A Client, Collaborator or Colleague That Drains You With Too Many Demands, or Derails Your Morale, Needs to Be Fired From Your Worklife
Tag Archives: Professional Development
A Lesson in How To Handle a Bad Boss
Speaking up rather than cowering in silence for fear of an awkward conversation takes courage, but you owe that to yourself and your boss.
Because of Longevity There’s Space For a Whole New Worklife Chapter
This was no ordinary job search campaign, and we soon agreed his best plan of action was to connect with people he’d met throughout his career, just by way of catching up for a coffee or beer and having a chat about things in general.
How Can You Move to the Next Stage of Your WorkLife After Redundancy?
The moral of this story: There is life after redundancy, and with creative thinking and strategic planning, you can move to the next stage of your WorkLife and with a renewed zest for life.
Good Times and Bad Times Bring About Great Resignations
If I can do it, so can you, and you never know where your new WorkLife chapter will lead you, and what doors and opportunities will open along the way.
How to Come Back When You Discover The Grass Wasn’t Greener After All
And so, before making that move to what you might consider are greener pastures, perhaps first take time to consider if there are any changes you can effect to make your current situation better.
Why Are Speculative Job Approaches Important and Do They Work? Part 1
Therein lies my case that speculatively approaching organisations for work is important. It can help you get onto their radar to be considered for a position when a role becomes available. And so, yes, speculative job approaches do actually work.
Why Are Speculative Job Approaches Important and Do They Work? Part 2
The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles and successes. In some stories, I share my own experiences, and with permission, stories of people I’ve worked with, whose names have been changed to protect their anonymity. Other persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities.
How Understanding Your Core Motivation Will Help You Fulfil Your Hopes and Dreams
Our personal motivation is a much more complex matter than just finding a ‘good skills fit’, and while skills and motivation are related, they’re certainly not the same. Skills can be limited if they’re not energised by an innate motivation.
How Developing New Skills Will Allow You to Perform In the WorkLife of Your Choice
Similarly to Fanny, we all have the potential to develop new skills that will allow us to perform in the career of our choice and in line with the demands of the role.