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When It’s Not You: Navigating Career Unhappiness
Imagine this: an email marked “Urgent!” sent to you at ten to midnight from your boss, leaving

Top Ten Commandments for Recognizing and Affirming Your Worth at Work.I was chatting the other day—on International Women’s Day, no less—with a female friend about

Portfolio Careers: Freedom, Variety… and Common Pitfalls.Portfolio careers are becoming more and more popular.Instead of your professional life comprising one role in one organisation, you

I had a good chat about this with Jennifer Zamparelli on 2FM this morning. You can listen back here
https://www.rte.ie/radio/2fm/clips/22237215/

“Here’s the thing, Jane. I’m tired of the me I have to be at work.”I’ll never forget these words, spoken by a forty something man

The great writer Charles Dickens once revealed what he believed to be the secret of success:
Whichever task you’re doing right now, however large

You will have heard the saying, ‘Wherever you go, you bring yourself’.Wise words, and usually spoken in relation to travel. But they have a strong

Networking Without the Nerves: 7 Refreshing Truths
I never cease to be amazed at how nervous some clients get when I broach the idea

The Story of an Operations Manager Who Turned Things Around.I was working some time back with a woman who had been appointed to an Operations

In my last post, I told the story of how an Operations Manager solved a tricky situation with one of her junior managers. He had