WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition

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Every Sunday, a personal note from Carmel O’ Reilly and a short guide to the week’s WorkLife Stories, so you can choose the stories that speak to you. Character-driven stories on self-coaching, professional development and creating a WorkLife that matters.

  1. 1d ago

    WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 17

    Send us Fan Mail SHOW NOTES  WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 17 Links to stories and resources: THE STORIES Why Won’t My Team Make a Decision Without Me? — A Story About Being Respected So Completely That Nobody Will Move Without You How Do I Turn a Technical Contract Into a Strategic One?— Sanjay’s Narrow Contracts, the Whole Operation He Could See, and the Day He Didn't Stay in His Lane Nothing's Wrong. So Why Am I Still Just the Expert? — Máire’s Faultless Record, the Vision She Never Offered, and the Question That Made Her See It How to Recognise Authentic Hospitality as a Character Trait to Lead Teams That Thrive — A Story About Turning a Natural Gift for Making People Feel Welcome Into a Powerful Contribution to Meaningful Collaboration Self-Coaching Through WorkLife Storytelling to Choose Your Direction — Using Your Success, Passion and Failure Stories to Decide What Comes Next  Postcards from Exploring WorkLife: Looking Beyond the Horizon — “The Causeway coast is a place where the sea and stone converse, where the basalt speaks of ancient fires.” Anonymous Professional Development: I Kept Looking for the Next Thing — Until I realised the next thing wasn’t the point The stories above are free to listen to. If you'd like to take the work deeper, there's a new Story Lesson and a new Professional Self-Coaching resource this week. THE STORY LESSON How to Redesign Your Professional Life When Values Evolve — A Story About How Life Experience Changes What Matters Most Explore → How to Redesign Your Professional Life When Values Evolve THE SELF-COACHING RESOURCE Teach What Matters — Professional Self-Coaching for Shaping Your Work Around What You Value Explore → Teach What Matters  Story-Based Learning for Organisations — Original Stories. Tailored Learning. Lasting Reflection. I’ve created a new page for organisations that want to support the continued learning of their people. Story-Based Learning for Organisations brings original stories, reflection and self-coaching to the professional challenges people face at work, with tailored resources that can be explored independently or together in facilitator-supported sessions. Over the coming weeks, I’ll share five demonstrations here, one for each School of WorkLife category, showing how a complete piece of story-based learning comes together. I’d love your help in sharing it forward. Explore → Story-Based Learning for Organisations My Bookshop.org UK Shop — Six New Book Lists Every book featured across School of WorkLife is now gathered in six lists in my Bookshop.org UK Shop, each with a note of where it features. Bookshop.org shares its profits with independent bookshops and ships to UK addresses only. If you buy through it, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Explore → My bookshop.org UK Shop Work With Me: Individual WorkLife Coaching, Commissioned Learning Resources, Speaking Engagements and Organisational Partnerships. The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O’ Reilly  schoolofworklife.com  Wishing you a good WorkLife week. Remember: Every working life is a story. Some chapters are told. Some are waiting to be. Keep writing your WorkLife story. Carmel  Support the show

