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…
Category Archives: Authenticity
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…
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…
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…
How To Swing An Internal Job Move When Your Boss Really Wants You To Stay Put
Hats off to you. You’ve managed to hold on to your job through countless rounds of redundancies and reorganisations. And what you’re doing has become so much more mission critical to your boss as a result. But you’ve got other ideas. As relieved and flattered as you are, you just don’t want to keep doing…
Tired Of Thinking Like An Ugly Sister? Step Into Your Cinderella Slippers and Rock!
It’s epidemic. Smart, talented people, out of touch with how capable they are. Waiting for some fairy godmother to come along and make it okay for them to wear the coveted crystal slippers. You know how it is. The boss you want to endorse you. The client you want to adulate you. The community you…
On Dreams, Fear Of Failure, and Not Facing Up To Reality
Your precious dreams. You share them with me so sincerely. You tell me how unhappy you are about the current state of your working life. How you feel unfulfilled. Punching below your weight. You list out your ideas for change. At times I get seduced and equate your talk with action. But weeks, months, years…
How Safe Is Your Brilliant Career From Delusion?
What makes for a brilliant career? Many people will tell you it’s about the quality of their CV: the brand names they’ve worked for, the job titles they’ve had, the progression they’ve made through the ranks; the businesses they’ve driven to success. But if you buy into this picture, could you be deluding yourself? Once…
Don’t Do These 7 Things When You’re Trying To Get Promoted
Some of you, struggling to find a meaningful work within the context of a meaningful life, get conflicted around the whole subject of promotion. You imagine that, if you signal interest in a bigger job, you’ll have to sacrifice your hard-won soul, even as you begin the selection process. And that’s not something you even…
Category Archives: Authenticity
Want to feel better? Then, smile!
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…
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…
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…
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…
How To Swing An Internal Job Move When Your Boss Really Wants You To Stay Put
Hats off to you. You’ve managed to hold on to your job through countless rounds of redundancies and reorganisations. And what you’re doing has become so much more mission critical to your boss as a result. But you’ve got other ideas. As relieved and flattered as you are, you just don’t want to keep doing…
Tired Of Thinking Like An Ugly Sister? Step Into Your Cinderella Slippers and Rock!
It’s epidemic. Smart, talented people, out of touch with how capable they are. Waiting for some fairy godmother to come along and make it okay for them to wear the coveted crystal slippers. You know how it is. The boss you want to endorse you. The client you want to adulate you. The community you…
On Dreams, Fear Of Failure, and Not Facing Up To Reality
Your precious dreams. You share them with me so sincerely. You tell me how unhappy you are about the current state of your working life. How you feel unfulfilled. Punching below your weight. You list out your ideas for change. At times I get seduced and equate your talk with action. But weeks, months, years…
How Safe Is Your Brilliant Career From Delusion?
What makes for a brilliant career? Many people will tell you it’s about the quality of their CV: the brand names they’ve worked for, the job titles they’ve had, the progression they’ve made through the ranks; the businesses they’ve driven to success. But if you buy into this picture, could you be deluding yourself? Once…
Don’t Do These 7 Things When You’re Trying To Get Promoted
Some of you, struggling to find a meaningful work within the context of a meaningful life, get conflicted around the whole subject of promotion. You imagine that, if you signal interest in a bigger job, you’ll have to sacrifice your hard-won soul, even as you begin the selection process. And that’s not something you even…
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Category Archives: Authenticity
Want to feel better? Then, smile!
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…
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…
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…
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…
How To Swing An Internal Job Move When Your Boss Really Wants You To Stay Put
Hats off to you. You’ve managed to hold on to your job through countless rounds of redundancies and reorganisations. And what you’re doing has become so much more mission critical to your boss as a result. But you’ve got other ideas. As relieved and flattered as you are, you just don’t want to keep doing…
Tired Of Thinking Like An Ugly Sister? Step Into Your Cinderella Slippers and Rock!
It’s epidemic. Smart, talented people, out of touch with how capable they are. Waiting for some fairy godmother to come along and make it okay for them to wear the coveted crystal slippers. You know how it is. The boss you want to endorse you. The client you want to adulate you. The community you…
On Dreams, Fear Of Failure, and Not Facing Up To Reality
Your precious dreams. You share them with me so sincerely. You tell me how unhappy you are about the current state of your working life. How you feel unfulfilled. Punching below your weight. You list out your ideas for change. At times I get seduced and equate your talk with action. But weeks, months, years…
How Safe Is Your Brilliant Career From Delusion?
What makes for a brilliant career? Many people will tell you it’s about the quality of their CV: the brand names they’ve worked for, the job titles they’ve had, the progression they’ve made through the ranks; the businesses they’ve driven to success. But if you buy into this picture, could you be deluding yourself? Once…
Don’t Do These 7 Things When You’re Trying To Get Promoted
Some of you, struggling to find a meaningful work within the context of a meaningful life, get conflicted around the whole subject of promotion. You imagine that, if you signal interest in a bigger job, you’ll have to sacrifice your hard-won soul, even as you begin the selection process. And that’s not something you even…