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Paying the Price. 6 questions to ask yourself before you take the next promotion #careers #promotion leadership Nov 30, 2021

It’s interesting how we focus on moving ever upwards on the corporate ladder. We very often fail to stop to think whether this is something...

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So why is it called a "leadership role"? #careers Oct 19, 2021

My first leadership moment was when I was promoted into my first management role. It was helpfully announced in the middle of a meeting about...

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Let's ditch the work/life balance debate #careers leadership May 18, 2021

Every conversation about “work/life balance leaves me annoyed because it seems to totally miss the point.  What is this mysterious thing...

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Redundancy is for life. Start to manage it #careers #defyexpectations Mar 11, 2021

Of all the things that I have ever had to do as a leader making people redundant is the worst.  It never gets any easier to do, you can blame...

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G.R.I.T for everyone #careers #covid19leadership #defyexpectations #determination #grit #leadershipdevelopment Feb 24, 2021

Helen wrote an interesting piece in January about having G.R.I.T. OK, she was using it as an abbreviation for some qualities (Gratitude,...

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Surviving Redundancy - Outplacement for All #careers Feb 16, 2021

In the last quarter available, the UK alone hit a record 370,000 redundancies (Aug-Oct 2020) and the trajectory is not good - December 7th saw over...

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An Intelligent Career Model for managing your career in Covid times #careers Jan 22, 2021

A new model for managing careers

Developed in conjunction with leading online learning platform Kajabi we have built the closest thing to coaching...

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Take responsibility for your own career. Career Discoveries - a virtual, full life-cycle career coaching resource.    #careers Jan 07, 2021

Pain is being felt on the ground right now as the lagged effect of a year of the virus kicks in. In the UK alone redundancies hit a record 370,000...

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