It’s a question I get asked a lot. How do you extricate yourself from a corporate career? One that you’ve known very well. I’m not talking about how you get your head round what to do next. I’ll leave that subject for other posts. I’m talking about navigating your way through your exit. There’s lots…
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How To Swing An Internal Job Move When Your Boss Really Wants You To Stay Put
Hats off to you. You’ve managed to hold on to your job through countless rounds of redundancies and reorganisations. And what you’re doing has become so much more mission critical to your boss as a result. But you’ve got other ideas. As relieved and flattered as you are, you just don’t want to keep doing…
5 Warning Signs That You’re Accepting The Wrong Job (And How Not To)
It’s tempting. That call out of the blue seems to promise so much. Just the kind of thing you’ve been dreaming of. Prestigious company for someone in your profession. Signs that they’re going places and could take you with them. It’s like the unexpected date after months of romantic drought. And you’re feeling pretty proud…
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…
Why Freelancers Hold The Key To Happiness At Work
Did you know that there are now 1.4m freelance workers in the UK, and 42.6m in the US? That’s around 8% of our full-time working populations taking responsibility for their own livelihoods. Interesting? Even more interesting, freelancer workers are among the happiest. Reasons for being happy? They have more control over what work they will…
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 A Year In The Country Has Revolutionized My Work Life
Can you believe that a year ago this week I was loading a van with all my stuff and heading from my much loved house in Wimbledon, to a cottage in the Buckinghamshire countryside? (Well, technically, I wasn’t loading the van, but you get the picture.) The whole purpose was to allow me to create…
Work life change: event or journey?
This is the sixth in The New Work Pioneer Manifesto series. Today we’re talking about the landmark stages navigated on the way to work life freedom. Many coaches sell seminars and bootcamps where they promise transformational life change for a couple of hundred quid in a weekend. I’ve often wondered what hopeful planet they live…
Introducing The Manifesto For New Work Pioneers
Welcome to the first in an unfolding and to-be-developed series of posts, creating The Manifesto For New Work Pioneers. To kick off, I want to share three things: My intention in writing The Manifesto Some thoughts on how this process will run Article headings that could shape some meaningful draft content and lead to some…
Five Things That Help New Work Pioneers Make Real Change
So, I’ve introduced you to the (not so) silent rise of the New Work Pioneer; I’ve shared how New Work Pioneers use times of crisis as catalysts for change; and indeed how New Work Pioneers come into being. Today I want to share some practical thoughts about how to set off on the New Work…
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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.
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