Burned out. Stressed. Bored. Frustrated. Angry. Resentful. These are the words my clients use to describe their current job situation. Do any of them ring a bell? One of my clients, Marie, 38, was full of regret about the time she spent with a renowned international consultancy firm. “Those years were a total waste,” she … Read More
Happiness At Work
GET IN THE DRIVING SEAT OF YOUR CAREER!
How are you feeling about your job? Let me guess. The chances are you are not very satisfied. If so, you are not alone. Most employees (between 60-75% globally) are unhappy at work. At a time of high unemployment and lacklustre job growth, many employees feel stuck in their jobs and unable to consider a … Read More
Choosing the Right Place to Work
Working with job seekers and career changers, I discovered one common trait about them. When people transition between companies/industries, or just start out (after university or after a pause to have children or a maternity break), they tend to focus on positions being offered, and not beyond. They usually get so excited about what the … Read More
Five steps to getting job offers, recommendations and referrals
Networking helps us find new projects, customers, move to new positions and jobs (75 percent of all jobs are not advertised!) and yet networking is not about any of that. Networking is about being kind, helping others and building lasting relationships. We all know that the times when one could expect just do their … Read More
Ditch that modesty and start networking!
Were you ever surprised to find out that a colleague was assigned a new exciting project or a new role, and not you? Jannet came to me after something similar happened to her at least twice. “I really don’t understand why I was not chosen to head that project. I always deliver on time. I … Read More
New Year: think of new habits, not resolutions!
Why do so many people hit the gym and buy more self-help books in January (both gyms and the self-help books’ publishing see a huge jump in sales in the first 2 months of each year) and then… go back to the old habits? Why, for most people, New Year resolutions stay just as “resolutions” … Read More
Feeling stressed? Do something different!
When Claire put down the phone, she was hyper-ventilating. Her heart was racing. It was 3pm on the last work day before the Christmas holidays and she just learned that one of the managers had not finished the report that was due by tonight and was leaving early to attend to her sick child. Claire … Read More
Gratitude + Low Expectations = Happiness
We all have challenges and issues in our lives to resolve. A difficult colleague at work, a fight with a significant other, there is often a source of stress and frustration. Thinking about those things adds to our stress levels and makes us feel anxious. What if we focused on what’s going right in our … Read More