Garden leave, pleasures and pains
What are you supposed to do, because although you are not physically constrained, you are released back into the world, on full pay but you aren’t completely free. You can be called back to work at any time. You definitely can’t start another job, and you really shouldn’t be talking to competitors. So all you can really be doing is… gardening. If you have one.
Voluntary redundancy - is now the time? Get your escape plan ready
Tis the season to be jolly. All across the land … corporations will now be reviewing budgets, looking at growth plans and looking to get ‘lean’ so that they can deliver a strong end of year (financial year). And that lean thinking can be solved with getting rid of a few people. Is now the right time to think about volunteering for redundancy? Get your escape plan ready.
Dear Rebound, It's not you, it's me - it's time to move on
So you got made redundant. You went on a wild search to find another job. You found another job. You took that job. It’s now 6 months later and you aren’t feeling great. It’s time to break up with the Rebound job.
To Debenham's employees... have hope, this could be the start of something good
What happens when your company goes out of business? You start the job hunt. You sign on at the local job centre and get recommendations for hotel and restaurant work. There are jobs out there, your skill is needed. But what if there were even more options, in fact options that might change your life and the way you work?
How to be made redundant
Have you ever been made redundant? Do you know someone who has been made redundant?
It’s not the greatest day of your life… but it might be the greatest thing that happened to you.
The life changing magic of sorting your shhht out
As I drove along the M4 the thought crossed my mind that I have no idea what the next 3 days would involve. The M4 soon turned into the A40, then the narrow, winding lanes of the A478 to Cardigan, and I really started to wonder. What are the Do Lectures? Why did I sign up for this? I’m about to find out…
At what point are you allowed to celebrate?
I’ve been working on my new business for months now… probably years if you include the first ideas and experiments! In the last few weeks I have spent every day developing the product. I hesitated getting started at first. What if it’s nonsense. What if it doesn’t work. But after reading a lot of books, following a lot of entrepreneurs on Instagram, it was time to ‘stop talking, start doing’ as Shaa Wasmund would say.