Every year at the beginning of January, untold people set goals or make New Year resolutions, only to find that within just a few months (weeks even), they’ve abandoned them. Research in the US shows that 45% of Americans make New Year resolutions but only 8% actually achieve them. I think that this is shockingly low, don’t …
7 Reasons Why People Don’t Achieve Their Goals & What You Can Do To Avoid This Read More »
There comes a time when you have to face the reality that your career may have passed its shelf life and that it is time for you to make a career move and do something different. Staying too long in a job and becoming stuck means you are denying yourself professional fulfilment. But making a …
According to Age UK, there are now more people over the age of 60 than under the age of 18 in the UK and with the phasing out of the default retiring age of 65, we are working longer than we did 20 years ago. But gone are the days of a job for life where …
How To Change Career And Find A Job You Love When You’re Aged 40 Plus Read More »
We hear constantly that research suggests women will not apply for a job if they don’t think they meet 100% of the criteria, whereas men will apply for a job even if they only meet 60%. These figures allegedly come from an internal study by Hewlett Packard. Although I have never actually seen the study …
We women are often our own worse enemies. Many of us talk ourselves out of pursuing the careers or businesses that we really want, coming up with untold reasons why we can’t instead of focusing on how can we. A lot of this boils down to our insecurities and self limiting beliefs. We tell ourselves …
5 Excuses Keeping Women Stuck in Jobs they Don’t Enjoy Read More »
Sleepless nights, dry flaky scalp, breakouts of blotchy skin… These were the symptoms of the stress my client was going through as a result of changes being made in the organisation that she worked for. The organisation was going through a restructure and she had to reapply for her job. There were 5 people competing …
Why Your Fear of Change Could Be Damaging Your Career Success Read More »
There is a lot of truth in the old saying ‘it’s not what you know it’s who you know’ and when you’re looking to progress in your career or business, networking can be a very powerful way of doing so. It can open doors that you could never imagine and can introduce you to people …
How to Network When You’re Nervous, Shy and Lacking Confidence Read More »
The challenges that women face making it to the c-suite are frequently reported but less is reported about differences between women and men at middle and senior management. In order to make it to the c-suite, women need to be making it to senior management first. But with a reported 60% of junior managers being women …
10 Tips to Help Women Get Promoted to Senior Management Read More »
Do you feel that you are achieving the success you want in your career? Do you find the work you do fulfilling? How are you even defining success? Is it your personal definition, is it someone else’s definition for you, or is it what society deems it to be? If you are achieving the success …
3 Mistakes That Prevent Women Having Successful and Fulfilling Careers Read More »
Knowing that you have a deadline that gives you ample of time to get the task done, how many times have you left it right to the last minute to do it, putting undue pressure on yourself as a result? I can hold my hands up to this one as it is something that I …
