Happy New Year to you! Did you manage to get a bit of a break over Christmas? How are things now that the decs are down and life is getting back to normal? Normal. I’m so aware that for some of you that’s not a comfortable place right now. My UK public sector readers are…
Category Archives: Surviving and thriving at work
The Shocking Truth About Corporations
Big business’s lack of respect for people came home to me yet again this weekend, when an invoice I’d submitted to a company for a piece of executive coaching was returned unpaid three months after it was raised. I’d made a small, but apparently significant error in addressing it. The whole thing angered and saddened…
How Not To Make An Arse Of Yourself At The Office Party
What is it about Christmas that encourages us to go wild at office parties and end up making complete idiots of ourselves? Year-end pressure boiling over? The company’s party budget crying out to be indulged to the max? I’m sure I don’t know. But there’s something about this time of year that allows us to…
How To Keep Smiling At Work When You’re Dying Inside
photo credit: Symic You struggle into work one morning but you’re this pent up source of uninvited yuckiness. It feels like the world and her handbags have taken up residence on your shoulders overnight and even the colours around you look greyer and less inviting. You know you shouldn’t feel like this, you have everything going…
12 Lies Recruiters Like To Tell
Apart from the few Web 2.0 recruiters I’ve met via Twitter, who seem intent on bringing ethical practice into their profession, most of the ones I’ve ever come across are a slippery bunch. Thing is, they recognize that, because they’re dealing with your career, they hold a lot of power. A call out of the…
How Not To Give Feedback At Work
An embarrassing thing happened to me the other day that I want to share and get your perspective on. I’m in a coffee shop with my other half for breakfast. I order him a bacon butty. The barista, a fairly new guy, doing his best at smiley customer service, puts two sachets of ketchup on…
How Bosses Gamble With Your Loyalty: 5 Ways To Protect Yourself
Companies often take their best, most dedicated people for granted. When bosses are awash with all kind of short- and long-term problems, loyal old, hardworking you are the last thing that gets on their agenda as needing time, attention and consideration. Which can leave you feeling more than a tad resentful. Not good when you’re…
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…
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…
A Comprehensive Guide To Slaying Your Vampire Boss
Your first meeting with her was inspirational. “Hurrah for charisma,” you thought. At the time, something lurched in your solar plexus; something you couldn’t name. But you told yourself not to be silly; you were just imagining things. But weeks after you start working for her, things are not right. You’ve got all the signs…
Category Archives: Surviving and thriving at work
Recession Proof Your Career In 2011
Happy New Year to you! Did you manage to get a bit of a break over Christmas? How are things now that the decs are down and life is getting back to normal? Normal. I’m so aware that for some of you that’s not a comfortable place right now. My UK public sector readers are…
The Shocking Truth About Corporations
Big business’s lack of respect for people came home to me yet again this weekend, when an invoice I’d submitted to a company for a piece of executive coaching was returned unpaid three months after it was raised. I’d made a small, but apparently significant error in addressing it. The whole thing angered and saddened…
How Not To Make An Arse Of Yourself At The Office Party
What is it about Christmas that encourages us to go wild at office parties and end up making complete idiots of ourselves? Year-end pressure boiling over? The company’s party budget crying out to be indulged to the max? I’m sure I don’t know. But there’s something about this time of year that allows us to…
How To Keep Smiling At Work When You’re Dying Inside
photo credit: Symic You struggle into work one morning but you’re this pent up source of uninvited yuckiness. It feels like the world and her handbags have taken up residence on your shoulders overnight and even the colours around you look greyer and less inviting. You know you shouldn’t feel like this, you have everything going…
12 Lies Recruiters Like To Tell
Apart from the few Web 2.0 recruiters I’ve met via Twitter, who seem intent on bringing ethical practice into their profession, most of the ones I’ve ever come across are a slippery bunch. Thing is, they recognize that, because they’re dealing with your career, they hold a lot of power. A call out of the…
How Not To Give Feedback At Work
An embarrassing thing happened to me the other day that I want to share and get your perspective on. I’m in a coffee shop with my other half for breakfast. I order him a bacon butty. The barista, a fairly new guy, doing his best at smiley customer service, puts two sachets of ketchup on…
How Bosses Gamble With Your Loyalty: 5 Ways To Protect Yourself
Companies often take their best, most dedicated people for granted. When bosses are awash with all kind of short- and long-term problems, loyal old, hardworking you are the last thing that gets on their agenda as needing time, attention and consideration. Which can leave you feeling more than a tad resentful. Not good when you’re…
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…
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…
A Comprehensive Guide To Slaying Your Vampire Boss
Your first meeting with her was inspirational. “Hurrah for charisma,” you thought. At the time, something lurched in your solar plexus; something you couldn’t name. But you told yourself not to be silly; you were just imagining things. But weeks after you start working for her, things are not right. You’ve got all the signs…
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Category Archives: Surviving and thriving at work
Recession Proof Your Career In 2011
Happy New Year to you! Did you manage to get a bit of a break over Christmas? How are things now that the decs are down and life is getting back to normal? Normal. I’m so aware that for some of you that’s not a comfortable place right now. My UK public sector readers are…
The Shocking Truth About Corporations
Big business’s lack of respect for people came home to me yet again this weekend, when an invoice I’d submitted to a company for a piece of executive coaching was returned unpaid three months after it was raised. I’d made a small, but apparently significant error in addressing it. The whole thing angered and saddened…
How Not To Make An Arse Of Yourself At The Office Party
What is it about Christmas that encourages us to go wild at office parties and end up making complete idiots of ourselves? Year-end pressure boiling over? The company’s party budget crying out to be indulged to the max? I’m sure I don’t know. But there’s something about this time of year that allows us to…
How To Keep Smiling At Work When You’re Dying Inside
photo credit: Symic You struggle into work one morning but you’re this pent up source of uninvited yuckiness. It feels like the world and her handbags have taken up residence on your shoulders overnight and even the colours around you look greyer and less inviting. You know you shouldn’t feel like this, you have everything going…
12 Lies Recruiters Like To Tell
Apart from the few Web 2.0 recruiters I’ve met via Twitter, who seem intent on bringing ethical practice into their profession, most of the ones I’ve ever come across are a slippery bunch. Thing is, they recognize that, because they’re dealing with your career, they hold a lot of power. A call out of the…
How Not To Give Feedback At Work
An embarrassing thing happened to me the other day that I want to share and get your perspective on. I’m in a coffee shop with my other half for breakfast. I order him a bacon butty. The barista, a fairly new guy, doing his best at smiley customer service, puts two sachets of ketchup on…
How Bosses Gamble With Your Loyalty: 5 Ways To Protect Yourself
Companies often take their best, most dedicated people for granted. When bosses are awash with all kind of short- and long-term problems, loyal old, hardworking you are the last thing that gets on their agenda as needing time, attention and consideration. Which can leave you feeling more than a tad resentful. Not good when you’re…
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…
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…
A Comprehensive Guide To Slaying Your Vampire Boss
Your first meeting with her was inspirational. “Hurrah for charisma,” you thought. At the time, something lurched in your solar plexus; something you couldn’t name. But you told yourself not to be silly; you were just imagining things. But weeks after you start working for her, things are not right. You’ve got all the signs…