Career

Future Proof Your Performance

What you need to future proof your performance to stay ahead of the pack. Just keeping up is no longer enough.

You’ve Just Won the Pie Eating Competition

“You’ve just won the pie eating competition. And the prize is MORE PIE!!” Sometimes, we chase after a goal so hard that we often don’t think about what happens after. Then reality sets in, rapidly followed by fear and self doubt.

Put the Fizz Back into Your Career

Your career has a natural life cycle. Career ownership is about managing your career life cycle to spot opportunities for reinvention and further growth to put the fizz back into your career.

Harness the Leader in You

Exceptional leaders practice self leadership. Develop your personal leadership mastery to lead with greater authenticity, confidence and resilience; to grow your leadership influence and impact. Which is ultimately what delivers results.

Warning : Career Derailment Ahead

We all could have leadership derailers that we're not aware of. It's critical that we develop awareness of what our derailers are so that we can manage them to prevent potentially derailing our career.

Not All Who Wander Are Lost

Feeling uncertain and anxious while at a career crossroads is natural. Use the opportunity to explore freely. To dream and believe there is more. You are not lost. Just on a slight detour to your next big thing.

Everyone Has Career Regrets

Much has been written about the most common career regrets. The key is what we can learn from them. Here's what I would have done differently ….. and some things I'm so glad I did for my career.

Be Strong

Mental toughness is critical to being a resilient leader. Learn to deal with negative comments in productive manner …. and definitely don’t take it too personally !

The 7 Building Blocks of Confidence

Confidence. It's that secret elixir that we all want more of. That feeling that's hard to describe, yet you know when you have it. Here's 7 building blocks to get you started on building your confidence.

Navigating Confidence Curveballs

Even the most confident person has moments when their confidence takes a nosedive. These confidence curveballs can hit us hard. And has the unfortunate knock on effect of making us question our strengths and what truly we’re capable of. But there are things you can do to navigate your confidence curveball.

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