  2. Nov 1

    WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 16

    Send us Fan Mail SHOW NOTES  WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 16 Links to stories and resources: THE STORIES Why Won’t My Team Bring Me More Than I Ask For? — A Story About a Team That Does Everything Right and Nothing of Its Own They Value My Work. Why Not My Thinking? — Lena’s Trusted Layouts, the Reading She Kept to Herself, and the Review That Turned Strategic How Do I Get Seen as More Than the Technical One? — Idris’s Buried Perspective, the Pitch He Expected to Lose, and the Way of Seeing That Set Him Apart How “Career Suicide” Becomes Your Calling: The Origin Story Leap — A Story About How Decisions Others Question Reveal Your True Professional Path — And Why Conventional Wisdom Fails You Self-Coaching Through WorkLife Storytelling to Find Your Answers — Using Your Success, Passion and Failure Stories to See Your Situation Clearly What Happens When an Organisation Rethinks Retirement? — How one organisation begins to consider what it needs from experienced workers Professional Development: Self-Discovery at Work— Turning Self-Knowledge into Contribution, Leadership and Growth The stories above are free to listen to. If you'd like to take the work deeper, there's a new Story Lesson and a new Professional Self-Coaching resource this week. THE STORY LESSON How a Values-Based Decision Framework Turns Career Confusion into Clarity — A Story About Using Core Beliefs to Guide Professional Choices Explore → How a Values-Based Decision Framework Turns Career Confusion into Clarity THE SELF-COACHING RESOURCE Honour What You Serve — Professional Self-Coaching for Bringing Your Values Into Everyday Practice Explore → Honour What You Serve — Professional Self-Coaching for Bringing Your Values Into Everyday Practice The Gift of WorkLife Learning “The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away.” — David Viscott I believe The Gift of WorkLife Learning grows when it’s shared. Every week I share much of my work freely, and now I’m taking this a step further. Every Story Lesson, WorkLife Compass Guided Programme or Professional Self-Coaching Resource you buy gifts a Story Lesson to someone at a turning point in their working life, and I match each one with a Story Lesson of my own. The gifts reach people through organisations that already know and support them, and each person chooses the Story Lesson that suits them best. This is the beginning of something I hope will grow, and I’d love your help in sharing it forward. Explore → The Gift of WorkLife Learning Work With Me: Individual WorkLife Coaching, Commissioned Learning Resources, Speaking Engagements and Organisational Partnerships. The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O’ Reilly  schoolofworklife.com  Wishing you a good WorkLife week. Remember: Every working life is a story. Some chapters are told. Some are waiting to be. Keep writing your WorkLife story. Carmel  Support the show

  3. Oct 25

    WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 15

    Send us Fan Mail SHOW NOTES  WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 15 Links to stories and resources: THE STORIES Can I Coach Myself Into Being Understood? — A Story About Working Out, on Your Own, Why Your Expertise Isn’t Landing How Do I Turn One Project Into a Relationship? — Henrik’s Admired Gardens, the Referral Call That Wasn't a Job, and the Line That Explained His Career Nothing Went Wrong. So Why Didn't It Go Anywhere?— Jacqui’s Spotless Record, the Question She Couldn't Answer, and What a Flawless Career Can Quietly Cost How a Management Book Develops Coaching Capacity and Transforms Leadership — A Story About Questions, Curiosity, and Non-Fiction That Builds What Advice Prevents Self-Coaching Through Speaking — Finding Your Voice and Putting Your Ideas Into The World Walking Into My Next WorkLife Chapter for Good Physical and Mental Wellbeing — Living in the Present While Preparing for the Future: Making Space for the Simple Things  Professional Development: Self-Discovery in Action— Using Your Values, Purpose, Vision and Motivated Abilities to Make Career Choices The stories above are free to listen to. If you'd like to take the work deeper, there's a new Story Lesson and a new Professional Self-Coaching resource this week. THE STORY LESSON How the Values Integration Challenge Redefines Professional Success — A Story About Aligning Personal Beliefs with Professional Demands Explore → How the Values Integration Challenge Redefines Professional Success THE SELF-COACHING RESOURCE Choose What You Prevent — Professional Self-Coaching for Redirecting Your Expertise Toward What You Value Most Explore →  Choose What You Prevent — Professional Self-Coaching for Redirecting Your Expertise Toward What You Value Most Book Club Books Every fiction and non-fiction book featured in the Book Club Books stories, with links to the stories and podcast episodes for each one. Explore → The Reading List for WorkLife Learning  Work With Me: Individual WorkLife Coaching, Commissioned Learning Resources, Speaking Engagements and Organisational Partnerships. The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O’ Reilly  schoolofworklife.com  Wishing you a good WorkLife week. Remember: Every working life is a story. Some chapters are told. Some are waiting to be. Keep writing your WorkLife story. Carmel

  4. Oct 20

    Sunday Edition Launch

    Send us Fan Mail SHOW NOTES WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition — Welcome A short weekly guide to the stories on my daily podcast, WorkLife Stories from School of WorkLife. Each Sunday Edition begins with a personal note, then introduces the week’s stories in a few lines, so you can choose the ones that speak to you. Listen to the full stories on WorkLife Stories from School of WorkLife  Carmel O’ Reilly schoolofworklife.com  Support the show

