Don’t leave your career to fate. 5 tips to help women manage their careers

In my last article, I shared the story of one of my clients, Susan who like many mums get  caught up in the treadmill of work, family and life and don’t take time out to actively manage and make plans for progressing their careers. 3 fundamental questions were asked to help Susan get started:  What…

How to keep the Olympic flames burning? Be a cheerleader

Since Danny Boyle’s spectacular opening ceremony 2 weeks ago, Olympic fever has spread across the nation with epidemic gusto. There have been highlights and lowlights but one thing that has consistently stood out, has been the Olympic crowd. If medals were awarded for being a crowd, Gold would surely go to the 80,000 exuberant and…

Crafting a polished and focused response to ‘What do you do?’

 Are you able to give a polished answer when someone asks you what you do? Does it roll of your tongue and leaves the listener wanting to know more?  When I first started out in business, and people enquired about what I did, my answer was, ‘I am a coach’. This was often met with…