Monthly Archives: November 2009

How to kick workplace stress in the butt: part one

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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