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Stories and ideas to create a career and life that works
Rewrite Founder and Executive Career Coach Monique Shaw shares personal and professional insights, practical tools and reflections on rewriting your story to change how you work, lead and live.
How to Create a Values-Led Career
Think about a situation at work when someone said or did something that caused a strong, negative emotional response in you.
You probably kept it under wraps at the time, but inside you raged - hurt or frustrated beyond belief. No doubt you downloaded the situation to a trusted colleague as soon as you could, forensically picking over each detail and getting re-outraged all over again. The unfairness of it all! The lack of integrity! The nerve of that person!
Stop Making Decisions For Other People In Your Career
How many times have you not applied for a job because you decided the hiring manager would think you didn’t have the right experience? What about not putting yourself forward for a promotion or internal opportunity because you decided your boss would say No? Or not emailing someone to ask for their help with something because you decided you’d just annoy them.
But I bet you’ve also made lots of decisions for other people without even realising it.
Why Career Change Isn’t Fickle
Pivoting your career looks like changing your mind, making people assume you got it wrong. But what if you've grown and are ready to make some new mistakes?
Make The Same Impact At Work In Half The Time
I halved my working hours almost overnight when I returned to full-time work after having a baby and my reputation – and the impact of my work – was not affected at all. In fact, I got a bigger job opportunity within that first year and eventually went on to launch my own business. Here is how I did it…