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Being made redundant a couple of times I can identify with others who are going through the same process. The experience is unique to each person but I have found there are some common feelings of: Hurt Angry Decrease in confidence Concern about not being employable Thinking they are not valued Worring they are marketable Believing they won’t get another job. On the flipside, sometimes people feel:...

Having been through a couple of redundancies and managed a couple of teams through the redundancy process, I have experienced how it can impact those leaving the organisation and those remaining behind. My tips for people being made redundant are: Believe in yourself Look at what you have achieved Make a note of all your skills and experience What challenges have you faced and how did you overcome them Acknowledge what...

Are you a manager, Head of department, having to make people redundant? It can be a difficult role to play. I was managing a team of people that were based in the UK and in America. The UK team were to be made redundant while the US team were keeping their jobs. It was a difficult time. The UK team were angry; worried about what was going to happen to...

I am hearing a lot of people talking about being made redundant. I was twice made redundant. The first time was after 9/11 and the American company I was working for slashed the department budget from $60mil to $10mil. This meant that most of the UK project was closed down. The second time was when a company had not invested in its people, services, or client relationships. As...

I love this time of year. The colour of the leaves in autumn are stunning, rich, vibrate, warming, full of variety. The air is crisp and refreshing. I love to go for walks and take in the beauty. However, there is 1 little problem – MUD! I don’t know about you, but I am not a fan of mud. It’s sticky, dirty, slippy, gets everywhere, and seems to be everywhere! We...

I have been through a few calendar year ends at work. I find no-two-year ends are the same but they all have common elements. So, my tips for handling year-end at work are to ask the following well in advance: What new information is going to be required? What deadlines will be changing? What is the policy for working over the Christmas holiday period? Is there a time when no projects are allowed into...

I don’t know about you, but I always find November and December very busy months. At work there is the daily job to get on with like writing report, meets sales criteria, dealing with issues, updating plans etc. At home there are the normal activities to perform like the school run, making the school lunch, going to swimming lessons, parties, etc. Then 1st November (latest) an email arrives in your...

There is so much choice and many different factors to consider when considering what career to follow, that it can be difficult to decide. The end-goal can appear to be so far away. This is where the zig-zag career is so helpful as it enables you to move along a path, reinventing yourself, gain lots of experience and develop new skills, keep your self-interested and motivated to move forward with...

Discussions about careers start at an early age. One day, out of the blue, a 4-year-old informed me she was going to be a Mummy on a farm. It took me by surprise. She is only 4 and already she has her career mapped out. We all know that this may very well change. But it got me thinking about my own career and how I got in to it...