Category: work life balance
-
March Newsletter
Winter suddenly feels behind us as March brings unexpected warmth! It feels a time of rejuvenation, of growth amid and in spite of the economic challenges continuing. My year has suddenly ramped up this month and in doing so my social media has fallen by the wayside. So moving into April I will be looking…
· Adult Education, Book review, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, DISC, employee engagement, engaging with employees, imposter syndrome, Leadership, learning and development, mentoring, motivating employees, Motivation, Non-profit projects and organisation, Organisational Development, Personal Development, Professional Development, self employment, work life balance -
Book Review – Quiet
By Susan Cain I only learned I might be an Introvert last year… at 54 I think that it would have been handy to have learnt a lot earlier! However, with it only recently become vogue to identify at extrovert or introvert, I guess it is better late than never. Reading Susan Cain’s ‘Quiet’ has…
-
‘Meh’ to ‘Yeh’
So, last week I had a very unsatisfactory after work run. I class an unsatisfactory run one in which I feel as bad at the end as I did at the start! When there is no impressive time within which I ran to make it feel worth it. When I don’t notice the beautiful colours…
-
Review – ‘Make it Human’ by Sarah McLellan
Sarah McLellan’s book ‘Make it Human’ is a go to guide for all things work and people! It’s subtitle is ‘A vision for happier, healthier, more human workplaces’; and for someone whose vision it is to bring the importance of employee engagement, positive work cultures, employee empowerment and growth to the fore, this is like…
· Book review, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, employee engagement, engaging with employees, Leadership, learning and development, motivating employees, Motivation, Non-profit projects and organisation, Onboarding, Organisational Development, Professional Development, Sustainability, work life balance -
Making a change…
I’ve recently been thinking about my work future. I’ve been thinking of my career and where I want it to go. I’ve been wondering if it is the right fit for me, if it is fulfilling, and what, besides the money, is important to me. Going freelance or being a sole trader has always had…
-
Five year plans
I recently reacted to a LinkedIn post that was reminding us we are in control of our working lives, and that we should not feel we are stuck in a rut. My response was: ‘This is a fresh perspective for those of us feeling in a rut! We are in control of our working lives.…
-
The practice of critical reflection…
We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience. – John Dewey Critical reflection is self-critiquing…gently… Stepping back from and actively looking at how you work allows you to see ways in which you may have been able to achieve the same result in a better way. It is an internal quality…
kanyini.co.uk 