Lucia Knight
In this episode, we explore the cornerstone activities that can lead to a deeply satisfying and high-earning career, whether you're running a business, working a corporate job, juggling multiple roles, or have a flexible career. Discovering these unique activities may require effort, but they promise to serve you well financially and personally throughout your working life. We emphasize the importance of investing time, energy, and focus early in your career to reap long-term benefits and reaffirm that it's never too late to uncover your uniqueness.
Lucia Knight
Join me, Lucia Knight, as I share my journey from a 19-year career filled with slow-growing dissatisfaction to discovering a formula for lifelong joy at work. After a pivotal realization at 43, I pursued a master's in psychology and interviewed 100 professionals who made successful career shifts after 40.
Sophie Edwards and Nicola Wensley
Nicola and Sophie share the role of personality profiling assessments in executive search processes. We also discuss practical tips for establishing fruitful relationships with top search firms.
I’ve Always Wanted To… A Joy At Work Experiment with Lucia Knight
When someone says “I’ve always wanted to”, it's like a window into their soul opens. It offers a glimpse of their dreams, unfulfilled desires, and untapped joy. But here's the thing. We often push these dreams aside. We label them as too frivolous for today's practical demands, and we bury them under the avalanche of our to-do lists. And in doing so, we quietly quash a spark of our potential joy. This week, let's change that.
Louise Brogan
Lucia Knight challenges the perception that LinkedIn is just a boring job-hunting platform. Instead, Lousie Brogan reveals how it can be a powerful tool for mid-career professionals to connect with like-minded individuals worldwide, share experiences, and gain valuable insights. Louise explains how to revamp your LinkedIn feed and profile. D-career professionals move beyond the 'save save' mentality to a more balanced approach to life and financial planning.
Ges Ray
In this episode, I welcome Ges Ray, an inspiring public speaking trainer, who shares a practical technique to improve your work presentations, sales conversations, and pitches—deep breathing. Ges passionately walks us through the importance of breathing in alleviating stress, boosting confidence, and enhancing audience perception.
Dara Ford-Stringham
In this episode, we explore how COVID-19 has transformed work attire, leading to a more casual approach while emphasizing the importance of great separates. Discover insights into how dressing well impacts confidence and performance at work.
Vicki Knights
Vicki Knights, an engaging speaker and qualified positive psychology practitioner, discusses the importance of being visible as a mid-career professional. Vicki explains how hiding behind a company mask can limit your joy and potential at work.
Richard Hagan
Join Richard Hagen, MD of Mpowr Publishing, as he shares 30 years of wisdom to guide aspiring authors in writing their first book. In this episode, Richard explains the three main types of non-fiction books authors can write: books that tell personal stories, books that make sense of one's knowledge, and books designed to transform readers' lives.
Recognizing Imposter Syndrome (and How to Overcome It) with Clare Josa
If you think imposter syndrome is only relevant to a very small part of the population, think again. Clare Josa shares the difference between the very natural self doubt that we feel when we step out of our comfort zone and the debilitating joyless imposter syndrome. She shows us how to recognize it in ourselves and our colleagues and offers us a tiny practical first step on the journey towards feeling good enough at our core.
Dustin Serviss
In this episode, Lucia Knight talk to Dustin, a distinguished wealth manager, about helping successful mid-career professionals move beyond the 'save save' mentality to a more balanced approach to life and financial planning.
Robert Atkinson
In this episode, I sit down with Robert Atkinson, a partner at Watermark Executive Search, to discuss career transitions for senior professionals who have dedicated a significant part of their careers to one field. Robert provides practical advice on planning a career shift, and exploring options such as board roles, executive positions in commerce, purpose-driven opportunities, and portfolio careers.
John O’Connor
In this episode, I talk with John O'Connor, a seasoned executive recruiter, who shares valuable behind-the-scenes insights into the world of executive search firms.
We discuss the importance of building proactive relationships with recruiters, even when you're not actively seeking a new role. John offers practical tips on effectively engaging with executive search firms and shares some surprising statistics about the volume of applications for high-level roles. This episode especially benefits mid-career professionals looking to manage their career advancement strategically.
The Power of Appreciation with Lucia Knight
Appreciation is one of the simplest, most cost-effective ways to improve workplace dynamics, as far as joy is concerned. When done genuinely and often, It's a win-win investment of a few seconds. But if appreciation is so clearly a win-win, why don't we do it more?
The Power of Asking for What You Need with Louisa Clarke
We have been fed a lie about boundary setting, which is that there are only two ways to communicate them. This is such a load of rubbish. We see it play out culturally a lot, but it's just not true. There is a beautiful middle ground. Louisa Clarke shares with us her three-step formula for setting boundaries and communicating them in a way that is forward-moving, respectful, and productive.
Four Reasons We Busy Brag (and How to Stop) with Lucia Knight
Let's be honest, most of us, myself included, have no problem telling anyone with a pair of ears just how busy we are, right? But lately, I've noticed something else creeping into the conversation. I'm going to call this busy bragging.
I’m breaking down why we do this and share a little experiment that you can try this week to dial up your joy at work (and dial down the busy bragging).
Shortening our self-sabotage spirals with Caroline Kay
Great work can also mean great setbacks. It will take a strong mindset to stop self-sabotage! Caroline Kay is here to share with you a framework to help you strengthen your mindset faster and stop the self-sabotage spiral.
Rethinking Cold Job Applications with Lucia Knight
If you find yourself spending a lot of time looking at job adverts, what that suggests is that your personal network isn't strong enough to fill the remainder of your career with work that brings you joy.
That might be a little bit harsh, but if this is the landscape, what can you do about it this week?
Elevate Your LinkedIn Game with Mel Booth
If you're someone who wants to be a little bit more engaging on LinkedIn, but you can’t figure out what to write, who to write it for, how to write it, what to start with, or who's gonna care and it all feels way too complicated, then you'll want to tune in to this Joy at Work conversation with Mel Booth.
Why We Need To Be Desensitising to the Word 'No'
If we treat rejection and the word no as a big, bad, fearful thing, then we're less likely to ask for the things that we would love in order to thrive at work. We're even less likely to ask for the things that we need to survive at work
If hearing the word, no, fills you with fear or freezes you into doing what you've always done. Then this week’s Joy At Work Experiment is designed for you.