This week I'm shining a light on something you may find relatable - the pain of one-to-one meetings at work. 

If you're like me, you've probably experienced a wide range of one-to-one meetings in your career and most of them sit at the not-so-positive end of the scale!

Here's what you can expect from the episode:

• The reason these types of meetings can feel so painful
• Why taking a coaching approach can be a great tool during meetings
• My top tips for making meetings a time to grow and develop

As always I end the episode with a coaching question, and this one is all about being a bold leader.

Here is a link to some questions to inspire your next one-to-one meeting whether you're a manager or employee

Here is the link to Episode 6 which covers getting feedback at work


As ever I'd love to know how you get on with the tips in this episode - you can let me know at [email protected]

If you want to work on your career and progression this autumn, take a look at my new membership community, the Rise and Thrive Career Network, which opens its doors to members in October. It's for women who want a fulfilling and well-paid job they enjoy that doesn't take over every moment of their waking lives.  Get yourself on the waitlist to find out more

Work with me

As well as coaching women to get the career they know they deserve, I also deliver leadership coaching and run workshops, courses, and programmes to organisations who want to retain, develop and engage their staff.

Get in touch to book your free Career Consultation call here.

If you are an organisation that would like to discuss how I can support your teams and leaders, book a call here.

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Have you ever experienced conflict at work? 

If so, you're not alone. Unresolved conflicts make for stressful workplaces and can potentially cost organisations tens of thousands of pounds every year.  So how can we help to prevent these issues before they begin?

In this week's episode, I'll share some simple strategies to help you reduce and resolve the chances of serious conflicts at work.

Here's what else you can expect from the episode:

• The common reasons we experience conflict at work
• Four main types of conflict that can occur in the workplace
• My 8 top tips to handle workplace conflict whilst you continue to thrive at work

As always I end the episode with a coaching question, and this week I'm going to get you thinking about using your conflict resolution skills.

Here is a link to  the resource mentioned in the episode

Ten tips to develop active and effective listening skills

As ever I'd love to know how you get on with the tips in this episode - you can let me know at [email protected]

If you want to work on your career and progression this autumn, take a look at my new membership community, the Rise and Thrive Career Network, which opens its doors to members in October. It's for women who want a fulfilling and well-paid job they enjoy that doesn't take over every moment of their waking lives.  Get yourself on the waitlist to find out more

Work with me

As well as coaching women to get the career they know they deserve, I also deliver leadership coaching and run workshops, courses, and programmes to organisations who want to retain, develop and engage their staff.

Get in touch to book your free Career Consultation call here.

If you are an organisation that would like to discuss how I can support your teams and leaders, book a call here.

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Have you ever had the job-hunting blues? At times it can feel like a job search is a long, challenging process. And it can also feel quite personal into the bargain.

In this week's episode, I'll look at how long on average it takes to find a job and what you can do to speed up your search.

Here's what you can expect from the episode:

• I look at how long a job search can take and the things that can affect you along the way
• External factors that can impact your job search
• My 9 top tips to help you speed up your job hunt

As always I end the episode with a coaching question, and this week I'm going to get you thinking about your inner strength when it comes to your job search.

Here is a link to the Notion tracking template that I mentioned in the episode

As ever I'd love to know how you get on with the tips in this episode - you can let me know at [email protected]

If you want to work on your career and progression this autumn, take a look at my new membership community, the Rise and Thrive Career Network, which opens its doors to members in October. It's for women who want a fulfilling and well-paid job they enjoy that doesn't take over every moment of their waking lives.  Get yourself on the waitlist to find out more

Work with me

As well as coaching women to get the career they know they deserve, I also deliver leadership coaching and run workshops, courses, and programmes to organisations who want to retain, develop and engage their staff.

Get in touch to book your free Career Consultation call here.

If you are an organisation that would like to discuss how I can support your teams and leaders, book a call here.

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In this episode, I'm sharing some tips that will help you make your CV stand out after taking a career break.

Career gaps can be riddled with judgment. Whilst this is perhaps unsurprising, given the long-standing view around taking time away from your work, it's worrying given that experiences outside of the workplace form such a huge part of our identity. 

Why is it then that despite the commonality of career breaks, they can still be viewed as an issue rather than the opportunity that they really are?

