10 coaching questions to help you take back the power This is the first of a special three-part series on tackling stress at work. Stress at work is big news. Figures from the UK’s Health and Safety Executive, reported in the Evening Standard last week, indicate that intolerable office hours and excessive work demands triggered…
Monthly Archives: November 2009
How to live more easily with the fear of layoff
According to UK Labour Market Statistics, about half a million people have lost their jobs since this time last year. That’s a lot of people who’ve had “sorry, we don’t need you any more…” conversations. And with cost-cutting measures still in vogue, how do you live without the dread of being tapped on the shoulder…
What do you do when your life doesn’t go according to plan?
I was in London doing a peer coaching session, when I got a message from Steve. It’s not like him to phone when he knows I’m working, so I knew immediately that something was wrong. It was his mother. They’d found a tumour in her brain and were recommending immediate treatment. We’d known she hadn’t…
Health warning: blogging can seriously change your career
It was just an experiment at first. I had no intention of becoming hooked. All I can tell you is that, after a while, something else took over. My first introduction to blogging was by accident. I was doing some online research for a coaching skills course I was running and stumbled upon Mark McGuinness’s…
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Christine Livingston is a coach and writer, who helps professional people wanting to work and live on their own terms. With a successful career both inside and beyond the corporation to draw from, Christine gives the support, challenge, tools and inspiration that enable people to thrive.
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