When you begin in a new job, there are so many things to learn, admin to see to, processes to understand, colleagues to meet, clients to...

International Women’s Day is always a day to celebrate the achievements of women, and this year it has a special significance for me as...

Do you know when you have reached a turning point in your career/life? Yes, you say, of course, I do. In fact, many of us either ignore...

I am very excited to announce the release of my new book Smart Career Moves for Smart Women. How to Succeed in Career Transitions...

Your direct line manager is the first, most obvious person. Make sure they know you want to talk about your career development, not have...

In last week’s FT Working it podcast editors Isabel Berwick and Claer Barrett looked at how to ask for a pay rise. They talked to Max, a...

I’ve started a fascinating course on Positive Intelligence with the wonderful Leadership and Management Coach Amanda Bouch. Positive...

I recently spoke to the Director General of an influential, international association who was telling me how getting her employees back...

Last year on International Women's Day I suggested we look to prominent women in the worlds of business, the arts, and social politics...

Moving into the next phase of working, with Covid still present but not as aggressive as before, organisations find themselves between a...

A new movement for the next Covid-era phase With companies and organisations doing their best to arrange work to meet the demands of...

I try to do a short yoga session in the morning to stretch and get my body and mind going after the night’s sleep, and I often switch on...

Both anecdotal and first-hand evidence suggest that Zoom meetings have serious negative side-effects, from a lack of focus (people doing...

I have chosen one thought and one inspirational woman for every day of the week until International Women’s Day on March 8th. Who will...

Now, more than ever, with unemployment and uncertainty at a high, it pays to use the working-from-home situation as far as possible to be...

In the New Year, despite or perhaps even because of Covid continuing its rampage, many people are thinking about moving jobs. Recently, I...

It is always fascinating how the parts of one’s life suddenly click together as in a jigsaw puzzle. In my yoga practice this morning we...

This blog was supposed to be about something completely different – but I’ll save that idea for another time because I just have to share...

Over the past few weeks I have become concerned at the number of my coaching clients who have been telling me about how their workload...

Several clients have been musing over whether they should network while working from home, and if so, how to do it. Some people are still...