In episode 18 I take a look at:

• The reasons a career gap can be valuable for women
• 9 tips to help you strengthen your CV after a career gap and make it stand out
• A coaching question that will help you to reframe your career gap

And here are the CV resources I mentioned during the episode

CV guidelines - The Do's and Don'ts
CV Template for Chronological CV
CV Template for Skills-based CV

As ever I'd love to know how you get on with these - you can let me know at [email protected]

If September is the month that you want to work on your career and progression, take a look at my new membership community, the Rise and Thrive Career Network, which opens its doors to members on 27th September. It's for women who want a fulfilling and well-paid job they enjoy that doesn't take over every moment of their waking lives.  Get yourself on the waitlist to find out more

Work with me

As well as coaching women to get the career they know they deserve, I also deliver leadership coaching and run workshops, courses, and programmes to organisations who want to retain, develop and engage their staff.

Get in touch to book your free Career Consultation call here.

If you are an organisation that would like to discuss how I can support your teams and leaders, book a call here.

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Everyone loves an attention-grabbing headline and workplace trends have not escaped this attention over the past few years. 

Quiet quitting, quiet hiring, rage quitting, quiet firing, lists of seemingly endless buzzwords that have emerged over the past year or so to describe either new workplace dynamics or highlight long-standing bad culture practices are quite hard to keep up with.

In episode 17 of my podcast, I'm sharing some tips to help you figure out when it's time to resign from your job.

I take a look at:

• The workplace trends since the pandemic that have affected how people feel about their jobs
• The reasons you shouldn't hastily quit your job
• Nine areas for reflection to help you identify what could be wrong and help you find solutions

And as always I end the episode with a coaching question that will ensure fear isn't holding you back when it comes to your career.

And if September is the month that you want to work on your career and progression, take a look at my new membership community, the Rise and Thrive Career Network, which opens its doors to members on 27th September. It's for women who want a fulfilling and well-paid job they enjoy that doesn't take over every moment of their waking lives.  Get yourself on the waitlist to find out more

Work with me

As well as coaching women to get the career they know they deserve, I also deliver leadership coaching and run workshops, courses, and programmes to organisations who want to retain, develop and engage their staff.

Get in touch to book your free Career Consultation call here.

If you are an organisation that would like to discuss how I can support your teams and leaders, book a call here.

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Life's full of choices and never more so than when it comes to your career.

• Is it time to quit my job? 
• Could I make a complete career change? 
• Which job offer should I say yes to? 
• What longer-term career options do I want to explore? 

In this week's episode, I take a look at:

• Why making decisions can feel overwhelming and difficult to make
• How there is no 'perfect' answer when it comes to decisions
• My six step process to help you decide on your next steps

And as always I end the episode with a coaching question that can help clear the fog when it comes to arriving at a big decision.

And if September is the month that you want to work on your career and progression,take a look at my new membership community, the Rise and Thrive Career Network, which opens its doors to members on 27th September. It's for women who want a fulfilling and well-paid job they enjoy that doesn't take over every moment of their waking lives.  Get yourself on the waitlist to find out more

Work with me

As well as coaching women to get the career they know they deserve, I also deliver leadership coaching and run workshops, courses, and programmes to organisations who want to retain, develop and engage their staff.

Get in touch to book your free Career Consultation call here.

If you are an organisation that would like to discuss how I can support your teams and leaders, book a call here.

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Imagine you've been working on a big project for a while now and it's really close to your heart, but the time has come to share it more widely. How do you do this in a way that feels comfortable and authentic? 

And do you even need to promote yourself in the first place? 

In today's episode of Career Espresso, I'll be looking at why self-promotion can feel like such a challenge and why it matters so much in your career. I'll take a look at 

I take a look at:

• Why so many of us find it hard to self promote in the workplace
• Ways to reframe self promotion
• The importance of being a mentor and having an updated CV & LinkedIn when it comes to shouting about your skills and experience

And as always I end the episode with a coaching question that can help you do a self promotion assessment.

Link to Stanford working from home study
Gender promotion in self promotion gap paper

Career Summer School

If you missed the recent Career Summer School series, it's not too late to catch up.  Content will be live until 10 September - 16 lessons over 4 weeks to help you work on your career development this summer - Sign up between now and 22 August to get your daily email reminder and to be in with a chance of winning a Career Power Hour with me worth £99.

If you listen to Career Espresso through the Stitcher app and website, don't forget that this ceased to be available on 29 August 2023. If you use Stitcher at the moment you will be able to download your show list and re-upload it into other apps (excluding Spotify and Apple - you can manually follow shows in those apps). The instructions to do this are located in the FAQs on the Stitcher website which you can access here

Work with me

As well as coaching women to get the career they know they deserve, I also deliver leadership coaching and run workshops, courses, and programmes to organisations who want to retain, develop and engage their staff.

