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…
Category Archives: New Work Pioneers
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…
Warning: More Government Insanity About Jobs On The Way
You’ve got to love the UK coalition government. A couple of weeks ago they were expressing disappointment that the private sector may not, after all, be able to pick up the slack on public sector job losses. And today Iain Duncan Smith pronounced that the unemployment issue is really one of inefficient job matching. “It’s…
Why Freelancers Hold The Key To Happiness At Work
Did you know that there are now 1.4m freelance workers in the UK, and 42.6m in the US? That’s around 8% of our full-time working populations taking responsibility for their own livelihoods. Interesting? Even more interesting, freelancer workers are among the happiest. Reasons for being happy? They have more control over what work they will…
How Safe Is Your Career From Extinction?
With temperatures reaching 20 degrees centigrade, it’s been summer again over the weekend here in the South of England. But, with David Cameron’s call for us to pull together to get Britain back on track, at the same time as Civil Service Unions were negotiating redundancy payment terms that could allow up to 100,000 job…
What If There IS No Work?
So, here’s the thing: some of my clients are in the unusual-for-them position of having no work right now. They’ve either been made redundant from their firms, are watching their businesses hit the skids, or are just generally less well employed than they’d really rather wish to be. Their hearts tell them they’d love to…
Workshops: The Most Powerful Form Of Coaching?
This week I’ve been talking to a number of people who are attending the Work Life Balance Workshop I’m running on September 24th. Besides asking me about what to expect, the conversation has often moved into questions about my motivation for creating the event, and why I chose a workshop format at all. I decided…
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…
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…
Category Archives: New Work Pioneers
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…
Warning: More Government Insanity About Jobs On The Way
You’ve got to love the UK coalition government. A couple of weeks ago they were expressing disappointment that the private sector may not, after all, be able to pick up the slack on public sector job losses. And today Iain Duncan Smith pronounced that the unemployment issue is really one of inefficient job matching. “It’s…
Why Freelancers Hold The Key To Happiness At Work
Did you know that there are now 1.4m freelance workers in the UK, and 42.6m in the US? That’s around 8% of our full-time working populations taking responsibility for their own livelihoods. Interesting? Even more interesting, freelancer workers are among the happiest. Reasons for being happy? They have more control over what work they will…
How Safe Is Your Career From Extinction?
With temperatures reaching 20 degrees centigrade, it’s been summer again over the weekend here in the South of England. But, with David Cameron’s call for us to pull together to get Britain back on track, at the same time as Civil Service Unions were negotiating redundancy payment terms that could allow up to 100,000 job…
What If There IS No Work?
So, here’s the thing: some of my clients are in the unusual-for-them position of having no work right now. They’ve either been made redundant from their firms, are watching their businesses hit the skids, or are just generally less well employed than they’d really rather wish to be. Their hearts tell them they’d love to…
Workshops: The Most Powerful Form Of Coaching?
This week I’ve been talking to a number of people who are attending the Work Life Balance Workshop I’m running on September 24th. Besides asking me about what to expect, the conversation has often moved into questions about my motivation for creating the event, and why I chose a workshop format at all. I decided…
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…
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…
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Category Archives: New Work Pioneers
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…
Warning: More Government Insanity About Jobs On The Way
You’ve got to love the UK coalition government. A couple of weeks ago they were expressing disappointment that the private sector may not, after all, be able to pick up the slack on public sector job losses. And today Iain Duncan Smith pronounced that the unemployment issue is really one of inefficient job matching. “It’s…
Why Freelancers Hold The Key To Happiness At Work
Did you know that there are now 1.4m freelance workers in the UK, and 42.6m in the US? That’s around 8% of our full-time working populations taking responsibility for their own livelihoods. Interesting? Even more interesting, freelancer workers are among the happiest. Reasons for being happy? They have more control over what work they will…
How Safe Is Your Career From Extinction?
With temperatures reaching 20 degrees centigrade, it’s been summer again over the weekend here in the South of England. But, with David Cameron’s call for us to pull together to get Britain back on track, at the same time as Civil Service Unions were negotiating redundancy payment terms that could allow up to 100,000 job…
What If There IS No Work?
So, here’s the thing: some of my clients are in the unusual-for-them position of having no work right now. They’ve either been made redundant from their firms, are watching their businesses hit the skids, or are just generally less well employed than they’d really rather wish to be. Their hearts tell them they’d love to…
Workshops: The Most Powerful Form Of Coaching?
This week I’ve been talking to a number of people who are attending the Work Life Balance Workshop I’m running on September 24th. Besides asking me about what to expect, the conversation has often moved into questions about my motivation for creating the event, and why I chose a workshop format at all. I decided…
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…
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…