So let’s assume you are working in a toxic place and it takes a toll on your mental health, your mood, your relationships and so forth. What can you do? How to deal with it? Are there ways to make it better besides finding a new job? Let’s explore! Here is what you can do…
Tag: leadership
Signs your workplace is toxic with bad leadership
Toxic workplace is a place that no one wants to be at. However, when you work in a real toxic workplace, you suddenly see that most things you thought were toxic were not toxic at all. Bad leadership creates the ‘weather’ at the workplace and often directly contributes to toxic culture, and that’s why you…
Things I did for my mental health – Fall edition
October is a month of mental health at my workplace and it got me thinking about being intentional with my mental health. I want to start the series of reflection on what I did or the choices I have made that helped me align with my mental health goals or my personal values as a…
How to regain control of your life
Spoiler alert: it is possible! This post is written by control freak, so know that you can trust this! Before I go into specific pointers, let me tell you a story. It was 11 years ago. I was 20, studying full-time towards my Bachelor degree in Politics. In my spare time I was working as…
How to Apply For Jobs and Get Results
Last summer I unexpectedly found myself with the strong need to find a new job. Luckily, I found a new job in two months, which is the shortest time frame for public sector jobs in project management/portfolio management sphere. Below are the steps I took and some lessons learned along the way. So what does…
Unexpected good things during self-isolation
Just to give some context: I have been fortune enough to work from home since March 13th and I have not been sick yet (my workplace announced that everyone within our organization to work from home and Ontario to be in a state of emergency on that date). I am aware that my experience may…
How to Prepare for Monday and Start Your Week Productively
Mondays are hard. Amen. However, there is a way to own Monday and show Monday who is the boss – it is by taking the time on Sunday to prepare for the week ahead! I have been dreading Mondays for awhile until I heard about routine activities that one can do on Sundays to ensure…
How to Speak Up at Work With Confidence
Since I started working at the office, there was one barrier that I faced for a long time – being able to speak up. Raised on the belief that it is good to be shy, I struggled for a long time to figure out how I could connect, communicate or even be considered to take…
Fighting Fears: Fear of Coming Off as Arrogant
One of the fears that many people have is the fear of coming off as arrogant. In particular, I refer to being able to talk about your achievements, experiences, skills and plans without coming off as arrogant. As a woman, I find it particularly hard to talk about my achievements unless I am at the…
Fighting Fears: The Fear of the Unplanned
There are many fears that a person can have. There is one fear I call “the fear of the unplanned”. “Unplanned what?”, you may ask. Well, unplanned life. Unplanned life events. Unplanned anything and everything. Let me explain. For example, I started university with a specific career plan in mind: I wanted to be a…
