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Sit down. Breathe. Write. Repeat...What’s Your “Unfair” Advantage (And Do You Even Know About It)?
Working with career women keen to raise their visibility and influence at work, this is one of the first places I start with them. "Let’s find your unfair advantage or your Secret Sauce” I say. I start with this question. “What is it about you or what has...
How & Why To Take A Chance On Yourself
Say “Yes” before you’re ready and then get ready... There are so many ways to say something and every way means something different to your listener as you say it. Imagine you’re in a meeting and someone asks if anyone is able to take on a new project or put some...
Waterskiing & Your Career
Stimulate your creative flow with something a bit different That expression “busy doing something else” is where your ideas and inspiration often comes from. It gives you the sense of being absorbed, concentrating, focused on something so other thoughts are put aside...
Take A Pause & Boost Your Presence
Less speed, more grace and ease Do you barrel from one thing to another at work? Do you find yourself finishing one meeting or phone call and then jumping straight into or onto the next? How about when you arrive at a meeting, do you like to get there early, settle...
Zip It And Assertively Wait
Masterful Inactivity Isn't Passive.... How to zip-it and give yourself breathing space This is a tricky one for so many of us. Wait. Pause. Think a bit. Choose if Money you’re going to act; to respond. To ‘Zip it’ is such a useful little phrase and it’s easy to...
Do You Show Them What You’re Made Of?
Remember your brilliance so others can reward you for it. If you’ve ever heard yourself say any of the following, it gives us a sign you’ve forgotten some of the things that you’re really good at or you’ve forgotten some of the key pieces of your career and life...
Gratitude: 2 Small Words Change Everything
It’s such a small thing to say ‘thank you’ and these two small words cost you absolutely nothing and yet make a huge difference to if and how people remember you - and respond to you. Thanking people is often the difference that makes the difference as to whether...
7 Career Success Traits Learned from Bollydog
The lessons are everywhere. Just notice. It may sound whimsical or indulgent to share with you career success traits which I’ve learned from our hound but, I am. On a number of levels, I realise how many lessons we’ve learned having been owned by a dog for over 13...
It Starts With Your First Ask – (However Faltering)
Practicing the muscle which takes you further, faster. Your ‘ask’ muscle. With palms sweating and my heart thumping I read it through one more time. All my notes seemed to blur together as I thought about stating my case for something I was passionate about - but...
Whose Race Are You Really Running?
8 success strategies from Rio 2016 Watching the Olympics this Summer has been such an emotional experience and taught me so much. Truly. Every race, every event and all the interviews before and after prove, without a doubt, the traits all the participants share. The...