Make work work again
Organisational Consultant and workplace mediator Sharon Darmody has over twenty years experience in making work work better for both individuals and teams. All it takes is a bit of M.A.G.I.C.
My book #WorkYourMagic
is out now
Keith Ferrazzi, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Never Eat Alone
“Sharon Darmody seeks to improve our workplace health and happiness for the future of organizations. The key to change lies within business leaders. I found this book to be an incredibly powerful and inspiring guide.”
Laurie Ruettimann, HR consultant, speaker, and author of Betting on You
“Work Your Magic is a research-based approach to fixing work—for good. The concept of M.A.G.I.C. should be shared with MBA students, people managers, and C-Suite leaders across the globe.”
I'm on a mission. I think we can agree that work is not working when we hear 85% of people are not engaged at work.
2018 Gallup study
I’m Sharon Darmody
I believe there is an opportunity for a “a new work order,” wherein the workplace becomes a place where people are truly able to thrive, and where every aspect of our humanity is integrated with the expectations and demands of corporate life. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided the disruption to corporate life as we know it as a tipping point for a change that has been long overdue—and an opportunity to rebuild the way we have been working from the ground up…
Drawing on over 25 years of consulting, I developed the M.A.G.I.C. model to help countless businesses, teams, and individuals rediscover what makes work work for them.
Demystifying M.A.G.I.C
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Meaning refers to finding the “why” behind what we do
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Authenticity is about putting down politics and game playing and treating ourselves and each other with respect
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Ground Rules are the bedrock for creating cohesive communities at work
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I is about l being seen and valued for who they are (not trying to mould people into some corporate cookie cutter!)
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Curiosity is about allowing space innovation and experimentation.
Is work working for you?
Take my quiz to learn about the core drivers of M.A.G.I.C, the principles that help to make work work. The objective is to give you a better idea of what factors make a difference for you, because once we truly understand these we can start creating change. We'll then send you some accompanying material and further questions, allowing you to reflect further. By the end of this exercise you’ll have an understanding of what is working and what isn’t and more importantly the factors you can focus on to help work to work again!
Going through a hard time at work can shift the equilibrium of a person’s life in a way not many other things do. Left unchecked, this can create a ripple effect that engulfs everything.
“When people do well at work, they do well at home and vice versa”
- Work Your M.A.G.I.C
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The Role of Rest in Our Working Lives
In a recent podcast, Ezra Klein interviewed Judith Shulevitz, whose book “The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time,” explores the Sabbath and the idea of rest.
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The Great Resignation or The Great Re-evaluation
We have all heard of the “Great Resignation” but what I think people are actually asking themselves is, “is work, working?” Arianna Huffington has also repositioned it as the “Great Re-Evaluation.”
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There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river…
The late Archbishop Demond Tutu said “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”
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Making MAGIC begins with our understanding of Meaning!
Many people feel that Work is not Working and through the pandemic many people have been provided with an opportunity to re-evaluate their relationship with work but perhaps do not know where to start.
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What is the big picture?
So many people are re-evaluating their relationship with work but don’t know where to start…
@sharondarmody
