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With awards season not far off, I thought this column from last year is useful for those granting awards, and those hoping to receive them.

And the Award goes to

It is that time of the year again: office parties, gala dinners, annual awards, CEO speeches and corporate gifts. Let your hair down and relax for a change. Think again. 2009 has been a bitter sweet year for organisations, multinationals and blue chips included. Annual events are the new luxuries. Companies prefer to hold onto their wallet rather than book five star venues, fly staff to HQ or hire a famous MC. Not to overstate the cost of catering, hotel accommodation and the after party excess. Reading between the lines, why throw cash at hundreds of staff that may be separated from the company in January?

UPDATE: In January 2010, thousands of employees did lose their jobs. Will the same happen in 2011?

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Whatever makes you unhappy in the office…

…Whatever keeps you trapped in a job you hate 

Whatever spoils your work day…

…Whatever pushes your dream further away

Whatever career dilemma you are facing…

Whatever job hunting obstacles you encounter… 

…Whatever work rejections & disappointments come your way

I want you to remember this

IT IS POSSIBLE TO OVERCOME IT

It can be done

It means that you have to revisit your life, maybe through a different lens

It means that you have to work, maybe differently

It means that you have to get support, maybe from different people

But what ever it takes

It is possible

It has been done

It is possible to overcome your career, work & job challenges

Over the last thirty years, the Gallup organisation  has studied employees and their needs in the workplace.  One of their key employee engagement measures is whether you have a best friend at work. In short, if you have a best friend at work, you are likely to be more engaged and satisfied.  

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