  5. Oct 18

    WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 14

    Send us Fan Mail SHOW NOTES  WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 14 Links to stories and resources: THE STORIES Why Does My Expertise Feel Wasted? — A Story About What Happens When Your Judgement Never Reaches the Room My Work Is Good. So Why Am I Replaceable? — Sinata’s Strong Portfolio, the Pitches She Kept Losing, and the Dead End That Changed Everything How Do I Get Clients to See How I Think? — Monye’s Clean Answers, the Real Questions No One Saw, and the Afternoon He Sent More Than They Asked For How Vision Turns Your Motivated Abilities Into Authentic Leadership — A Story About Discovering That the Way You Naturally Work With Others Is Already the Way You Lead Self-Coaching Through Writing — Thinking Your Way Through Your Own Words Postcards from Exploring WorkLife: People Who Give Forward — "Be Not Inhospitable to Strangers Lest They Be Angels in Disguise" — the store's motto, above the reading library Seven Months to My Next WorkLife Chapter — Forward, Back and Standing Still Professional Development: What Is Self-Discovery? — Understanding Your Values, Purpose, Vision and Motivated Abilities The stories above are free to listen to. If you'd like to take the work deeper, there's a new Story Lesson and a new Professional Self-Coaching resource this week. THE STORY LESSON How a Values Conflict Changes Your Professional Direction — A Story About Recognising When Success Contradicts Your Core Beliefs Explore → How a Values Conflict Changes Your Professional Direction THE SELF-COACHING RESOURCE Know What You Stand For — Professional Self-Coaching for Aligning Your Work with What You Value Most Explore → Know What You Stand For — Professional Self-Coaching for Aligning Your Work with What You Value Most. Work With Me: Individual WorkLife Coaching, Commissioned Learning Resources, Speaking Engagements and Organisational Partnerships. The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O’ Reilly  schoolofworklife.com  Wishing you a good WorkLife week. Remember: Every working life is a story. Some chapters are told. Some are waiting to be. Keep writing your WorkLife story. Carmel Support the show

  6. Oct 11

    WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 13

    Send us Fan Mail SHOW NOTES  WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 13 Links to stories and resources: THE STORIES How Do I Become More Than a Service to My Clients? — A Story About Being Brought Into the Thinking, Not Just Given the Task How Do I Get My Team to Take Ownership? — A Story About What Happens When You Stop Catching Every Problem Yourself How Do I Get My Team to Care the Way I Do? — A Story About Leading Through Authority and Wondering Why No One Shares the Purpose How Treating Yourself With Kindness Restores the Happiness That Self-Criticism Takes Away — A Story About Discovering That Self-Compassion Is the Foundation of Both Joy and Genuine Excellence Self-Coaching Through Reading — What Someone Else’s Story Can Help You See About Your Own Working Life 12 Rooms of a WorkLife Room 2 — Finding My People Professional Development: The Best Thing I Learned Wasn’t on the Course — It happened when I had to work out what to do for myself The stories above are free to listen to. If you'd like to take the work deeper, there's a new Story Lesson and a new Professional Self-Coaching resource this week. THE STORY LESSON How Professional Impact Deepens When Values and Expertise Converge — A Story About Integrating Professional Skills with Personal Convictions Explore → How Professional Impact Deepens When Values and Expertise Converge THE SELF-COACHING RESOURCE Build What You Believe In — Professional Self-Coaching for Designing Work That Reflects Your Values Explore → Build What You Believe In Work With Me: Individual WorkLife Coaching, Commissioned Learning Resources, Speaking Engagements and Organisational Partnerships. The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O’ Reilly  schoolofworklife.com  Wishing you a good WorkLife week. Remember: Every working life is a story. Some chapters are told. Some are waiting to be. Keep writing your WorkLife story. Carmel  Support the show

