Why You Feel Like an Imposter and How to Challenge It
Imposterism - otherwise known as imposter syndrome - impacts women in multiple ways. Find out the reasons why you are experiencing feelings of being fraudulent at work and what you can do about it.
From IVF to the Menopause: Should we talk about our bodies at work?
From IVF to the Menopause: Should we talk about our bodies at work?
How to be more effective in meetings in five easy steps
Five easy steps to improve how you communicate in meetings.
How to survive a tough work audience: lessons from stand-up comedy
Starting with reframing the situation, here are six things you can do when faced with a hostile challenge when giving work presentations.
How to Find the Time to be Promotion Ready
One of the greatest barriers to women’s equality is time. Women are, more than men, asked repeatedly to take on non-promotable tasks. Here are six ways that you can get back your time to help support your career.
Ten Steps to Leading Restoratively
How do you lead to build inclusive, equitable communities? Restorative leadership provides a route to recognising the autonomy and responsibility of others. Read more ….
Let’s talk about exiting!
We need to talk about what is happening when people unexpectedly leave an organisation. Such exits damage confidence, can be career limiting and have enormous financial implications. In this blog Leigh offers great advice if you find yourself in this situation.
Tenderly Strong: Ways Forward in a New World
The words “tender” and “strong” are not often found in alignment yet they offer a powerful metaphor for women when experiencing change in their careers.
The real reason why having children is the biggest barrier to women’s career progression
The general culture of overwork means that having children is one of the biggest barriers to women’s career progression.
Three ways to embed gender equality in your university
Dr Lorraine Thomas explores how creating a culture of equality, diversity and belonging in our universities is essential
The Women-Space Ten Top Tips to Promotion Success – with a PostScript!
Planning for a promotion? These top ten tips will help you be successful. Read on …..
Crisis of confidence: doing a PhD at 40
Changing career and doing at PhD at 40 can be a challenge. This blog tells you how it is.
HR Blind Spots: The "Quiet Bully" Who Gaslights HR
“Quiet bullies’ gaslight human resource professionals through their skills at managing everyone, including their Human Resources partners. Read on to find out how
The Art Of Reinventing Yourself
From accountant to best selling author - read this blog on career changing.
Why are we so averse to powerful women?
Stereotypes limit and shape women’s careers. How can we interrupt the biases that they create to support women’s careers and leadership?
The Toxic Workplace and the Quiet Bully
‘Quiet bullies’ are abusive individuals who have learnt how to ‘game’ situations to a sophisticated level to protect themselves from any accusations. Read more ….
Two ‘easy’ rules can help eliminate work overload - and they don’t include saying “No!”
Two simple career coaching ‘rules’ that can help you take back control in the workplace.
These Boots Were Made For Thinking
How does walking help you reflect on your career? Meet an academic and career coach who talks of route maps and getting back up again when we fall.
Will what got you here get you there?
Congratulations. You have been promoted. But what do you need to do to change and adapt to this new role to ensure you thrive ……
Dissatisfied with how things are going but too drained to fight it? Three poems to reawaken your spirit
Sometimes, we all we need are few words that reach our hearts and put us back into change-maker mode. Here are three poems that do this for me.