We are in the toughest job market in a generation and this is not a moment to just reassure yourself that being confident in interviews will be enough. It’s won’t – and actually, it never should be. In interviews, it’s up to you to prove your competence, your skills, the experiences you have had and why […]
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At the end of the day, you and I both get hired, fired or promoted based not on how awesome we think we are – but based on what other people think, as I talk about in ‘The Con Job’. Rather than thinking about how you can self-promote, today we’ll be looking at unorthodox, yet crucial
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I recently heard from Rachel, a previous client, who admitted she’d gained more from our sessions when she reflected with me on pasts mistakes rather than when we’d talk about her wins – what Rachel thought we’d focus on when she first came to coaching. It reminded me how useful mistakes are for all of us – but only if we admit
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In the work I do with companies, I’m often asked how to spot bias. A good place to start is by looking at those who argue bias no longer exists. New research published in ‘Science Advances’ of the traditionally male-dominated field, veterinary medicine, found that managers who felt gender bias no longer existed were the ones most likely to perpetuate
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Perhaps not surprisingly, I’ve been doing a lot of work with professionals who’ve recently lost a job or gone through a different crisis of confidence. No doubt, a downturn is hard, but I’ve found helping them tap into their ’superpowers’ (easily forgotten!) to be hugely useful. Like many of our most important parts, our superpowers can seem hard to
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