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1 Is where you work an important part of the job?

If clients always expect to see you at your place of work, it may be difficult to transfer to homeworking. A doctor working in a casualty department, for instance, is unlikely to be able to work outside the hospital for any length of time, since patients expect to be treated at the hospital and that is also where support staff are based. On the other hand, if much of your work is location independent, i.e. can be done anywhere, you are much more likely to be able to work from home for some of the time. ..more

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Like desperate survivors in a lifeboat, managers whose jobs are jeopardized because of company change sometimes resort to tactics they wouldn’t ordinarily consider.

One of the worst—backstabbing—often increases during a stormy period, but it can occur even in a normal business climate. It pays to be on the lookout for colleagues or superiors who may be out to undermine you so that you can decide when and how to respond.

• Motives. Backstabbers‘ actions are often triggered by several different things, rather than one particular factor. A sense of insecurity, which may be heightened during a period of transition, is most often the reason why someone tries to discredit you. You may exude an air of competence that the underminer perceives as threatening. Or your responsibilities may overlap territory the backstabber regards as his— or hers—alone. ..more
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Even in an era where mandatory retirement ages are .creeping higher and higher, corporate managers need to plan for their own transitions from the seat of power to new roles and other activities.

For some, a top consideration is perpetuating a philosophy of business that they feel they have helped their companies develop. They want to know that what they have contributed to the corporate culture and success will not be lost.

Others are more pragmatic. They accept that new management must set its own standards and tone. They put their energies into planning for their own futures elsewhere.

There are many managers who don’t care too deeply about what happens to their organizations after they leave. Such managers recognize that corporations are, by their nature, designed to survive the individual employee, and they, therefore, see little value in staying too emotionally involved. ..more

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