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: Toxic work
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 ...
What Employers Need To Know Now
Last week The Wall Street Journal reported that more people are quitting their jobs than being laid off for the first time in 15 consecutive months. Recent UK figures paint a similar picture. The WSJ article reckons there's two reasons: First, there's a ...
Social Media. Another 24/7 Work Culture?
This is a question that's been on my mind for a couple of weeks now. Especially since a few uncharacteristic mistakes in my client work brought into focus how much time I was spending online and how tired it was beginning to make me feel. Not ...
Lost heart with your current job? Don’t rush to escape
I've read recently that as many as 60% of workers intend to leave their jobs this year. Assuming that there's some economic upturn to enable it, that's going to be one heck of a lot of people circling the job market. At least ...
How to tackle a workaholic boss and come out winning
This is the second in an occasional series of posts for people in corporate jobs. During the series I'll be talking about some of the challenges you face in the current economic environment, and giving you some pointers for dealing with them in ways that ...
How to stop employees taking sickies during the swine flu pandemic
I could only laugh at the various articles I’ve read in the press recently about workers taking sickies because of swine flu. Naughty old workers! But that was topped by some interesting online discussion from the HR community on how to deal ...
Work detox: 5 coaching questions that’ll change your life
I was running on Wimbledon Common this morning and noticed that the personal trainers were out in force. It’s amazing how many people, realising that their beachwear is going to look better without the bodily overhang that’s developed during the winter, embark on a bikini programme round about now. Whether or not this is ...