  7. Oct 4

    WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 12

    Send us Fan Mail SHOW NOTES  WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 12 Links to stories and resources: THE STORIES Can I Coach Myself Into Being Seen? — A Story About Learning to Recognise Your Own Value — and Letting It Be Seen How Do I Get My Team to Start Thinking With Me? — A Story About the Difference Between Being Followed and Being Trusted How Do I Get My Team to Speak Up? — A Story About Leading People Who Only Ever Wait to Be Told How to Recognise Heritage Preservation as a Character Trait to Lead Change That Lasts — A Story About Turning a Natural Instinct to Honour What Endures Into a Powerful Contribution to Wiser Organisational Change Can Self-Coaching Help Us See What We Already Know? — An author’s story about looking back at years of writing, recognising what experience has taught her and discovering what happens when she asks herself different questions. What Happens When Retirement Isn't Enough? — What If Retirement Isn't a Door That Closes, But One You Can Choose to Open Again? Professional Development: I Thought It Meant Moving Forward — Then I realised I needed to stop and look at what I was already doing The stories above are free to listen to. If you'd like to take the work deeper, there's a new Story Lesson and a new Professional Self-Coaching resource this week. THE STORY LESSON How Asking What Makes You Happy Transforms Professional Decisions When Answers Conflict — A Story About What Happens When Different Kinds of Happiness Don't Align Explore → How Asking What Makes You Happy Transforms Professional Decisions When Answers Conflict THE SELF-COACHING RESOURCE Let Your Values Lead — Professional Self-Coaching for Moving from Success to Significance by Guiding Your Expertise with What You Value Explore → Let Your Values Lead  PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE  The Questions That Help Managers Coach Themselves — A story about how insightful questions can turn everyday working experience into a source of self-coaching  Published by Employee Experience Magazine Read → The Questions That Help Managers Coach Themselves Work With Me: Individual WorkLife Coaching, Commissioned Learning Resources, Speaking Engagements and Organisational Partnerships. The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O’ Reilly  schoolofworklife.com  Wishing you a good WorkLife week. Remember: Every working life is a story. Some chapters are told. Some are waiting to be. Keep writing your WorkLife story. Carmel  Support the show

  8. Sep 27

    WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 11

    Send us Fan Mail SHOW NOTES  WorkLife Stories Sunday Edition Episode 11 Links to stories and resources: THE STORIES Why Do I Keep Getting Passed Over for Promotion? — A Story About Being Seen for What You Actually Do Before the Decision Is Made How Do I Turn a Client Into a Partner? — A Story About Asking Instead of Showing How Do I Pass On What I Know? — A Story About Handing On Experience So It Actually Reaches Someone How Seeing Differently Reveals Your Origin Story — A Story About Cross-Industry Experience: How Your Unique Perspective Becomes Your Professional Breakthrough Self-Coaching A Practice for Everyday Working Life — A story about noticing, questioning and learning from our experience as we work How Do I Build a WorkLife in Which I Get to Keep Doing the Work I Love and Make It Financially Sustainable? Professional Development: What Do Our Stories Tell Us About Who We Are Becoming? The stories above are free to listen to. If you'd like to take the work deeper, there's a new Story Lesson and a new Professional Self-Coaching resource this week. THE STORY LESSON How Vision and Motivated Abilities Unite Your Multiple Interests — A Story About Discovering How Seemingly Unrelated Capabilities Serve One Coherent Purpose Explore → How Vision and Motivated Abilities Unite Your Multiple Interests THE SELF-COACHING RESOURCE Focus Your Strengths Where They Matter — Professional Self-Coaching for Doing Your Best Work Through Your Natural Character Traits Explore → Focus Your Strengths Where They Matter Work With Me: Individual WorkLife Coaching, Commissioned Learning Resources, Speaking Engagements and Organisational Partnerships. The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O’ Reilly  schoolofworklife.com  Wishing you a good WorkLife week. Remember: Every working life is a story. Some chapters are told. Some are waiting to be. Keep writing your WorkLife story. Carmel Support the show

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Every Sunday, a personal note from Carmel O’ Reilly and a short guide to the week’s WorkLife Stories, so you can choose the stories that speak to you. Character-driven stories on self-coaching, professional development and creating a WorkLife that matters.

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