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Straightforward career guidance covering workplace culture, promotions, confidence, impostor syndrome, introvert challenges, leadership behaviour, and building long-term career momentum.

How to Manage Your Manager (And Why It Matters More Than Your Performance)

How to Manage Your Manager (And Why It Matters More Than Your Performance)

There is a version of your career where you do good work, keep your head down, and wait to be rewarded for it. A lot of people are living that version right now. Most of them are frustrated, overlooked, and quietly wondering why people who seem less capable than them

What to Say When You Don’t Know the Answer in a Meeting

What to Say When You Don’t Know the Answer in a Meeting

We’ve all had that moment. You’re in a meeting. Someone asks you a question you weren’t expecting. You don’t know the answer. Your stomach drops. Now what? Most people panic. Some guess. Some waffle. Some freeze and say nothing. None of those responses help. In fact,

You Think You Understand Introverts at Work, But You Probably Don't

You Think You Understand Introverts at Work, But You Probably Don't

Why introverts are misunderstood, underestimated, and more capable than people realise. For most of my life I thought there was something wrong with me. I was the quiet kid who stayed indoors on my Commodore 64 while everyone else played outside. Every school report said the same thing. Quiet. Rarely

How to Read Your Manager and Manage Them Back

How to Read Your Manager and Manage Them Back

Here’s something most people don’t realise: your career growth isn’t just about how well you perform. It’s just as much about how well you manage the relationship with the person who has the most influence over your next step — your boss. I’ve been in recruitment

How to Become the Person Your Boss Can’t Afford to Lose

How to Become the Person Your Boss Can’t Afford to Lose

Most career advice is about how to get the next job. But here’s something equally important: how do you make yourself so valuable in your current role that your boss thinks twice about ever letting you go? I’ve been in recruitment and talent acquisition for nearly two decades,

The “Perception Gap”: Why You Think You’re Ready for Promotion (But Leadership Doesn’t)

The “Perception Gap”: Why You Think You’re Ready for Promotion (But Leadership Doesn’t)

You’re hitting targets. You’re consistent. You’re the one people turn to when things go wrong. By all measures, you should be next in line for promotion. But when the big opportunities come up, your name never makes it past the discussion stage. Someone else — often with less

I got laid off. Here’s what I did next

I got laid off. Here’s what I did next

Back in May 2020 I was laid off. It was right in the midst of the COVID Pandemic. When I got the new my heart sunk, I went into full panic mode. What was I going to do? How was I going to find a job? How was I going