I’ve recently conducted a little experiment at work, which has completely changed my work and personal life. I was stuck in a bit of a rut, not enjoying coming to work so much, struggling to balance my relationship with the overtime I had to do and feeling a bit out of it in general. There…
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Book Review: StandOut by Marcus Buckingham
It was always going to be tough for Marcus Buckingham to trump his own work. His StrengthsFinder assessment, hot on the heels of his paradigm breaking First Break All The Rules, began to allow us to create both the mindset and language for focusing on what’s right with us. Rather than on the weaknesses that…
How Taking Your Marriage For Granted Can Kill Your Career
Meet George. He’s a fictitious client, but not that fictitious. He’s a lawyer. At school he had the ambition of getting into a top university and doing a law degree. So, he got top A Level results, and is invited to do law at Oxbridge. He gets a first. Along the way he meets Sophie…
Would Your Workplace Creativity Benefit From A Naughty Step?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Neil Usher (@theatreacle on Twitter.) Part property professional, part performance poet, part parent. You can find out more about Neil at the end of the post. So where do you do your thinking? This post had its roots in some tweets between @ThinkingFox and @JulesJ85 where the…
The Shocking Truth About the Origins of Your Inner Work/Life Battle
Such a simple conversation. I could have missed it in amongst all the others going on in my coffee shop one morning last week. But I was sat pondering work/life issues for some new stuff I’m planning and was attuned to what went on. A mother had come in with three children and was sitting…
How To Be Uber Successful By Watching Your Tongue
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Sukh Pabial from pabial.wordpress.com. If there’s one thing I think makes a big difference in the way someone works it’s how they express their self awareness, and to whom. This isn’t restricted to leaders in our businesses. Authenticity is a much-used word in our reading material. That,…
How Safe Is It To Use The “S” Word At Work?
No, it’s not what you think. It’s the word “soul”. But that’s the question Phil Bowermaster, of The Transparency Revolution was asking me about the other day when he interviewed me for BlogTalk Radio. It’s pretty common in career parlance to talk about the self, or the whole self. But using the word soul, as…
How Throwing Up May Be Good For Your Career
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Adam Rico from WorkYouEnjoy.com Recently I had an exchange with someone that went like this. “How was your fifty mile run?’ “It went really well. After I finished the run I threw up for three hours. It was great!” It was great? I thought about that statement…
What A Baby Starling Taught Me About Work And Life
I hate starlings. Or, at least, I used to. Black slimy birds, who flock together and can be aggressive about their territory, stealing food that’s put out for the cuter birds. Robins, black birds, finches. Until this spring, when a starling couple started building a nest in a hole in my neighbours’ roof, left by…
How To Keep Your Career Intact (Even If Your Relationship Is Falling Apart)
So, Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his acting career on hold while he sorts out his personal life, following revelations of an affair. Good for him. He’s rich and can probably afford to be so focused. But what do you do if you’re at a critical point in your career, and all hell lets loose in…
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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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