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…
Category Archives: Reinventing work
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…
5 Warning Signs That You’re Accepting The Wrong Job (And How Not To)
It’s tempting. That call out of the blue seems to promise so much. Just the kind of thing you’ve been dreaming of. Prestigious company for someone in your profession. Signs that they’re going places and could take you with them. It’s like the unexpected date after months of romantic drought. And you’re feeling pretty proud…
Hero Or Failure: You Decide
Last Friday I was writing about working on purpose. And over the weekend, I was asking myself what makes the difference between times when I am really able to do that versus those when I’m not. I got to figuring that it all came down to what I was telling myself about the likely outcome…
How Safe Is It To Work On Purpose In a Dodgy Economy?
Purpose. That’s a word that some New-Agers have cannibalised to the point where I often want to disown it. That is, until I’m talking to people who are trying to grapple with it because they’ve got to the inescapable point in their lives of wanting purpose to be what drives them, and finding themselves struggling…
How To Re-Engage With Your Job (Even When You’d Really Rather Not)
You didn’t imagine you’d be sat there much longer. But the uncertainties in the marketplace are making your job search or longed for promotion take more time than you’d hoped. One of the most soul-destroying things is turning up for a job every day when you outgrew it some time ago, but need to stick…
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…
5 Golden Career Rules Your Parents Taught You (And Why You Should Ditch Them)
Maybe you were one of those lucky kids whose parents were pretty sorted, and supported your self-actualization growing up? I wasn’t, and neither were most of the people I work with. It’s not that our folks were bad (okay, actually some were awful). Sometimes they just taught us too well how to fit into the…
Category Archives: Reinventing work
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…
5 Warning Signs That You’re Accepting The Wrong Job (And How Not To)
It’s tempting. That call out of the blue seems to promise so much. Just the kind of thing you’ve been dreaming of. Prestigious company for someone in your profession. Signs that they’re going places and could take you with them. It’s like the unexpected date after months of romantic drought. And you’re feeling pretty proud…
Hero Or Failure: You Decide
Last Friday I was writing about working on purpose. And over the weekend, I was asking myself what makes the difference between times when I am really able to do that versus those when I’m not. I got to figuring that it all came down to what I was telling myself about the likely outcome…
How Safe Is It To Work On Purpose In a Dodgy Economy?
Purpose. That’s a word that some New-Agers have cannibalised to the point where I often want to disown it. That is, until I’m talking to people who are trying to grapple with it because they’ve got to the inescapable point in their lives of wanting purpose to be what drives them, and finding themselves struggling…
How To Re-Engage With Your Job (Even When You’d Really Rather Not)
You didn’t imagine you’d be sat there much longer. But the uncertainties in the marketplace are making your job search or longed for promotion take more time than you’d hoped. One of the most soul-destroying things is turning up for a job every day when you outgrew it some time ago, but need to stick…
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…
5 Golden Career Rules Your Parents Taught You (And Why You Should Ditch Them)
Maybe you were one of those lucky kids whose parents were pretty sorted, and supported your self-actualization growing up? I wasn’t, and neither were most of the people I work with. It’s not that our folks were bad (okay, actually some were awful). Sometimes they just taught us too well how to fit into the…
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Category Archives: Reinventing work
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…
5 Warning Signs That You’re Accepting The Wrong Job (And How Not To)
It’s tempting. That call out of the blue seems to promise so much. Just the kind of thing you’ve been dreaming of. Prestigious company for someone in your profession. Signs that they’re going places and could take you with them. It’s like the unexpected date after months of romantic drought. And you’re feeling pretty proud…
Hero Or Failure: You Decide
Last Friday I was writing about working on purpose. And over the weekend, I was asking myself what makes the difference between times when I am really able to do that versus those when I’m not. I got to figuring that it all came down to what I was telling myself about the likely outcome…
How Safe Is It To Work On Purpose In a Dodgy Economy?
Purpose. That’s a word that some New-Agers have cannibalised to the point where I often want to disown it. That is, until I’m talking to people who are trying to grapple with it because they’ve got to the inescapable point in their lives of wanting purpose to be what drives them, and finding themselves struggling…
How To Re-Engage With Your Job (Even When You’d Really Rather Not)
You didn’t imagine you’d be sat there much longer. But the uncertainties in the marketplace are making your job search or longed for promotion take more time than you’d hoped. One of the most soul-destroying things is turning up for a job every day when you outgrew it some time ago, but need to stick…
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…
5 Golden Career Rules Your Parents Taught You (And Why You Should Ditch Them)
Maybe you were one of those lucky kids whose parents were pretty sorted, and supported your self-actualization growing up? I wasn’t, and neither were most of the people I work with. It’s not that our folks were bad (okay, actually some were awful). Sometimes they just taught us too well how to fit into the…