The Stories Behind the Stories: Mark

How Do I Talk About Failure in a Job Interview?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2564103/fan_mail/new] SHOW NOTES: WorkLife Stories from School of WorkLife Episode: How Do I Talk About Failure in a Job Interview? How do I talk about failure in a job interview is the question every candidate braces for — and owning it whole is how it becomes the strongest answer you give. Callum's one big mistake was public, recent, and known to everyone on the panel — two of them had helped clean it up. This is the story of three deleted drafts, the harder question he asked himself, the decision that frightened him as much as the interview did — and the obstacle that turned out to exist only in his own mind. RESOURCES MENTIONED Get the Job — Professional Self-Coaching for Job Interviews [https://school-of-worklife.myshopify.com/products/get-the-job?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web] Tell the Three Stories That Reveal Your Professional Value, Character and Potential Work With Me [https://schoolofworklife.com/work-with-me-commissioned-learning-content-speaking-and-residencies/]: Commissioned learning resources, speaking engagements, and organisational partnerships. The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O’ Reilly  schoolofworklife.com [http://schoolofworklife.com]  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2564103/support]

How to Recognise Community-Building as a Character Trait to Transform Your Professional Impact

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2564103/fan_mail/new] SHOW NOTES: WorkLife Stories from School of WorkLife Episode: How to Recognise Community-Building as a Character Trait to Transform Your Professional Impact Learning how to recognise community-building as a character trait to transform your professional impact begins with seeing what feels so natural you've never thought to call it a strength. Anita had been managing projects for years, quietly apologising for the one thing she did more naturally than anyone else around her. This is the story of the crisis that unfolded when she suppressed it, the moment she held her ground to reclaim it, and what became possible when she stopped treating her natural gift for creating connection as a professional liability. RESOURCES MENTIONED The Storytelling Newsletter [https://shorturl.at/UCQLj] (Free) Short, focused, and grounded in real WorkLife situations — how we communicate, lead, make decisions, and navigate challenges at work.   Story Lesson: How to Recognise Community-Building as a Character Trait to Transform Your Professional Impact [https://school-of-worklife.myshopify.com/products/how-to-recognise-community-building-as-a-character-trait-to-transform-your-professional-impact?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web]Discover how recognising your natural gift for creating connection can unlock deeper impact, stronger leadership, and your most powerful professional contribution. Guided Programme: The Salt of the Earth: A Journey of Character [https://school-of-worklife.myshopify.com/products/the-salt-of-the-earth-a-journey-of-character?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web] How Embracing Your Natural Traits and the Wisdom of Everyday Heroes Can Transform Your Path to Purpose Commissioned learning resources, speaking engagements, and organisational partnerships: carmel@schoolofworklife.com [carmel@schoolofworklife.com] schoolofworklife.com The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O' Reilly Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2564103/support]

What Is Self-Leadership?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2564103/fan_mail/new] SHOW NOTES:  WorkLife Stories from School of WorkLife Episode: What Is Self-Leadership? What is self-leadership is the second question at the heart of my work — and Orla's first ninety days answer it one notebook page at a time. Orla got the role: an interim directorship she'd made her case for in ten days. This is the story of what happened next — a restructure finally hers to call, afternoons that kept slipping back into her old job, one Monday morning that took ninety seconds, and the three lines in a notebook that governed all of it. RESOURCES MENTIONED Professional Self-Coaching from School of WorkLife [https://schoolofworklife.com/professional-self-coaching/] — Each resource created for one important professional moment. One purpose. One challenge. One outcome. The thinking, the sequence, the questions and the frameworks a coach would bring to hours of one-to-one work — placed in your hands, to work through in your own space and time. Work With Me [https://schoolofworklife.com/work-with-me-commissioned-learning-content-speaking-and-residencies/]: Commissioned learning resources, speaking engagements, and organisational partnerships. The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O’ Reilly  schoolofworklife.com [http://schoolofworklife.com]  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2564103/support]

How Do I Answer "Tell Me About Yourself"?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2564103/fan_mail/new] SHOW NOTES: WorkLife Stories from School of WorkLife Episode: How Do I Answer "Tell Me About Yourself"? How do I answer "tell me about yourself" is the question every interview opens with — and the answer is your thread: who you are, what runs through everything you've done, and why it leads here. Miranda's career had three chapters that didn't obviously belong to the same book — until one evening at a kitchen table, with three headings and one honest question, turned sixteen years into one ninety-second answer. This is the story of the rehearsal that failed, the question beneath the question, and the interview that followed her map. RESOURCES MENTIONED Get the Job — Professional Self-Coaching for Job Interviews [https://school-of-worklife.myshopify.com/products/get-the-job?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web] Tell the Three Stories That Reveal Your Professional Value, Character and Potential Work With Me [https://schoolofworklife.com/work-with-me-commissioned-learning-content-speaking-and-residencies/]: Commissioned learning resources, speaking engagements, and organisational partnerships. The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O’ Reilly  schoolofworklife.com [http://schoolofworklife.com]  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2564103/support]

Introducing Get the Seat at the Table

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2564103/fan_mail/new] SHOW NOTES: WorkLife Stories from School of WorkLife Episode: Introducing Get the Seat at the Table Introducing Get the Seat at the Table — the third Professional Self-Coaching resource from School of WorkLife, created for one important professional moment: the strategic conversations where your expertise is used, but your judgement is never asked for. Your work is good. And yet, when the decision gets made, you're the one who provided the input rather than the one who shaped it. Nothing about your expertise needs fixing — what's missing is that nobody can see how you think. Get the Seat at the Table takes you from your experience to three prepared professional stories that make your thinking visible, so it shapes the decisions that matter. RESOURCES MENTIONED GET THE SEAT AT THE TABLE: Professional Self-Coaching for Strategic Influence [https://school-of-worklife.myshopify.com/products/get-the-seat-at-the-table?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web] — Tell the Three Stories That Turn Your Expertise Into a Voice People Listen To — Make Your Thinking Visible, So It Shapes the Decisions That Matter Work With Me [https://schoolofworklife.com/work-with-me-commissioned-learning-content-speaking-and-residencies/]: Commissioned learning resources, speaking engagements, and organisational partnerships. The stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O' Reilly schoolofworklife.com [http://schoolofworklife.com/] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2564103/support]