These days, you can hardly move for seeing inspirational quotes telling you to ‘say yes’ to everything, or ‘do more’ in your career. But those positive statements can become unhealthy if you take on too much work and you become desperate to please others so you can climb the career ladder. According to Elizabeth Svodoba,...Read More

The ability to value yourself, coupled with strong negotiation skills, are critical in terms of determining your own worth and value, and the value which others place upon you. Society typically determines value through monetary measures – what you make in terms of salary if you work within the corporate realm, or revenue generated by...Read More

Imposter Syndrome is felt mostly by women in high-paying or ambitious careers. These women feel they are not good enough for their jobs, that their accomplishments in their company are either luck driven or as a result of deception. Sufferers of Imposter Syndrome have a persistent fear of being ‘exposed’ as fraudulent or ‘not good...Read More

“You will never get a second chance to make a first impression” Essentially your CV is a document which records your work life. It’s your personal advert, your ‘Sales Document’ or ‘Marketing Flyer’ and therefore it’s vital that you make an immediate impression, any silly mistakes and you could ruin your chance of being selected...Read More

If there is one communication skill that is vitally important to learn, it’s listening – not just for the benefit of your work life but also for your personal life too. Listening gives us the ability to interpret and receive instructions and to think empathetically and sympathetically. We’ve put together 20 tips, so that you...Read More

Whether you’re competing for a dream role or promotion, in a team that’s competitive with other teams within the company or internally competitive, or with an employer fighting for business in a competitive sector, it can be hard to succeed in a competitive environment if you’re more of an “it’s the taking part that counts”...Read More

Ask yourself what a model employee looks like to you. What do you think a model employee looks like to your boss and to the wider organisation? The answers to both questions could be exactly the same and will probably include the elements on which these tips for getting noticed by your boss are based:...Read More

As women in business, when setting our sights on raising our leadership-rank in firms, we will weave our way up and sideways navigating the corporate landscape to make our mark. While our networking prowess makes savvy business sense when working for someone else, its career currency tends to drop when we begin working for ourselves,...Read More

The world of business is very challenging these days. Companies are being put under extreme pressure to satisfy shareholders, employees are been squeezed to the maximum in terms of performance. It is easy to just put your head down and “just get on with it”. Throw experience into the mix, and we pick up very...Read More

The argument has been well made that women need to access more opportunities on Boards as Executives, Non-Executive Directors and Trustees – to bring balance and new thinking. It is also well accepted that having a broader experience by being on a Board externally, will help women change the perception of their colleagues internally. So...Read More