Advice

With personal and professional pressures culminating in the approach to Christmas, November and December are often considered to be overwhelming months.

Imagine your latest business idea is like a new relationship.

With personal and professional pressures culminating in the approach to Christmas, managing the tension between being good busy and overwhelmingly busy becomes more difficult.

There is a lot of discussion in psychology about extrinsic and intrinsic motivators, and most of us tend to look outside of ourselves for validation of what we do.

I am someone who has always known what my next career steps would be, tactically and strategically planning ahead.

Whatever happened as a result of Greg Smith’s open resignation letter to Goldman Sachs? I wrote a blog post about it: ‘143 years to grow a brand – 1 day to destroy’.

Women are not often eager to pitch their skills or ambitions, they still believe that if they sit quietly and work hard, their diligence will be noticed.

Have you tried lots of different jobs and still haven’t found the right one? Do you have a million different interests and find the prospect of choosing just one career path impossible? Are you scared you’ll never have a successful career unless you find something and stick to it? If so, there’s a good chance you’re a multi-passionate woman.

The well-respected journal Cell Metabolism is featuring a ‘Women in Metabolism’ series, asking female scientific leaders to share their stories and words of wisdom for the new generation.

When you about to go in to your boss to resign are you excited, feeling dread, angry, confident, smug, highly anxious, guilty or relieved? Many people go through a wide array of emotions and most of them have been building for weeks.

While the F word can sum up the current situation when it comes to pay inequality for women, I prefer a more inspiring take on the topic.

Are you as clever and talented as your colleagues think you are? If your answer is no, you could be suffering from Imposter Syndrome.