What if you could eliminate the guilt of putting family or work first, the overwhelm of all the things, and the stress of disintegrating boundaries—while breaking the glass ceiling in whatever shoes you choose? Job sharing is a partnership between two people to share the responsibilities of one full-time position. Whether you’re looking to work differently for true work-life balance or an employer looking to retain and recruit diverse talent, you’re in the right place. Melissa Nicholson, for ...
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Talking all things flexible workspace and office space. Whether it be the office space market, the future of the workplace, hybrid working and other post-pandemic workplace solutions, new developments, popular office locations, new hotspots, office design, office tech and, most importantly, who has the best coffee!
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22. Steal my election week self-care strategies to stay sane over the next week, infused with a big dose of hope for Care. As we wrap up our 10-part lesson-focused series I'm calling Reaching Your Goals Despite [Fill in the blank - i.e. all we've been through/return to work mandates/layoffs etc.] and we hold onto our seats for the election of a lif…
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21. Kamala Harris announces a plan to support caregivers as the U.S. faces a childcare and eldercare crisis. The Care Movement's time has come and as a sandwich-generation dual caregiver, I'm here for it. This summer, a staggering study revealed the cost of childcare in all 50 states was more than two months of rent. Organizations like Moms First p…
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20. A proactive approach to safeguard your job to prevent a layoff, switch careers, or even navigate a tough job market more easily while finding flexibility for real work-life balance. This episode is Part II of a two-part series inspired by concerns about return-to-work mandates, low morale, looming layoff rumors, or worse, actual layoffs by my L…
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19. Whether you're facing a return-to-work mandate, a looming layoff, or other difficulties in your work life, this is my advice on how to handle it. Too often, we keep these struggles inside or worse, get bad advice when facing difficulties at work, and how to reach for and achieve our big goals, whether a raise, a promotion, or work flexibility, …
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18. I'll show you how you not only can afford to job share, you might not be able to afford not to job share. Job Share Academy's doors are closing TODAY >>> Enroll here. We've shifted the program to include group coaching for even more hands on support. Don't wait until 2025 to create your job share when the price will go up. In episode 18, the fi…
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[ENCORE] Unlocking Job Share Academy’s Full Potential: Insights from Student Elizabeth McQueen
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17. "You can be ambitious AND you can spend a lot of time with your family AND you can be successful, you just have to figure out HOW you want to do it and WHO you want to do it with. Job Share Academy opened my eyes to the fact that it can look a lot of ways. If you're willing to put in the work, you can make something cool happen." - Elizabeth Mc…
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16. The best way to gain approval for a job share is to present a well-thought-out business case as a confident, competent professional. Limited-Time FREE Masterclass Signup: 3 Insider Secrets to Share Your Job and Lose the Guilt of Putting Work First or Family First—Forever If you've been considering creating a job share arrangement, you've likely…
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15. Finding a job share partner is easier than you think. It's more like spotting a VW bug than finding a needle in a haystack—once you know what to look for. The first thing people ask me after discovering job sharing is often "How do I find a job share partner?" After all, there's a lot to consider. You're sharing your job, your income, and even,…
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14. Proof that job sharing can work in almost any job, including yours. I’ve discovered there are five reasons people are weary about creating, selling, and getting approval for their job share. So what are the five reasons? I can tell you what they are because they come up time and time again. They are that they don’t have enough time, the right j…
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13. Still on the fence about creating a job share arrangement? Here are all of the reasons why it might be the best decision you could make for your career and life. GRAB YOUR SPOT FOR JUST $27!! Doors are Open for Jobshare Jumpstart: A LIVE Job Share Creation Bootcamp Just picture this: powering down every Wednesday (your new FriYAY! ) and never a…
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12. When a pause and real self-care are called for. If I know one thing for sure, it's this: There will always be challenging seasons to navigate when life moves fast and work is intense. End-of-school craziness paired with lax summer schedules can feel harder for parents of younger kids, trying to piece together childcare during working hours via …
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11. Finance leader Liz Stapleton Zerella's moxie landed her a rare senior job share arrangement at Clorox with partner Michelle Shalauta. What the duo did next is remarkable. If you're wondering if job sharing will negatively impact your career progression, not only does research prove the opposite—According to The Job Share Project, over 70% of jo…
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10. A pep talk and my 4-step process to help you get unstuck and get into action to make your big moves and achieve your goals. Inspired by the advice my dad gave me early on when I was pursuing an acting career and the dual sandwich caregiving challenges I've faced over the past several years, this episode's pep talk with practical advice is inten…
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9. "You can be ambitious AND you can spend a lot of time with your family AND you can be successful, you just have to figure out HOW you want to do it and WHO you want to do it with. Job Share Academy opened my eyes to the fact that it can look a lot of ways. If you're willing to put in the work, you can make something cool happen." - Elizabeth McQ…
