by Anne Wilson | Jul 15, 2024 | Career Development
When times are tough at work, it’s easy to feel as though you’re losing control. Your organisation may be restructuring. You may not sure what that means for you and your job role. Money may be short and inevitably cuts must be made. Global and political...
by Anne Wilson | Jun 17, 2024 | Career Confidence
The ability to say ‘no’ is a critical skill, especially when it comes to requests that risk derailing your career progression. This skill is further examined in “The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work.” The Flattery Trap and Gendered Expectations Being...
by Anne Wilson | Jan 29, 2024 | Career Development
In a recent post, I reflected on the times when I’d followed the advice of two inspirational quotes. One encouraged me to take a leap of faith and say ‘yes’ to a work request- something that would require me to stretch out of my comfort zone. The...
by Anne Wilson | Jan 15, 2024 | Career Confidence
In my role as a trainer and mentor for a number of women’s development programmes, it’s important that I’m able to model the behaviours I’m encouraging other women to develop. I can’t hide behind excuses such as “it’s too...
by Anne Wilson | Aug 30, 2022 | Career Development
There is fun, and then there is Type 2 Fun. These are the activities we only recognise as fun afterwards. They can be physically challenging such as mountain climbing or where there is a fear, perhaps of being laughed at. I do comedy improv classes and hadn’t realized...