Don’t button your lip on the most depressing day of the year

January 18, 2010

I spent most of yesterday trying unsuccessfully to fix an Apple Time Capsule that all of a sudden doesn’t want to talk to my Mac. Mid-afternoon, I came up for air and, realising I was losing a beautiful day of sunshine, persuaded Steve to come out for a walk with me. We ended up popping [...]

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Lost heart with your current job? Don’t rush to escape

January 15, 2010

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 the recruiters will be happy!
It’s no wonder things are this way. In [...]

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Unhappy at work? An alternative look at this week’s job satisfaction statistics

January 8, 2010

Did you see that this Tuesday The Associate Press reported on The Conference Board’s survey findings on work satisfaction. In a nutshell:

Only 45% of Americans are satisfied with their work.
This is the lowest level recorded in 22 years of this survey
Only 51% of people find their jobs interesting
Of the under 25s, 64% of workers say [...]

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Upping the ante in 2010

January 5, 2010

Happy New Year everyone! How were your Holidays?
I hadn’t planned to be off-air for almost two weeks, but that’s how it has worked out and, boy, did I have a ball. One of the most amazing things about living in the heart of the English countryside is, well, the countryside. Yes, it’s been freezing cold, [...]

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How to not pretend you’re working when it’s the holidays

December 22, 2009

Here at the A Different Kind of Work office (aka my kitchen table whilst waiting for an office desk to arrive), I’ve been thinking about some wise words I could write this holiday week. But the truth is that I’m a little distracted with things like going to parties (or not, because of the snow), [...]

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The hazards of creating a location independent lifestyle – and how to navigate them

December 14, 2009

This morning I’ve come to my local coffee shop, treated myself to a large gingerbread latte (well, it IS Christmas!), and sat down to take stock of the last two months.
As you’ll recall from my earlier posts, as well as writing about how you can reinvent work in the context of your whole life, I’m [...]

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How to kick workplace stress in the butt: part two

December 7, 2009

10 ways to be okay at work
If you worked through the 10 coaching questions in the first post in this series, you’ll have a much better understanding of what stresses you at work and why. You’ll also know what you’d prefer to believe about yourself around work, and how you’d prefer to feel.
But how would [...]

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How to kick workplace stress in the butt: part one

November 30, 2009

10 coaching questions to help you take back the power

This is the first of a special three-part series on tackling stress at work.
Stress at work is big news. Figures from the UK’s Health and Safety Executive, reported in the Evening Standard last week, indicate that intolerable office hours and excessive work demands triggered 96,800 [...]

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How to live more easily with the fear of layoff

November 15, 2009

According to UK Labour Market Statistics, about half a million people have lost their jobs since this time last year. That’s a lot of people who’ve had “sorry, we don’t need you any more…” conversations.
And with cost-cutting measures still in vogue, how do you live without the dread of being tapped on the shoulder by [...]

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What do you do when your life doesn’t go according to plan?

November 9, 2009

I was in London doing a peer coaching session, when I got a message from Steve. It’s not like him to phone when he knows I’m working, so I knew immediately that something was wrong. It was his mother. They’d found a tumour in her brain and were recommending immediate treatment.
We’d known she hadn’t quite [...]

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