So, Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his acting career on hold while he sorts out his personal life, following revelations of an affair. Good for him. He’s rich and can probably afford to be so focused. But what do you do if you’re at a critical point in your career, and all hell lets loose in…
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The 7 Most Soul-Sucking Career Mistakes Ever (And How To Avoid Them)
There’s a story about this eBook that one day I will tell separately. For now, I just wanted to be shamelessly self-promoting and let you know that The 7 Most Soul-Sucking Career Mistakes Ever (And How To Avoid Them) is available for free download to newsletter subscribers. There’s more great digital stuff coming to the…
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…
How To Re-Engage With Your Job (Even When You’d Really Rather Not)
You didn’t imagine you’d be sat there much longer. But the uncertainties in the marketplace are making your job search or longed for promotion take more time than you’d hoped. One of the most soul-destroying things is turning up for a job every day when you outgrew it some time ago, but need to stick…
How I Recovered From The Evil Grip Of A Vampire Boss
Maybe it’s because it’s spring and they can smell the sap rising. But after a dormant winter, news of a plague of vampire boss attacks has reached my real and virtual office again this week. How can you tell if your boss is a vampire? Well, if you’re constantly feeling exhausted, that nothing you do…
The 4 Key Steps To Better Business Networking
I don’t believe in miracle solutions for career or business development, but if I believed in one, it would certainly be business networking. I think your professional skills aren’t worth very much unless people know about them and they know about you. This is where business networking comes in. As a communication coach, I’ve seen…
How Not To Give Feedback At Work: Part Two
Have you ever wondered about the source of poor management behaviour? I’ve always believed it comes from the top. The board or its equivalent. Set a bad example and you give your more junior people leaders licence to copy you. On the weekend, I witnessed a sad but true endorsing example. You may recall that…
Why You Need To Trust Yourself When The Wheels Come Off Your Career Wagon
What do you do when the wheels come off your career wagon? That’s a question that brings a lot of people to me. People who’ve expected their work – and lives – to go in a certain direction. To have just the same enthusiasm today as they always had yesterday. But then something happens. Someone…
How Being A Little Badass Will Help You Thrive In 2011
What mindset are you choosing to adopt as you come into this New Year? That’s the question I’m asking as we kick off the Recession Proof Your Career in 2011 series. With the squeeze on jobs and small businesses there are two places you might be. The first is siege mentality: head down, resigned to…
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…
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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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