I think it's an interesting read and there're some ideas that I can apply to my job.
It's well written and it kept me interesting.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

As a witch, I knew I wanted to read this book. The author does a wonderful job of describing what intuition is and how to really break into using your own. The one issue that really bothered me was the lack of addressing the actual issue or workplace harrassment. Sometimes, sending positive energy does nothing for the situation if you are just trying to make it through each day.

Books about improving work performance and melding career paths with spirituality always get me excited, so I was happy NetGalley and Llewelyn provided me with the opportunity to read and review this book. Psychic medium Melanie Barnum provides exercises and tips for activating the four “clairs”, as she calls them, to maximize our decision making capacity when it comes to work. She provides an abundance of anecdotal evidence from her personal sessions with clients to illustrate the endless possibilities open to us when we open ourselves fully to our natural intuition. The book is written in a simple, easy-to-read format and is oozing with positivity and motivation.

Unfortunately, here’s where the book falls short. I would have loved to see the author present some psychological and scientific evidence behind her techniques. I have no doubt in my mind they work. There’s no question that when we feel confident in our decision-making capabilities, we’re going to show up stronger in any type of environment. Work is no exception. However, presenting this type of inner reflection at a surface level without any evidence is what tends to give spirituality the “woo woo” crazy talk reputation we’d all like to avoid. Also, it would be helpful to provide the reader with advice on how they can differentiate intuition from societally-imposed biases. Perhaps that interviewee really is untrustworthy, but it’s also possible you’re passing judgment based on previous life experiences or ideas handed down from your parents. It’s important to recognize when this is occurring.

Overall, this is a quick, energizing book to affirm that yes, you are capable of showing up and showing out when it comes to your career. It’s a great primer for someone just getting interested in applying spiritual concepts to tangible experiences. It’s also a refreshing approach for those of us working in data-driven environments where everything needs to be proven without a shadow of a doubt before it’s taken as truth. Sometimes you just “know” things. Advanced practitioners may become bored with the lack of depth, but as an introduction to general concepts of ESP and intuition, Intuition at Work is a good resource.

Sometimes Tangential; Not Applicable to All Work Situations

The concept of this book intrigued me when I saw it at one of my favorite book review sites. I'm a firm believer in intuition and wanted to see how this author proposed using it at work. While the book certainly has some good information and meditations, I didn't feel like it applied to me in my work situation, unfortunately. The author geared it toward retail and service/office businesses. I am an RN who works in an inpatient setting, so the talk about selling, marketing, and many other topics didn't seem to apply in my situation. The book goes off on tangents occasionally, like panic attacks. I think she also spent too much time on the personal aspect of intuition and not at you as an employee on the job. I did appreciate that she didn't just look at what it is to be a worker bee but also a leader and manager who can use their intuition to benefit other workers and the company. Having had a terrible boss who dogged me for years until I eventually quit, I didn't think the author quite grasped the severity of a situation like that and other forms of harassment. In her chapter on working with troublesome people in the workplace, her essential answer seemed to be to simply send that person positive vibes. That certainly would not have worked in my case, and sometimes you need to trust your intuition to know when you need to speak up or get out. I'm going to re-read this book with an eye to see if I can apply a little more to my situation because I do love the idea of using your intuition at work.

For the most part, I enjoyed this work on using your intuition in a professional setting, but it absolutely lost me on the chapter about "your nemesis."

First, the author does a good job explaining intuition and how to tap into one's own. There are the different senses that you might use to tools of the trade covered. There are many great meditations spread throughout the work to help you focus on how to use your intuition in a professional setting. Then the book starts to lose it's cohesiveness about the time there is a chapter about using intuition to better yourself personally such as eating healthy, working out, and what your home looks like. On the one hand, this makes sense as you want to bring your best self to work. On the other hand it seemed out of place. Then there was the chapter about dealing with difficult coworkers.

As someone who has suffered bullying and workplace harassment, this chapter falls very flat. There are certainly instances where you can send your "nemesis" positive vibes, but there are also certain instances where there is true harassment going and one concern I had was if you experience workplace sexual harassment. This chapter (which started off really well) seemed to minimize workplace harassment and I really wished there was a disclaimer that you can send positive energy to someone, but also, if there is a real problem, you should do something beyond that. Sending positive vibes will not work if you're just trying to survive a bad or toxic situation. I also think the term nemesis was the wrong term because of the weight that word carries as well and I couldn't tell if the chapter was covering difficult coworkers with the small issues or full on harassment (nemesis seems to suggest this).

Overall, if this chapter was revised, the rest of the work is decent. Using intuition to get the job, keep the job, or move on is very useful and there were other areas that worked, but I was greatly disappointed in the chapter on a "nemesis" which leads me to not recommend this title.