by jennifermccanna | Feb 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’m writing this after a couple of days of increasingly upsetting headlines, because there’s nothing to trigger our feelings of helplessness like seeing awful things happen in a different part of the world. This isn’t a list of practical actions you can take to...
by jennifermccanna | Sep 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Are you wondering what your next role will look like? Do you flip between just wanting a bit more of the same but with a more supportive boss, to jacking it all in and moving to Cornwall to set up a B&B? You’d not be alone, and if the lure of the surf is getting...
by Joanna Chapman | May 14, 2021 | Insights, Uncategorized
Back in 2013 the organisation I worked for moved offices. It was a smaller space, with fewer desks. The thinking was that we’d all work a couple of days from home as well as have time in the office. Pretty radical in 2013, much less so in 2021! Right now employers...
by jennifermccanna | Aug 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Do you get stuck making choices between A and B, forgetting that there are many different paths? Some of which are more overgrown with weeds than others. Soon after we moved back to Sheffield in 2016 we put our name down for an allotment. With a 9 month and 2 yr old...
by jennifermccanna | Jun 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve not posted for a while, because I’ve been beyond busy. I know that’s a kind of badge of honour in 2019, ‘how are you?’, ‘oooh I’m so busy?’, with the subtext being that being busy gives us worth and makes us feel...
by jennifermccanna | Dec 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many of my clients are achievers. They enjoy being good at stuff and being in control of their lives. They may be known at work as the person who will deliver on complex projects. They might be the person who drafts the last minute board paper or the one the CEO calls...