Today I’m delighted to introduce you to Marc Winitz, who’s a Vice President of Sales and Business Development for a US based information technology company. His thinking about work, which he captures in this fascinating article, turns some of the accepted wisdom about finding meaning at work on its head. Read and enjoy! Although economic…
Monthly Archives: May 2010
The Opportunity In The Silence
Photo credit: Steven Durbin Photography If there’s one word I’ve heard clients use a lot recently, it’s the word reality. It has come up as they’ve talked about what’s happening in their businesses right now. Because some of them are once more finding their pipelines to be a little short on flow. After a few…
Here’s How New Work Pioneers Navigate Their Journey
There’s a very real community of people choosing to rewrite the rules of their professional and personal lives. For some that means leaving the corporation to design their own lifestyle. For others it’s about evolving a way of being that allows them to thrive in employed roles. If you’ve been reading this series, you’ll know…
Who Else Wants A Free Worklife Makeover?
If you’re feeling now would be a good time to take a few hours off of the hamster wheel and review how work and life are stacking up, you’ve landed on just the right blog page today. On the 18th of June in Central London I’m doing a pilot of The Worklife Makeover, ahead of…
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life – What Monty Python Can Teach Us About Life And Business
Today I’m delighted to welcome Adrian Swinscoe. A couple of weeks ago, he shared some thoughts about optimism in a comment to my Why New Work Pioneers REALLY Bother post. I invited him along to tell us more. Enjoy! Many of us will have heard of Emotional Intelligence over the course of the last few…
Work life change: event or journey?
This is the sixth in The New Work Pioneer Manifesto series. Today we’re talking about the landmark stages navigated on the way to work life freedom. Many coaches sell seminars and bootcamps where they promise transformational life change for a couple of hundred quid in a weekend. I’ve often wondered what hopeful planet they live…
Social Media. Another 24/7 Work Culture?
This is a question that’s been on my mind for a couple of weeks now. Especially since a few uncharacteristic mistakes in my client work brought into focus how much time I was spending online and how tired it was beginning to make me feel. Not good for one whose raison d’être is about living…
How New Work Pioneers Turn Fear On Its Head
Photo credit: Steven Durbin Photography This is the fifth in an emerging manifesto writing series. Today we’re looking at one of the biggest challenges both to reframing success and to living the New Work Pioneer vision: fear. Here are five ways I see my clients expressing it. And some corresponding wisdom on how New Work…
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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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