Career
When your values disagree with each other
The decision you keep circling is not right against wrong. It is two things you care about, and only one of them fits.
Writing
Job hunt
Why does my CV get rejected immediately?
You applied at six. The rejection landed at eight. It feels like a robot read your CV and binned it.
Career
Which means what?
"Family" is on everyone's list. The word is where the agreement ends.
Career
You already had them
You turned down that job three years ago and never quite explained why. There was a reason. You just never wrote it down.
Coaching
The Values Finder
You have been running on the same five values for years. You just never wrote them down. Twenty minutes fixes that.
Career
Who you would stop being?
You have run the numbers twice and they work. That was never the problem.
Career
Whose definition?
You are not stuck. You are moving fast in a direction you never chose.
Career
You already know
You know what you are going to do. What stops you is who you think you owe.
Career
Still good at it
You are the one people come to, now name the last thing this job taught you.
Career
Nothing is Wrong
Unhappy people leave. Comfortable people stay for five years and call it fine.
Career
Nothing happens at your desk
Notice what the last three weeks had in common. (Week 1, Week 2, Week 3)
Listing your options. Making a
Career
Nouns don't always transfer
Communication. Leadership. Problem solving. The evidence isn't always in your job description.
Career
Constraints are the Brief, not the Problem.
Most constraints have an expiry date. Almost nobody writes them down.
Career
A question BEFORE a job hunt
Most people can't name three alternatives to their salary. Here's what happens when you sit down and try.
How to Win at Work Every Day
An Internal Scoreboard can drive daily performance AND improve your mental health. Here's how (and why) to build one.
Coaching
A door, not an answer
Most of my working time is spent asking people questions. As I pivot towards coaching for a living, the work
Career
The Clockspeed Trap
The job ends. The clockspeed doesn't. Running your biggest decisions at company speed is how good people make bad calls.
Career
The Polished Ones Are the Dangerous Ones
As someone being made laid-off next week, I have been spending hours back in the job market and researching
