Career Progression

Pressure continues to be a pervasive presence in modern life and work - and pressure isn’t necessarily a bad thing. However, in today’s world of ‘do more with less’, the feeli... Read More

If you want to get promoted to a senior leadership role and are feeling a bit overwhelmed by the thought of it, here are 5 things that you can do to help mentally and practically prepare yourself. ... Read More

In today's rapidly evolving career landscape, where job roles and required skills are constantly shifting, crafting a robust career development plan is more important than ever. A well-designed c... Read More

Industry specific conferences and festivals, award ceremonies, end of year celebrations and events... at this time of year, it always seems that there are so many networking events to go to. But for ... Read More

Mentoring in many guises has been hugely significant in achieving my career and life goals.  The guises have ranged from a casual one-off piece of advice from someone I look up to, to a formal m... Read More

None of my friends, colleagues or customers are in the same job as they were prior to having children. That might not come as a surprise to you, everyone moves companies, but most of these women aren... Read More

Not only do women find it harder to get a seat at the tables where decisions are made, we struggle to get our voices heard when we get there.  Within my book ‘Closing the Influence Ga... Read More

"Send me a proposal” When you’re ending a great sales call with your ideal client, these are the words you want to hear. You’re excited. They’re excited. You both ju... Read More

My third baby turns 10 later this year (my eldest, Monty, will turn 16 and Artemis, 14) and I feel I’ve failed to advocate for the third in the way I have my first two. My third baby is in fact... Read More

Quite a few years back now, when I was still a partner at Clifford Chance, I had the delightful experience of meeting up with some old friends, all women who’d worked their whole adult liv... Read More

Sarah Lyons, an Executive Coach at the Executive Coaching Consultancy shares her advice on how best to manage the transition back to working life after taking a break, whether following materni... Read More

Having an interest in helping people to develop in their careers, being generous with their time and generally supportive of others are a few essentials. Another is the ability to listen well, to rea... Read More

January is a good time to re-energise your mentoring and other career development conversations. How can you make sure that your good intentions will continue to receive the attention and priority t... Read More

How do you help others to develop professionally through the conversations that you have with them? Coaching expert Sarah Tennant sets out how some coaching techniques can be easily used in the... Read More

Given longer life expectancy many of us will need, or choose, to work longer than previous generations. The average retirement age is increasing year by year and projections suggest that over the ne... Read More