Get in touch to book your free Career Consultation call here.

If you are an organisation that would like to discuss how I can support your teams and leaders, book a call here.

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Are you someone who goes out of your way to be helpful at work? 

• You always seem to say yes to that new project even though you are already up to capacity
• You find yourself agreeing with colleagues even though you hold a different and valid point of view 

In today's episode of Career Espresso, I'll be looking at how to spot the signs of people-pleasing behaviours at work and covering some go-to strategies to turn down the volume on your inner people-pleaser including -

• Progress over perfection  
• Substituting negative self-talk 
• A career coaching question to help you become thoughtfully selfish 

Career Summer School

16 lessons over 4 weeks to help you work on your career development this summer - sign up between now and 22 August to get your daily email reminder and to be in with a chance of winning a Career Power Hour with me worth £99.

If you listen to Career Espresso through the Stitcher app and website, this will no longer be available from 29 August 2023. If you use Stitcher at the moment you will be able to download your show list and re-upload it into other apps (excluding Spotify and Apple - you can manually follow shows in those apps). The instructions to do this are located in the FAQs on the Stitcher website which you can access here

Work with me

As well as coaching women to get the career they know they deserve, I also deliver leadership coaching and run workshops, courses, and programmes to organisations who want to retain, develop and engage their staff.

Get in touch to book your free Career Consultation call here.

If you are an organisation that would like to discuss how I can support your teams and leaders, book a call here.

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Advancing in your career doesn’t only depend on how well you perform. Career development tends to be presented as a rational process, where you acquire the appropriate skills, knowledge, and experience to boost your chances of success.  

But have you considered that the missing part of the puzzle could be self-promotion?  Whilst it’s not always an easy skill to master, it’s a powerful tool that you can’t afford to overlook if you want to take control of your career. 

In a bonus Career Espresso podcast episode recorded specially for Career Summer School, I look at how to share your career skills and achievements when self-promotion doesn’t always come easy to you. 

Career Summer School
16 lessons over 4 weeks to help you work on your career development this summer - sign up here between now and 22 August to get your daily email reminder and to be in with a chance of winning a Career Power Hour with me worth £99.

If you listen to Career Espresso through the Stitcher app and website, this will no longer be available from 29 August 2023. If you use Stitcher at the moment you will be able to download your show list and re-upload it into other apps (excluding Spotify and Apple - you can manually follow shows in those apps). The instructions to do this are located in the FAQs on the Stitcher website which you can access here

Work with me

As well as coaching women to get the career they know they deserve, I also deliver leadership coaching and run workshops, courses, and programmes to organisations who want to retain, develop and engage their staff.

Get in touch to book your free Career Consultation call here.

If you are an organisation that would like to discuss how I can support your teams and leaders, book a call here.

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When we think about brands, we usually think of companies, not people. By its very definition, a brand is something that separates one thing from another and is a mark of trust or quality. Good examples are Apple’s slick logo and marketing, or Nike’s ‘swoosh’ design and ‘Just Do It’ slogan.

Branding may have begun with businesses but whether we like it or not, we all have our own individual ‘brands’ – even with our friends and family. Perhaps you’re the sociable one that always arranges events? Or maybe you’re known for your kindness and reliability, or as someone to turn to in times of need?

In a bonus Career Espresso podcast episode recorded for Career Summer School, I’ll explain what is meant by a personal brand and how it can help your career. I’ll also offer some simple suggestions of ways to get started with building yours.

Career Summer School
16 lessons over 4 weeks to help you work on your career development this summer - sign up here between now and 22 August to get your daily email reminder and to be in with a chance of winning a Career Power Hour with me worth £99.

If you listen to Career Espresso through the Stitcher app and website, this will no longer be available from 29 August 2023. If you use Stitcher at the moment you will be able to download your show list and re-upload it into other apps (excluding Spotify and Apple - you can manually follow shows in those apps). The instructions to do this are located in the FAQs on the Stitcher website which you can access here

Work with me

As well as coaching women to get the career they know they deserve, I also deliver leadership coaching and run workshops, courses, and programmes to organisations who want to retain, develop and engage their staff.

Get in touch to book your free Career Consultation call here.

If you are an organisation that would like to discuss how I can support your teams and leaders, book a call here.

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