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…
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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…
Wanted: Guest Writers With Something Different To Say About Worklife
It’s one of the things I love best in life. Honest to God conversations about whatever. But particularly around things in which there’s a passionate shared interest. Such a great way to build connections and real from-the-heart relationships. And I love too how social media makes it possible for conversations to happen in real and…
3 Little-Known Factors That Could Ease Your Transition From Corporate Job To Solopreneurship
It’s a question I get asked a lot. How do you extricate yourself from a corporate career? One that you’ve known very well. I’m not talking about how you get your head round what to do next. I’ll leave that subject for other posts. I’m talking about navigating your way through your exit. There’s lots…
The Conscious Freelancer’s 5 Big Questions
Self employment is gaining status as a legitimate career path. Now, there are a ton of bloggers out there who encourage you to quit your day job, like doing so was your ticket to a new religion. (Many of them, by the way, are still themselves in day jobs and hoping that, if you buy…
The 7 Most Soul-Sucking Career Mistakes Ever (And How To Avoid Them)
There’s a story about this eBook that one day I will tell separately. For now, I just wanted to be shamelessly self-promoting and let you know that The 7 Most Soul-Sucking Career Mistakes Ever (And How To Avoid Them) is available for free download to newsletter subscribers. There’s more great digital stuff coming to the…
What’s So Human About Human Resources?
It’s a question I’ve asked myself. Lots. What’s so human about Human Resources? It’s the corporate function in which I grew up and which for many years I enjoyed. Yet it has always struggled to articulate its purpose. When it adopted the Dave Ulrich thinking about HR roles, it got new religion about creating value…
Making Work Fit Life In A Social Media World
Back from cyber break. I should have hung an “out to lunch” post on the blog before closing my Mac down before Easter – that would have let you know not to expect to see me for a while. But in the run up to my self-imposed cut-off time, the words didn’t get written. Instead…
The Cult Of The Working Dead (And How To Escape It)
It’s easily done. Start out in life so energetic and full of great ideas. Then find yourself in a career, a job, a way of life to which you’ve given over your ability to think. Hard to say how or when it happened. And if you look back it was probably not just one event…
How An Innocent Compliment Led To A Radical Rethink
I’m sure he didn’t mean it. Indeed, what he said about me was couched in flattering language, in a flattering post on blogs to watch in 2011. Except that I didn’t recognise myself in the description. “A career coach.” Not that there’s anything wrong with being a career coach. But I’m not one. At least…