I was already mulling over the idea of treating you to a more personal post for the August Bank Holiday weekend. But it was my friend Eleanor who gave me the call to action. Writing about how to earn a crust doing ...
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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. -
Category Archives: Reinventing work
4 Reframes To Get Your Career Groove Back
When you fall victim to some form of corporate insanity, it doesn't just set your career back - it can cripple your professional confidence and make you doubt your ability to realise your long term ambitions. On ...
First, Set Yourself Goals
This is the second post in The Two-Week Work Detox, a series of 6 posts coming at you this week and next. Often at work and in life we become so accustomed to living out other people's expectations of us ...
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 ...
Looking At Life Through The Eyes Of A Child
My most favourite nephew in the world is staying with me this week from Glasgow. He also happens to be my only nephew in the world, but that makes him more, not less special. Suffice to say, we've been having a lot of fun. As I ...
A Review Of A Different Kind Of Work – The #7 Links Challenge
Ben Lumley across at 6aliens drew my attention to the 7 Links Challenge that's sweeping the blog world right now, thanks to Problogger. The main aim of doing this challenge is to create a list post that ...
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 ...
The Last Summer Holiday You’ll Need?
Did you see the recent research that reckoned it takes only two days back at work for all of the benefits of being on holiday to disappear? How sad is that? Still, it echoes a lot of what I hear and see around me: people completely frazzled ahead of the school holidays, ...
Getting Ahead By Not Being A Cliché
Meet Eduard Ezeanu. A regular commentor here on the blog, today he's giving us some fabulous, tangible advice on how we can be extraordinary. One thing which I find amusing is how most people expect to get out of the ordinary success and satisfaction in their careers, without doing or being themselves out ...
Wanted: Smart Professionals Ready For Better Work Life Balance
Kickstart Your Life This Autumn Join me in London on the 24th of September for The Worklife Makeover, a serious power day, guaranteed to give more shape, focus and energy to your work and to your life. Perfect if you're heading into the summer holiday ...