All articles by Jennifer Baker
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Comment and OpinionBe courageous, build confidence: act on those opportunities
Courage is what you have when you face something scary, and you do it anyway. Confidence is what you have after you’ve done it
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Comment and OpinionA successful career won't just happen - actively manage it!
Some actively manage their careers so they achieve it, while others leave it to chance
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Comment and OpinionSmall changes can go a long way in engaging employees
Engagement is about more than staff surveys and team-building activities
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Comment and OpinionImprove employee engagement with the right leadership style
Putting employee engagement and motivation on the company-wide agenda will lead to better performance
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Comment and OpinionBe ruthless: set your mind to achieving laser beam focus
A client described her life as feeling like a “tweeting effect” – everything rushed with short, unfocused bursts of activity
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Comment and OpinionCreate trust within teams: stretch your comfort zone
You may have heard the term ‘stretching your comfort zone’. This was my brief with Mike and his senior management team
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Comment and OpinionTeach a man to fish: learning through productive struggle
Broadly speaking, the nature of a team is a reflection of their leader, says Jennifer Baker
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Comment and OpinionPractical essentials to help businesses manage performance
Too frequently managers avoid what they see as difficult conversations about performance
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NewsTake back your time and discover how to work best with people
I think we would all agree on the importance of making time for people at work
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Comment and OpinionThe best leaders are self-aware and emotionally intelligent
There’s been much coverage recently about bullying and poor leadership in some high-profile organisation
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NewsStatus is not the only path to fulfilment at work
How do you measure status? Is it by the work you do, or your job title? Or how much money you earn?
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Comment and OpinionCan you hold up the mirror and recognise your blind spots?
An athlete’s mindset is focused on mastering skills so each performance is better than the day before
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Comment and OpinionBoost motivation and watch as your staff become unstoppable
Let’s take company A and company B and assume both have a good strategy, and equal resources and capabilities
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Comment and OpinionBeat the brain: reptile and chimp functions cloud judgement
It is fascinating to understand how our brains have evolved and how the ‘reptile’ and ‘chimp’ in us all are still running
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Comment and OpinionResisting change isn't always bad - but you must be flexible
It’s wired in our nature to strive, develop, change and evolve. We embrace new technology, science and discoveries, says executive coach Jennifer Baker
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Comment and OpinionIf all jobs offered the same wages, what would you choose?
It’s an amazing statistic: most of us spend at least 50% of our waking hours at work, says executive coach Jennifer Baker
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Comment and OpinionWhat is authentic leadership and why is it so important?
Being authentic starts with knowing yourself, says executive coach Jennifer Baker. Are you willing to hold up a mirror and discover the real you?
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Comment and OpinionFailure can be useful if you learn from your mistakes
Let’s assume you’re technically competent in your job. What is the most common cause of failure in someone’s career? Executive coach Jennifer Baker offers some food for thought
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Comment and OpinionMood contagion: how your emotions can spread to your team
Executive coach Jennifer Baker shares a case study on mood contagion - and how to tackle it
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Comment and OpinionAre you sabotaging your success? Seek out your blind spots
Rob is a CEO of a medium-sized organisation which has an ambitious and exciting plan for growth. He came to executive coach Jennifer Baker for some urgent careers advice