Mindset

Unearthing the wins, fails, lessons and mistakes that defined the previous period is key to shaping the next one. 

Love ’em or loathe ’em, career curveballs are a fact of modern life. Here’s what you can control.

Recognising success activates the brain’s reward system. That sense of accomplishment boosts self-esteem and motivation.

You might assume everyone else knows what you know. Often, they don’t.

If your budget doesn’t stretch to an expert career coach, the best alternative is to utilise your peers. Learn how to integrate coaching into your every day.

Practising compassion may not be easy, but it can be the difference between overload and impact.

Are you one of the 53% of women who feel unsupported at work? Get the help you need with 3 simple actions you can try right now.

We get to decide how we respond to every challenge we face. Even when it isn’t our fault, there are always opportunities to improve a bad situation.

There is hope for a better work/life balance! Let’s defy the stats, and create a home life that re-distributes the workload, so that we can reach our career goals, whatever they may be.

Almost half of women have experienced microaggressions and everyday sexism. Learn simple ways to respond.

In an ideal world, we’d switch seamlessly from problem to solution mode as the situation requires.

Admit it or not, how people look and sound has a big impact on how we perceive their abilities. And, when the rules change with gender and ethnicity, what do we do about it?

Setbacks from failure are simply steps towards learning.  So, it’s time to undo a lifetime of socialisation and turn failure into an upward force.

You don’t have to throw spaghetti at the wall. You do have to follow a simple, but robust process to hone your experimental mindset.

Many underrepresented groups rarely see themselves portrayed as leaders – even when an ‘underrepresented’ group represents half the population.

A simple model to speed up decision-making: one-way and two-way doors. Learn the difference and why you need to approach them differently.

Quality work flows through three phases: plan, do, and review. The final, critical step is often the first to be abandoned, but it shouldn’t be.

Our rallying cry is, ‘If not you, then who?’. The same applies to professional development budget. If you’re not using the money…who is?

You must learn to lead yourself before you can effectively lead others: understand who you are, how you want to show up, and take control of getting there.

We all put off important stuff, even though we know it’ll come back to bite us. We all do it, we’re all aware we do it, and we all seem unable to kick the habit despite knowing how irrational it is.