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Next level of performance managementâor the ick?
Your performance review is coming up and youâre nervous.
Youâre feeling quite disconnected: youâve not seen a lot of your manager aside from in Teams calls, you keep missing them in the office, and theyâre super busy. (Plus, youâre pretty sure they donât quite know what it is that you do, or how painful that client is.)
Vital: 5 Game-Changing Leadership Insights!
Last weekâs HR Technologies Conference at ExCel was like HR Disneylandâa rollercoaster of information that it took me two days to come down from.
One thing you MUST know about your colleagues
Knowing it will reduce your stress, their stress and enable you to manage teams and clients a whole lot better⊠Also, itâs excellent for your sleep patterns.
But even talking about it may make you anxious.
How to handle bullies & blunderers
Dominic Raab (Deputy Prime Minister) and Tony Danker (Director-General of the CBI) have both left their jobs, furiously refuting allegations of bullying and harassment.
I, like most of you I reckon, recognise the pattern.
How to manage stress like the top 10%
This week on the vlog, we have Rob Cross on his new book The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problemsâand What to Do about It (gosh Americans Love Capital Letters!). Co-written with Karen Dillon and published by Harvard Business Review Press.
How to x100 your hybrid productivity
The question Iâm always asked is whether home or office work is more productive. And for all the data reports on this, there isnât a conclusive pattern (despite what the Daily Mail shouts).
But I have a hypothesis...
5 best team tips to boost productivity đ„
The LinkedIn Forward conference that I MCed last week was about putting people at the centre of business growthâdeep diving into productivity in the new world of work.
Two words = Productivity unlocked đ
This week I am totally wired. Fresh (not!) off the stage from two days of hosting LinkedIn Forwardâs first London event; it was a whirl of trends, ideas, people, dataâŠ
How I overcame the fear of presenting
When I come off stage, people so often ask me how I do itâbecause they would âRATHER DIEâ than talk on a stage.
I get it. I used to sweat, my mouth would go dry, I would talk far too fast (yes, I know Iâm still too fast sometimes), and my voice would get very high. But I broke it down and figured it out. And you can too.
WHAT MAKES YOU ANGRY hotdesking rage is real
As humans, weâre inclined to be territorialâŠ..And sociable. But only with the people we like of course! And then along came the hotdesk.
5 productivity tips to avoid burnout (+3 to AVOID)
My main learning from the past few weeks, is that taking productivity advice from a man who doesnât haveâor doesnât care forâhis kids is (for me) like taking driving lessons my 9-year-old because sheâs great at Mario Kart.
What price face-to-face?
Last week, I was invited to a 90 minute meeting at someoneâs office that turned out to be entirely in their interest.
Pre-Covid, Iâd barely have noticed.
On Zoom, Iâd have let it slide.
But using up one of my precious slots in town without seeking mutual benefit?
Secret manoeuvres: return to office
You know bosses are desperate to get people back when an accountant from 22 Bishopsgate calls to tell you that they are hosting puppy play dates to tempt you into the office. Only it doesnât work because the puppies are so booked up that the waiting lists are endless (note: anyone who can blag me in to film a vlog smooching cutie pups will be due a fine lunch).
Quit it like Jacinda (not Boris)
Jacinda knew it. Boris didnât, This week, Rachel Schofieldâs back to share: â° When itâs time to quit your job đŻ And what to do when it is
Conflictâdonât let it silence you!
Last week in Zurich I spoke to an international group of senior women at The Boardroom about power and presenting.
Their biggest unifying fear is being publicly challengedâmany admit theyâd rather avoid speaking than risk a battle.
Failing for 15 years: habits that work
At my girlsâ boarding school, our running groups were sorted alphabetically by fruit: the Apples were the stars, Bananas were pretty good. My friend Emily and I were Ugli fruits, and fought hard to never get promoted for fear we might have to break a sweat in a race.
Sort your damn life out!
âIndecision is expensiveâ, says Felix as he concludes why he and his wife go through an âawkwardâ annual planning process to make the big decisions in their life.
Itâs time to joyscape Christmas!
A friend told me she was crawwwwwwling to Christmas yesterday.
God knows, it feels like a battle this year⊠Which is why, right here and now, this is the moment to plan some joy.
2023 predictions: Sunday the new Friday
Donât doubt me, friends! Iâm so ahead of my time that I had a Neil Diamond impersonator singing âSweet Carolineâ at our wedding 14 years ago.
And, with those rock-solid credentials in place, this is what Iâm expecting to see next year:
How does it feel to be laid off by Zuck or Elon?
âThis all reminds you what f*****g b******t all this corporate b******t actually is.â
According to a tech website, 140,000 tech workers have been laid off globally this year. Weâve been talking to some of them.