Monthly Archives: November 2010

Beware of Workplace Pressure, Stress, Bullying and Poor Management Style and Ethos

Sheridan Careers Consultancy is passionate about helping our clients to make wise career decisions and avoid the dangers of productivity pressure, stress induced by work practices, bullying work practices and unsatisfactory management styles – all of which are all too … Continue reading

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A Very Special Xmas Gift: Career Happiness

We’re delighted to offer our readers and customers a very special Christmas offer: The gift of total, complete, self-knowledge and a clear knowledge of the ideal career direction and the way to achieve it. Here’s what one recipient of this … Continue reading

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How Do You Identify Your Values?

Great blog post on the subject of “Living Your Values At Work“; 3 Step Process to Identify Your Core Values 1. Start  eliciting a list of your top 10 values by asking yourself: (for a sample values list look here) … Continue reading

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10 Elements That Create the Best Workplace Culture For You…(Part 1)

…and how to identify them. This is part 1 of our exploration of this topic.   Maybe can’t see the forest for the trees at the moment; so many issues at work, so many conflicting thoughts and emotions about our … Continue reading

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Happiness at Work: How to Find It and Keep It – Part 2

Last time we looked at what makes for happiness at work. This time we’re going to examine the co-relation between understanding your own personality, characteristics, strengths, weaknesses and achieving happiness at work. Here are 10 elements you should know about … Continue reading

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Happiness at Work: How to Find It and Keep It – Part 1

This is the Holy Grail of the work place and is enjoyed by a relatively small proportion of people in the western world. One client put it perfectly when he told me that he wanted to change his career so … Continue reading

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4 Common Fallacies & 4 Common Excuses About Career Change

4 common fallacies that we often hear about why people don’t change their career (bearing in mind they’ve already admitted they’re among the >90% who are unhappy in their career) are:

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5 Tips on How To Win At the Interview Table

We’ve been focusing on your happiness in your job or career and how the culture and environment within which you work will, ultimately, affect your attitude towards your career. This time we’re going to start looking at some of the … Continue reading

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Hack Your Life Today – Seek Out a Career Change

Hacking your life is very trendy right now, and lists of tips that you absolutely must apply to your life litter the ‘net. Some of the tips are common sense, and others glitter with absolute truth. Such as this one … Continue reading

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Career Change? 5 Reasons Why You Should Consider It

A frequent response to the notion of career change is, “Change my career? You must be joking! Give me one good reason why I should.” We’re happy to oblige, so here’s 5 reasons why you should at least consider changing … Continue reading

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