In October 2012 at the age of 47 my client was made redundant after more than 20 years working as a senior manager for a global telecoms company in the USA. Although she’d not been enjoying her job for some time, it was a shock when the announcement came. The Challenge Janet (not her real name) accessed my […]
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Chris is on the treadmill of life. Caught up with the never-ending round of meetings, appraisals, budget cuts, data analysis and being polite to people she wouldn’t otherwise choose to pass the time of day with. After a long commute on an over-crowded train she’s presented with a grumpy 20 something who’s only just got up and is […]
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I consider myself very lucky. I love my work. But, it wasn’t always that way. For more than ten years I worked in a career I didn’t enjoy. I felt trapped, unfulfilled, anxious, de-motivated ….and ashamed of feeling all these things when I was earning a good wage and had what others considered ‘a great job’. […]
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After 35 years in a telecoms company where my client, Keith had achieved a senior position he realised he was tired of the corporate life, the projects that never completed, the performance management processes that seemed to have nothing to do with encouraging people and helping them to perform better. Keith recognised he needed a […]
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