Season 1 – Episode 28: How to Survive and Thrive Being made redundant is a possibility that we all may face. It's one of the most challenging experiences in our working lives. In our discussions, we share insights and personal experiences about the highs and lows encountered, how we've coped, and strategies that have enabled us to survive and prosper after redundancy. The taboos linked with redundancy and the feelings this generates are still not discussed openly enough. By examining this, we hope some of our experiences will either resonate with you or help you prepare for when the experience happens to you. Further Information Acas—Acas gives employees and employers free, … [Read more...]
Career and Personal Growth
Get guidance on navigating career transitions, thriving in new roles, handling redundancy, and ensuring your work provides meaning and financial success.
Performance Appraisals
Season 1 – Episode 22: How to Survive, Thrive in or Change Your Performance Appraisal System This week, we look at Performance Appraisals. Dating back to the 3rd century, these systems try to solve many of an organisation's performance management and leadership challenges but often destroy more value than they create. We look at the pros and cons of the process and, if you have the opportunity, discuss some of the things to consider when improving it. Most importantly, if you cannot change your organisation's approach, we discuss how you can at least survive the annual process and maybe even thrive and get the best results for you and your team. If you've got any questions or comments or … [Read more...]
Working With Ego
Season 1 – Episode 16: How Big is Yours? This week, we discuss how to work with ego - yours and others. We explore what ego means and why it is a complicated subject. How do our egos show up, and what's our experience working with egotistical people? Most importantly, we get into some of the things that have helped us manage our egos and work effectively with the egos of others. It is an often-mentioned subject but rarely explored, so we hope you find this a thoughtful and practical episode. Email jimmy@ajobdonewell.com or james@ajobdonewell.com and let us know what you thought. … [Read more...]
Leveraging Your Strengths
Season 1 – Episode 7: Don’t Let Harry Kane Play in Goal! This podcast is the first of two festive episodes aimed at helping you plan for a bumper 2024. In this episode, we discuss the value of playing to your strengths and why we tend to focus on developing the things we're not good at rather than further developing the things we are good at. We explore what this means to individuals and leaders and how this can help unlock outstanding results. We will be back in the New Year with an episode on setting goals, which will also help make 2024 the stuff of dreams! Until then, enjoy the festive period. Transcript James: 0:03 I'm James. Jimmy: 0:04 Hi, I'm … [Read more...]
Office Politics or Workplace Warfare?
Season 1 – Episode 6: A Study of the Dark Arts Jimmy and James talk about Workplace Politics - an often ignored subject that impacts most of us daily and often not positively! They explore - What is it? How can you minimise, understand, and manage it to become more effective and less frustrated with life at work? It doesn't need to be warfare once you've listened to this. Transcript James: 0:03 hello, I'm James. Jimmy: 0:04 Hi, I'm Jimmy. James: 0:05 Welcome to A Job Done Well, Jimmy: 0:08 the podcast about the world of work and how to improve the daily grind James: 0:14 Good morning. How's your week been? Good Jimmy: 0:17 Yeah, that's … [Read more...]