A client who had received yet another ‘exceeds expectations’ rating on his performance review, reflecting on his values, said:

“You know what? There are other things I want to exceed at”…

I haven’t talked about this widely, but earlier this year I had a breast cancer scare. I don’t tend to share what’s going on for me but I will because some insights from that experience might be helpful for others.

This was my first major health scare and it came with the expected gamut of emotions – downplaying it at first and just grateful we’d caught whatever it was early, to then being a bit more concerned when realising it was in fact early stages of cancer and a high grade at that…

If you are feeling less than happy in your current role but can’t put your finger on where the dissatisfaction is coming from, you’re not alone…

I was asked to appear on TVNZ’s Breakfast show recently to give people advice about what to do if they lose their job in a recession.

This was in advance of the latest GDP figures being released. Fortunately the economy was in better shape than predicted – so no recession – but there are still fears of job losses as businesses struggle, and with an election looming and major public service cuts promised should the current opposition party win on the day…