“Tis the season to be joyful!” But how joyful do you feel in your career? If you feel you want more joy and happiness in your job in 2023, read on for some tips. As you come to the end of 2022 and look back over your year at work. What are your feelings about your career this year? Has it been a toil and really felt like hard work or have you had a real sense of achievement and times of joy and happiness? Enjoying the work you do has such an impact on your life, so it is worth working at. 1. Find your joy at work The first step to finding more joy is understanding what give s you joy in your j ..read more

Are you thinking of making some New Year’s Resolutions to make a positive difference in your career in 2022? As the year comes to an end, it is time to look forward to 2022. Are you thinking of setting some New Years Resolutions around your career and looking for some ideas to set some career goals? Rather than abandoning your New Year’s Resolutions before the end of January, create some career plans that you feel motivated to stick to. So this time next year you will be able to look back over the year and congratulate yourself on all you have achieved. Making New Year’s Resolutions for your ..read more

Are you thinking of leaving your job in the New Year and need to brush up on your interview skills? Read on to find out how to use the STAR technique to improve your interview skills As we come to the end of the year, you may be thinking of moving to a new job or new career in 2022. You might not have been for a job interview in a while, or you might not have come across behavioural interviews before and want to find out more. Or you might want to polish your interview skills. Whatever the reason, if you are thinking of a job change, now is the time to start to prepare for those upcoming inter ..read more

Need inspiration for another Monday morning, or are you thinking “I hate my job and want to do something else?” or maybe you need some motivation to get through the week and be happier at work? Have a look at these inspirational work quotes to find a few that motivate you. Why not print one out, or write one on a sticky note?  You could create a virtual sticky note for your desktop here. Then read the tips to be happier at work. Career Coaching Inspirational Tips “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." —Confucius  “Work to become, not to acq ..read more

Have you been asked to do a pre-recorded video interview and need some interview tips? Read on to find out what this type of interview is and how to build your interview skills Pre-recorded job interviews are being used more and more by recruitment agencies and organisations as part of their recruitment process. Previously, it was mainly graduate recruitment processes that included pre-recorded job interviews. More recently, my clients report they are being requested to take these types of interviews for more senior roles, either by recruitment agencies, or by the organisation themselves. In t ..read more

Are you wondering how “The Great Resignation” will affect your organisation and how you can stop people leaving their jobs or changing their careers? I have been lucky enough to work as an associate of We are Beyond for the last few years in my capacity as an Executive and Career Coach. We are Beyond are an organisation of consultants, coaches and trainers who enable you to unlock the potential of your people and perform even better. Following on from the hugely successful resilience and wellbeing toolkit at the start of the pandemic, (that to date has had over 45,000+ downloads), We are Beyo ..read more

Nicky swimming and Richard in the canoe Read Nicky’s story of her epic swim adventure and how building a strong mental attitude helped her to prepare and succeed at the challenge. She swam none stop for 16.5 hours! This is a bit of a different post from usual. It is not about a career change, career management, or mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. It is about an enormous challenge my friend Nicky set herself, how we worked together, and how she achieved it. Only 50-60 people have ever officially swum Loch Lomond. I met Nicky Mather years ago in the swimming pool, years before open ..read more

I am offering cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy to help you to manage anxiety and stress at work, insomnia, presentations and interview nerves and build confidence at work? Earlier this year, I qualified as a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist through UK College of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. It was a fascinating course that is evidence based and covers mindfulness, hypnosis and CBT. Hypno-CBT® is the term for an integrated approach of mindfulness, hypnosis and CBT. I learnt a wide range of techniques and the course provided a toolbox of 35 invention to use with clients. Major hypnotherapy ..read more

Are you thinking of joining “The Great Resignation” and leaving your current job or changing your career? According to Associate Professor of Management at Texas A & M University, Anthony Klotz, many workers have resigned or are considering a job change as pandemic restrictions ease. Since the start of Covid 19, many have been put off resigning due to the lack of job prospects and opportunities. Now, as pandemic restrictions ease and workers are being called back to offices, more people are leaving or thinking of leaving their jobs and careers. According to Microsoft Work Index, 41 per cen ..read more

You do not have to be stressed at work before you learn how to manage stress and anxiety. Managing workplace stress at work is to know how to properly relax so that you can prevent it. Definition of Stress Stress can be defined as the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demands on them. Of course, some stress is useful as it adds to motivation, but when you feel that you can not cope with the pressures, that’s when stress becomes an issue. Stress also affects people differently. What stresses one person may not affect another. Factors such as skills, experien ..read more