Category: Modern workplace
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My personal cheerleader…
I’ve talked before about some of the bad managers I have had during my career… like Teflon, or the manager who threatened to throw her laptop at me (and I haven’t even written about “the aggressor” yet). But mostly, I have had the pleasure of working under some pretty amazing, influential and inspiring managers. I…
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Social Communication – I’ve finally found my thing!
As I’ve mentioned before, being digitally savvy has never actually been my thing. I’m not a socially born millennial and for years I watched in confusion as my sister designed her first My Space page and then kept telling me I should get onto Facebook while I shrugged and said “nah..don’t really get that…
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Being fair doesn’t mean being equal
I was watching an interview on TV today about women working from home instead of in the office once they have had children (revolutionary topic!?!?). It reminded me how fortunate I am working for a company which has provided a flexible working environment which has changed from working full time in the office, to full…
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A little bit of sunshine in my office
It continues to amaze me how much work environment really does impact your mood, motivation and essentially your engagement at work. This week I was extremely fortunate to get a beautiful massive bunch of flowers given to me. They were sitting out on the kitchen table when I suddenly realised I should totally move…
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Killer expectations and learning to fail forward…
I’ve been talking a lot about expectations recently. Realising that I have both subconscious and conscious expectations of myself ALL the time. And when my life, my work, my adventures don’t meet up with those expectations, I get really frustrated and upset. I recognise that they come from a deep seated belief that I should…
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Gossiping…don’t get sucked into the vortex
I’m feeling a bit down this week, dragged down by office gossip and politics. It all started innocently enough, sharing a few frustrations with colleagues… there is something reassuring about knowing that others are feeling the same way you do, struggling to interact with another colleague or getting annoyed with dealing with bureaucracy. But it’s…
claire george 