The Human Side of Work

📖 “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙍𝙖𝙘𝙚” tells the all-too-familiar tale of Talent Acquisition and Hiring Managers trying to pass the baton… and occasionally dropping it. If this bedtime story feels a bit too real - and gives you nightmares instead of sweet dreams - you’re not alone. 😉

Since I attended my first Women in Nuclear event, I’ve been thinking a lot about how women relate to each other at work. When I Was Starting Out When I was starting my career (some time ago now...), I heard a sentence that stuck with me:   “If you can’t rely on men to get promoted or recognised, you can rely even less on women.” It stung - partly because I didn’t want to believe it, partly because sometimes it felt true. In male-populated industries, we often assume women wil

We spend so much time with the people we work with that watching them go – whether they resign or are let go – can hit harder than we admit. Some of us put so much effort in how we welcome people in our company. But it's often forgotten or done quickly to say goodbye when they leave. So what should leadership say about the departure… and about the departed? In the workplace, transparency matters.   But how much is too much? What should be shared with their direct teammates, a

Shakespeare may not have imagined Zoom calls, but leaders today are still stuck with Hamlet’s dilemma: remote work, or not remote work?...

We all need   5 essentials   to thrive in any social environment, especially at work. David Rock’s   SCARF model   explains it perfectly:...

I live and breathe my work - and I love it. It’s not confined to weekdays or office walls; it follows me home, into weekends, even into...

Companies focus so much on giving candidates a neat, fast, smooth process because they want top talent to want them. But here’s what I...

I believe in the power of small changes - especially when it comes to   work habits . One of the best illustrations of this is the  ...

AI-generated image using OpenAI’s Sora This article is not quite a  fable de La Fontaine   – but it does have a shark, a moral, and a...

Some of us excel at our jobs: we hit targets, get praised. On paper, we’re successful. But we don't love the job (anymore). On the...

This one’s more personal than usual. But I believe it’s a conversation we don’t have enough in our professional lives. To B.A. And to...

A client recently asked me if I could run a workshop on workplace harassment. Hell yes, I can. This is a topic I care deeply about. Why?...

Have you ever watched Severance ? Besides a remarkable soundtrack, this fascinating show takes the concept of work-life balance to a...

Some company cultures remind me of the little girls in horror movies. If you've seen one, you know exactly what I mean - quiet, harmless,...

I once applied to work at a very small organisation - so small that I would have been employee # 4. As I was questioning some of their...

Exactly four years ago, in 2021, I had a type of burnout . I say “a type” because, just like depression or anxiety, burnout exists on a...