Did you give yourself some return to work credit? It’s so easy to discount the sheer level of adjustment that returning to work requires of us. Having been too unwell to engage in paid employment for a couple of years in my thirties, in my mid-forties I find myself in a polar opposite situation. “My world is […]
Managing your return to work, be it post summer holidays, returning to academia, post illness or maternity leave, can be conflicted and feel tumultuous. There can be equal amounts of excitement and fear, because, whatever type of return to work this is for you, things will have changed in your absence. Don’t forget that you […]
The words below align completely with my experience of engaging with really excellent professional experiences thus far. This is my careers guidance Bristol “Be brave, be bold, be daring as you can be, and then go and find a team of people who can make that passion a reality” Q Adam White BAFTA award winning Big […]
Protestant Work Ethic! That’s my careers guidance UK opening gambit today. I’m talking here about the mayhem a work-ethic can cause us when it runs riot through our everyday lives. I found these words in The Independent “I think 2008 made some differences. People who had followed the work ethic for years found themselves without […]
Towards the end of our work together, when a client had decided that they may indeed extricate themselves from the working culture that has been causing them unhappiness, they suddenly realise that they have chosen to go it alone. With our working relationship drawing to a close, ‘ALONE’ can shout right out! This is the […]
Professional Development Plans: Sometimes pushing harder doesn’t get you any further than pausing, or even surrendering. Progress is enhanced by replenishing in the long run. Whilst I recognise I am stating the flipping obvious it doesn’t feel like a solution in my moments of frustration. I’m not very good at playing the long game. I […]
It might seem like there are changes with this blog, and, you’d be right in thinking so: If I seem like I am blogging less, I am. If you fear I am less committed,I am not! I have another project up my sleeve. It will take a little time to reveal. At beginning of September all […]
Smart Coaching Goals: Sometimes it is harder to meet your coaching goals than you had first envisaged. This is when it can be useful to break them down into smaller steps. What seemed like an easily achievable goal at first sight, can suddenly unravel before your very eyes. Then you can be left wondering if the […]
Coaching Goals: Coaching is a goal oriented process. It is also important however to recognise when the goals you need have changed. In my experience we humans tend to evolve way faster than we expect. Therefore, if we continued to head towards our original destination, we risk atrophying our real possibilities. It is really important to […]
Interview Rejection Feedback Nobody wants to get rejected from their interview. Sometimes an interview can be really useful in showing you why you don’t want that job or to work with that particular organisation. Sometimes the interview confirms exactly why you DID want the that job or to work with these people. If this is […]