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8. Working in a cross-generational job share propelled Mary Kaye Stuart and Sommer Hruska's momentum at work for a solid succession planning strategy for their employer—while giving both better mental and physical health. When you think of job sharing, you might not have considered sharing a job with a partner whose background is very different fro…
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7. Debunking these 7 job share myths is key before proposing a job share to your employer. Don't let other people's misconceptions stand in your way of job sharing. These commonly held beliefs hold a majority of people who've heard of and thought about job sharing, from ever following through to create their job shares. Similarly, the same misinfor…
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6. This powerful visualization exercise will help you envision what it's like to work in a job share in under 15 minutes. There are several barriers to job sharing that those interested in sharing roles need to overcome, but the hardest barrier to overcome might be you. It takes people a while to wrap their heads around job sharing. After all, ther…
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5. They thought about it for years—corporate turned entrepreneurial job share team Gabriela Mercado and Gabriela Proctor open up about how they persisted for their job share's approval and what they'd do differently today, so you don't have to. You might be surprised to learn how job sharing can positively impact your career and income. Tapping int…
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4. To beat imposter syndrome and manifest your job share, you have to believe you can job share. Once a skeptic, I've become a believer after leaning into manifestation during my most challenging season of life. You might be thinking, "Easy for you to say, Melissa. You're one of the lucky few who've job shared." I know it may be easier said than do…
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3. A mic drop moment when pushed to the brink: Karen Browning reads her pandemic resignation letter and opens up about being forced to choose between career and caregiving at the height of the pandemic. In the summer of 2021, Karen summoned up the courage to vulnerably and transparently spell out what she had needed from her employer and what they …
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2. A simple strategy to decrease your overwhelm, stress, and burnout by applying job share principles to your daily life. What if I told you women were more stressed now than they were at the height of the pandemic? Would it surprise you to learn that the main factor is burnout? I'm going to let you in on a little secret today in this Mindset Minis…
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1. Your Job Share 101 and my story—the good, the bad, and the ugly. What is job sharing? To start with, job sharing is the flexible work practice that transformed my work-life balance and career trajectory for nearly a decade in the 24/7 fast-paced radio industry. At Work Muse, we define job sharing as a partnership between two professionals to sha…
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Welcome to Jobshare Revolution, a podcast about job sharing the flexible work practice for true work-life balance, hosted by former corporate job sharer turned founder of Work Muse the first U.S. job share company Melissa Nicholson. With nearly a decade of job sharing experience in the radio industry behind her, Nicholson is working to educate and …
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This is our first show in a while because the team has been busy behind the scenes working on new assets and resources to help make the process of searching for the perfect office space that much easier. And this is what this short show/announcement is about - the first of these resources for the year... The London Office Providers Directory 2024 I…
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This is our first episode since April 2022 – did we miss anything?!As were the two years between 2020 and 2022, the last 12 months have been unprecedented and unpredictable.So, we’ve used the last year to complete our Flexible Workspace Directory we mentioned in previous episodes, which we hope will help businesses find the perfect flexible office …
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Today, the spotlight is focused on Aberystwyth and the randomly selected flex space brands are AberInnovation, The Cambria and Ty Loveden House. Our Spotlight on Office Providers series gives an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space companies from a loc…
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Today, the spotlight is focused on Aberdeen and the randomly selected flex office space brands are 46 Queens Road, Aberdeen Business Centre and BlueSky Business Space. Our Spotlight on Office Providers series gives an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three flexible spa…
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Today, the spotlight is focused on Wrexham office space and the randomly selected flex space brands are Home of Offices, The Regent and Town Square Spaces. Our Spotlight on Office Providers series offers an overview of flexible office providers, operators and flexible office landlords in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select th…
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Today, the spotlight is focused on North Wales flexible office space and the randomly selected providers are Indycube, Riverside Business Park and Unit 3 Design Studio. Our Spotlight on Office Providers series gives an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three flexible sp…
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Today, the spotlight is focused on Central Manchester and the randomly selected flex space brands are Colony, Department and Use.Space. Our Spotlight on Office Providers series offers an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space companies from a location gi…
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Our Spotlight on Office Providers series offers overviews of flexible office providers and operators in particular locations. In each episode, we randomly select flexible space companies from a location and provide a brief history and an overview of their flexible workspace products. Today, the spotlight is focused on Noho in London and the randoml…
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Our Spotlight on Office Providers series presents an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space companies from a location and provide a brief history and an overview of their flexible workspace products. Today, the spotlight is focused on Central London and …
