By Sherry Bevan
The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.
Many women tell me that they just can't decide whether they want to go back to a career or start a business after maternity leave or a career break.
Only you can make the decision. Join me in today's episode to discover the pros and cons of a career vs business plus get some ideas on how to start a business.
Mentioned on the show and other useful linksWhen you delegate effectively and with confidence, it puts you in a better position to make a bigger impact in your career because:
The art of delegation is in how to get people to do what you ask without being too controlling or too hesitant.
Listen to today's show for top tips on how to delegate effectively.
Mentioned on the show and other useful linksOften the smart ambitious women that I talk to every week are not being assertive enough on LinkedIn.
This week my theme is about being more assertive in the workplace without getting labelled as aggressive. At the same time I don’t want you to be underestimated.
When I work with my clients, whether one-to-one or in a group, I notice that women who present as confident and assertive in the workplace .... well their LinkedIn profile tells a different story. If you want to make a bigger impact and attract the right career opportunities you need to be more assertive on LinkedIn too.
Discover 3 smart ways that you can be more assertive on LinkedIn:
The last time I had a job interview I was a bag of nerves. And I know that's true for lots of my clients too, particularly if your last job interview was several years ago.
That's why I'm delighted to pick the brains of career expert Sarah Archer. Sarah shares her best interview tips so that you can wow the interviewer and get the job!
Sarah appears as a career expert for Guardian Careers and is the author of ‘Developing your Inner Coach’.
Discover the secrets of success in job interviews as we explore:
Very often the women that I talk to about their career strategy, they hadn't even thought about using LinkedIn until they started jobhunting. But actually there are SO many reasons to get active on LinkedIn even if you're not jobhunting because it's such a powerful networking platform. And the best time to start networking is BEFORE you need to network.
In this episode I share 5 powerful reasons why ambitious women need to use LinkedIn even when you are not jobhunting:
So many of the women that I often talk to or work with struggle to tame their inner critic. Those "You're not good enough" thoughts in your head. The fear of being 'found out'.
Often these thoughts stop us from doing our best work and making a bigger impact at work so that we can take our career to the next level.
Jess Baker is an independent Business Psychologist and Women's Leadership Coach. She’s worked for some impressive organisations in her career including Barclays, HSBC and Aon Consulting.
I was intrigued by her 5 Day Tame Your Inner Critic Challenge that starts on 15 January. I invited Jess to give us the inside scoop on how to manage our inner critic so that we feel more confident.
Jess shares three key facts to help us understand the inner critic (sometimes described as the imposter syndrome):
She then goes onto share some simple yet REALLY powerful techniques to tame and disempower your inner critic.
Mentioned on the show and other useful linksCome January, everybody's turning their thoughts to New Year, New Career. But how do you go about getting that new career or new job if your CV is looking tired and jaded. Especially when you've taken a career break.
Today I talk to expert CV writer Orla Cahill. Orla has a background in HR. She is an associate member of CIPD and supports professional mums to re-launch their career after an extended period of absence from the workplace. Based in London, with clients all over the world, from Crouch End to California, Orla runs the CV Clinic.
We discuss:
Research from LinkedIn tells us that men and women present themselves differently on LinkedIn and this affects your promotion prospects. Sad to say, it's not to the advantage of ambitious women.
Discover the three things you can do differently on your LinkedIn profile to improve your promotion prospects when you describe:
And then I'll tell you what else you need to do in the workplace to improve your promotion prospects.
Mentioned on the show and other useful linksFollowing last week's episode on beating burnout in the workplace, and given that Christmas is often a time that pushes our stress levels to the max, I invited Val Stevenson to discuss how to survive Christmas without a crisis. Val is an independent coach and consultant who specialises in building resilience in organisations and individuals.
In this episode Val shares her knowledge and experience as we explore:
GUEST: Val Stevenson HOST: Sherry Bevan
Mentioned on the show and other useful linksIn this episode I explore burnout in the workplace with Sarah Sparks.
Sarah is an award winning Executive Coach, Speaker and Trainer who works with senior leaders in the Corporate World helping busy professionals have career success as well as health and wellbeing, and in particular helping them work differently so they avoid damaging stress and burn-out.
Together we discuss the signs of burnout, how to avoid burnout and whose responsibility it is to spot the signs in the workplace.
GUEST: Sarah Sparks HOST: Sherry Bevan
Mentioned on the show and other useful linksThe podcast currently has 56 episodes available.