Advice Chasing trapezium-shaped careers for women The current shape of female careers is a triangle with a very wide base.
Advice Why your personality could matter more than experience A recent report from recruitment company Hays found that the ‘cultural fit’ of a job candidate now rates as just as important as the skillset that candidate brings to the position.
Advice Why the internet is like the X Factor for writers It would be rare for a week to go by without me explaining to someone (anyone) the impact of the internet on gender equality.
Advice Why fully paid maternity leave changed everything for me It was a Friday 16 years ago when I checked into hospital for a planned Caesarian section.
Advice Four steps to building a career network Working hard in your job will not set you up for the amazing career you have planned.
Advice Are you tough enough to lead? Whenever I hear that the reason women haven’t yet scaled the heights of the corporate world due to the apparent absence of visible ambition, I assume that the media must be a very different industry to the rest.
Advice Seven strategies for fast-tracking your career advancement Have you ever thought, ‘If I work hard, I will get noticed and will soon be promoted and get the pay rise I deserve?’ Unfortunately career and leadership success and moving your way up the corporate ladder does not only come through hard work.
Advice How to combat a morale-draining team member I am not an accomplished athlete so the idea that I have much personal understanding about team sport is laughable.
