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 top of that, the bogey man of today’s employment market can be the all pervading fear factor, threatening…
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Tag Archive: economic environment
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 employed than they’d really rather wish to be. Their hearts tell them they’d love to…
Workshops: The Most Powerful Form Of Coaching?
This week I’ve been talking to a number of people who are attending the Work Life Balance Workshop I’m running on September 24th. Besides asking me about what to expect, the conversation has often moved into questions about my motivation for creating the event, and why I chose a workshop format at all. I decided…
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 glut of people who have sat out the recession in the relative…
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 their pipelines to be a little short on flow. After a few…
Unhappy at work? An alternative look at this week’s job satisfaction statistics
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,…
How to live more easily with the fear of layoff
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…
How to stay in your current job AND enjoy it!
This is the third 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 allow you a more positive and life-sustaining experience. This post…