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Are you a bit of a time optimist? Do you often take on a new task thinking: “Oh - I can easily squeeze this in between the next two meetings”? Only to find that you needed the time between meetings to go to the bathroom, find your papers, respo
I’m excited to share an interview with my friend and former colleague in the UNDP – and someone I consider a mentor - Ms Christine Heyting.Christine is Australian and we met in 2013 when she worked with UNDP Headquarters in the area of performa
Read the full show notes at www.barbarakandersen.com/23 where you’ll also find the 3 keys to take control of your own reality.This episode is about a topic that is on the one hand very basic – but on the hand quite essential for how you can eff
Hello, and welcome to this 4th episode in a small series I’ve called: “Plan and Succeed”. Previously in this series, I’ve talked about effective planning principles, goalsetting and the underrated importance of having an overview. All of these
I’m thrilled to be able to share in this episode an interview with my good friend, Dr. Akjemal Magtymova. Akjemal is a national of Turkmenistan where she started her UN career in 1998 as a G5 programme assistant with UNFPA. Today (in 2021) she
Is it time to get going?Hello, and welcome to this short episode which is about a mindset issue that many of us struggle with: When is it time to take the next step? Or to use my favourite car analogy: When is it time to go from “being parked”
Hello, and welcome to this 3rd episode in a small series I’ve called: “Plan and Succeed”.Have you ever had that feeling at the end of the workday that you couldn’t really tell what you’d been doing all day? Back in the days, I distinctively rem
Hello, and welcome to this 2nd episode in a series I’ve called: “Plan & Succeed”. In the previous episode, I argued that good planning and organizational skills will help you both in your daily work – and in your career. (That’s the episode cal
Welcome to this 1st episode in a new series called: “Plan and Succeed”.In the last few episodes, I’ve talked about some of the big issues around career and work life. Your visions. Your dreams. And your values. So, basically all about what fulf
Welcome to this 5th episode in a small series I’ve called: “Professional Development - Job Hunting and Your CV”.In the previous episode, I talked about how to use all the work you have to do anyway for your annual performance review to fuel you
Welcome to today’s episode which is related to something many of us dread - the annual performance review process! Oh, the hours I spent on this in my UN career. And, to be frank, not always convinced that the value of the process compared to t
Hello, and welcome to this 14th episode in the Happy UN Career Podcast - about 3 reasons why you want to set goals for the next year (and the 8 steps you need)!So, today’s episode is about looking forward in the next year – even if that seems d
Hello, and welcome to today’s episode which is about using the end of the year to take stock and celebrate everything you did and all that you accomplished in 2020. Remember the Career Car analogy that I talked about in Episode 3? Well, imagine
Welcome to this 12th episode of the Happy UN Career Podcast!I’m so pleased to see that the podcast has been well received by you who are listening to this. Because without you – there really wouldn’t be much point in doing this.It’s very intere
Hello, and welcome to this 3rd episode in a small series I’ve called: “Professional Development - Job Hunting and CVs”.In the previous episode in this series (the episode called “Why You Always Want to Have an Updated CV!”) I talked about 5 pro
I’m thrilled to be able to share an interview with my good friend and former colleague, Mike Dodd. Mike is from the UK and he started with UNDP in 1991 and retired at the end of 2015. I asked Mike to come on the podcast because I think he’s ha
Hello, and welcome to this 2nd episode in a small series I’ve called: “Professional Development - Job Hunting and CVs”.In the previous episode (the one I called “Keep Your UN Career Open - Look for Jobs”) I talked about the importance of stayin
Hello, and welcome to this 1st episode in a small series I’ve called: “Professional Development - Job Hunting and CVs”!In the last episode, I suggested that you should prioritise time to work on your CV and keep yourself updated about vacancies
Hello, and welcome to this episode which is all about taking action!In all the episodes until now, I’ve offered you ways to reflect on what works and what doesn’t work in your career and work life. And then I’ve suggested that you look for and
Hello, and welcome to this episode which I’ve called “Pump your Wheel of Life and help your UN career!" (Alluding to my favourite career car analogy...)This episode belongs to the “What drives you and what drains you?” series and today we’re go
Hello, and welcome to today’s episode which is on a topic that probably ranks among the top 3 most burning issues among my clients. And it’s all about feeling stuck in your job.If you recognize this, it may be because you feel your career has p
In the previous episode, I talked about how you can learn a lot of details about what motivates you and what drains you from your daily work life. That was episode 3, which you can find at barbarakandersen.com/3.Today, I’ll show you how to take
Hello, and welcome to this second episode in a small series I’ve called: “What Drives You – And What Drains You?” And I thought that that would also be a fitting title for today’s episode.In the previous episode (the one I called “Your UN Caree
Hello – and welcome to the Happy UN Career Podcast!I look so much forward to be sharing guidance and advice with you on how to create that happy UN career. But first I thought I’d you give you a little bit of information about who I am – and wh
When I talk to people in the UN, they often tell me something along these lines: “Working in the UN is a dream come true. I’m so proud to be here and to work for a cause that is close to my values and ideals. And I really enjoy and appreciate
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