Go Beyond Just Surviving
Helping you move from surviving to thriving in today's workplace
Because your career shouldn’t end by accident
About Work Survival
My Story
During my career I have made a fairly impressive collection of mistakes. I said the wrong thing at the wrong time. I misread the room (occasionally the entire building). I stayed quiet when I should have spoken up and spoke up when I really, genuinely should not have.
Each time, I would kick myself and then look for a course, read a book, ask better questions, and quietly resolve never to do that again.
What I discovered along the way is that careers that quietly derail are rarely brought down by major project failures. They were undone by small, unintentional moments, such as a comment made in the wrong meeting, a loyalty placed in the wrong person, or an email sent about three minutes too soon.
I call these resignation traps. Out of those experiences came something useful: the SAFE method. It's a practical four-step approach to handling difficult workplace moments. The kind that can quietly damage a career if handled badly. It won't make work easy. But it will make you considerably harder to derail.
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