Personal brand, confidence and resilience. The three anchors every comms professional needs The comms world is unpredictable. Restructures, budget squeezes, shifting leadership priorities, and the comms team is in the thick of it, holding the megaphone while everyone else panics. [...]
My manager looked at me and said: “Can you smile more? People think you’re aloof.” I was 20-something, working in PR, trying to make a good impression. And instead of talking about my work, my manager was critiquing my face. I nearly replied [...]
Happy new year! It's not too late to say that yet, maybe next week. I hope you had a good break and are feeling refreshed and ready to face 2025. If you spent some of the festive season comparing new [...]
We've all been there - that sinking feeling when we don't get the job, the promotion, or the opportunity we had our hearts set on. But what if I told you that rejection can actually be a good thing? Rejection [...]
Is this a familiar scenario? You’re working late, and answering emails at night and during weekends. Everyone around you is doing the same. You’re worried that if you stop responding to demands outside of office hours, you’ll be considered a [...]
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It's been a year of firsts My first year in business on my own without the back-up plan of recruitment. Delivered my first group LinkedIn training in person. Created my first group coaching programme for job seekers, and filled it. [...]
In the long run, we’re all dead’. Not my words. That’s the first chapter heading in Four Thousand Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman. On average we all only have Four Thousand Weeks. Our time on earth is limited, so how can [...]
Have you ever found yourself in a toxic workplace? I'm talking about the type of organisations where micro managers, bullies, gossip and internal politics thrive. At the expense of those who don't behave that way. It's not easy to get a [...]
I’ve been meaning to tackle the issue of fear for a long time. I mean the sort of fear we feel in our professional lives, which prevents us from doing anything new or making changes to our circumstances, even when [...]
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