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Our Spotlight on Office Providers series offers an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space companies from a location giving a brief history and an overview of their flexible workspace products. Today, the spotlight is focused on Liverpool and the randomly…
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Our Spotlight on Office Providers series gives an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space companies from a location giving a brief history and an overview of their flexible workspace products. Today, the spotlight is focused on South Wales and the randoml…
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Our Spotlight on Office Providers series offers an overview of flexible working space providers and office operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space companies from a location giving a brief history and an overview of their flexible space products. Today, the spotlight is focused on the West End of …
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Our Spotlight on Office Providers series offers an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space companies from a location giving a brief history and an overview of their flexible workspace products. Today, the spotlight is focused on Dublin and the randomly se…
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Our Spotlight on Office Providers series gives an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space providers from a location giving a brief history and an overview of their flexible workspace products. Today, the spotlight is focused on Mayfair and the randomly se…
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Our Spotlight on Office Providers series gives an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select four flexible space companies from a location giving a brief history and an overview of their flexible workspace products. Today, the spotlight is focused on Cardiff and the randomly sel…
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This episode is our second that is focused on London and the randomly selected flex space brands are Business Cube, Co-Work and Curve.Our Spotlight on Office Providers series gives an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location.In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space companies from a particular loca…
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This is our 50th episode which is quite hard to believe! After a delay in launching, we recorded our first episode at the end of February 2020 – just weeks before the magnitude of the Covid-19 pandemic was to be fully recognised. In the following weeks, lockdowns began to be enforced in Europe, and the UK went into its first lockdown in the last we…
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The Spotlight on Office Providers series offers an overview of flexible office space options in a particular location.In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space companies from a location and provide an overview of their flexible workspace products and the variety of choices available to occupiers.This is our second Dublin SOP episode …
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Our Spotlight on Office Providers series gives an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location.In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space companies from a location giving a brief history and an overview of their flexible workspace products.Today, the spotlight is focused on Kensington and the randomly s…
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This is an audio version of a blog post written and published by Managing Director, Mike Gardener, on 29th June 2021. Apologies for the newsjacking-style title, however, the mainstream press has been running with clickbait headlines such as ‘the office is dead’ and ‘will we ever return to the office?’ and so on, since the Covid-19 pandemic triggere…
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Our Spotlight on Providers series gives an overview of flexible office providers and operators in a particular location.In each episode, we randomly select three flexible space companies from a location giving a brief history and an overview of their flexible workspace products.Today, the spotlight is focused on Fitzrovia and the randomly selected …
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Our Spotlight on Providers series gives an overview of individual office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three office space providers / workspace operators / office space brands from the location giving a brief history and an overview of the company and their flex space products. Today, the spot…
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Our Spotlight on Providers series gives an overview of individual office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three office space providers / workspace operators / office space brands from the location giving a brief history and an overview of the company and their flex space products. Today, the spot…
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Our Spotlight on Providers series gives an overview of individual office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three office space providers / workspace operators / office space brands from the location giving a brief history and an overview of the company and their flex space products. Today, the spot…
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Our Spotlight on Providers series gives an overview of individual office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three providers/operators/brands from the location giving a brief history and an overview of their flexible space products. Today, the spotlight is focused on London and the randomly selected…
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Our Spotlight on Providers series gives an overview of individual office providers and operators in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select three providers/operators/brands from the location giving a brief history and an overview of their flex space products. Today, the spotlight is focused on Birmingham in the West Midlands and …
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Our Flex Space Focus series provides an overview of individual flexible workspaces in a particular location. In each episode, we randomly select flex spaces and provide a brief overview of each. This episode is focused on Manchester in the North West of England and the 5 randomly selected flexible office spaces are located on Deansgate, King Street…
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