple of weeks. Front suspension is average quality, but for the town/city it is adequate and you could always buy a seat post knuckle-over suspension like the SR SUNTOUR SP-NE
- I took it for a spin around my close up and down a 10 degree incline and hardly had to use force to get uphill. Just freewheel to disengage the motor, peddle to start again and the peddle sensor detects the main chain-wheel moving and engages the motor. The split throttle can also be twisted towards you to manually engage the motor. The throttle doesn't incrementally step up, but there is no sudden jolt, the motor just spools up, so it's more of a switch. I will try a few more hills with steep inclines to know more of how the pedelec system performs
Product Features
- 17" mountain bike frame (suitable for use from 5ft 5 to approximately 6ft 2) - 250 watt brushless motor
- New Lithium-ion battery provides huge power (up to 45km range) and weighs a fraction of traditional lead-acid batteries. Also won't suffer 'memory effect' and has a very low self-discharge rate -
- Shimano Tourney SIS-Index gears with quick-shift - Adjustable height seat raises to up to 43" from the ground
- Servo "anti-cling" safety brakes - premium front suspension for comfort
- Quick release battery and front wheel - Front and rear mud guards - Legal for road use - no road tax or driving licence required. Legally, no helmet nor insurance required (although we recommend both!)


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