Corporations often dish up beliefs as truths and then manage you through that lens. I see it all the time in my coaching work. There's an implicit set of assumptions that underpin ...
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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: Surviving and thriving at work
The Great Work Life Balance Hoax
We all use the term "work life balance" to talk about a major challenging phenomenon. But are you thinking about it in the same way as me? Corporate Concept The term emerged in the 1990s, coined by corporations responding to the challenge of increasing workplace ...
7 Warning Signs That It’s Time To Quit Your Job
photo credit: DaveBleasdale According to a recent survey, 40% of professionals are considering going in search of a new job when ...
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 ...
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 ...
Want To Learn Faster? Stand Next To The Master
On Saturday morning I went to my regular Bodypump class. I was a little later than usual in getting there. Walking into the studio to set up my equipment I couldn't help noticing that the other participants had already done so in a cluster ...
The Opportunity In The Silence
Photo credit: Steven Durbin Photography If there's one word I've heard clients use a lot recently, it's the word reality. It has come up as they've talked about what's happening in their businesses right now. Because some of them are once more finding ...
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 ...