Category Archives: Careers

Find Your Passion At Work! (Just Don’t Expect to Feel Passionate About It When You Do)

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

One of the reasons I left consultancy is because I felt that the work was meaningless.  In meetings I would try not to fall asleep as people droned on about project dependencies and stakeholder management and at the weekend all … Continue reading →

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Using ACT in Career Change

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

Why do bright, motivated people get stuck in their careers? I’ve spent the last 10 years or so thinking about the issue and working with people who are stuck in this way. I write about this in my other blog, … Continue reading →

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How Promising Managers Sometimes Derail Their Careers…and How to Prevent It

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

According to The Centre for Creative Leadership almost 1 in 2 of the managers who have the makings of success fail to reach their potential. They ‘derail’ and are either demoted, fired, plateau or opt for early retirement (William A Gentry). … Continue reading →

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Care with Labels – Lessons for Talent Management

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

Be careful with labels.  That’s what Julian McNally warns in his excellent blog post: “Labels, including diagnostic ones, are only useful to the extent they enable constructive action”. This got me thinking about labels within organisations.  One of the most … Continue reading →

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What is Meaning in Work?

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

When I retrained to become a psychologist, my research centred on meaning in work.  That’s because my work to date (as a management consultant) had been pretty meaningless, but I did not reallyknow what to do about it. So my … Continue reading →

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What is Psychological Flexibility?

Posted on December 20, 2010 by

The main focus of ACT is to increase something called psychological flexibility.  But what is psychological flexibility and why is it important? Of all the psychological phenomena that we have studied, this is the one that is of by far … Continue reading →

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