I was working with a client recently and I asked her:

“What’s your economic value to the company you work for?”

The question totally threw her. She could tell me some of her strengths (after a bit of prodding…) but she’d never really thought about herself in economic terms.

What I wanted to know ...

Do you feel anxious about contradicting your boss?

Perhaps you disagree with their approach or think they’ve come to the wrong conclusion. Perhaps you have a new idea or think it would be useful to take a different perspective.

We’ve all been there and it can be really tough, because your brain DO...

I was running a webinar a few days ago on ‘How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome’ and someone in the audience asked me this question…

“But what if I actually AM an imposter?”

She understood, intellectually, that some people out there might believe that they don’t deserve their success. And that by all...

If I asked you to tell me about 10 accomplishments that you’re proud of in your career, would you be able to?

If you struggle to feel confident at work, I suspect the answer is no. Perhaps you can only think of one or two things off the top of your head; perhaps you have to search deep inside your ...

Here’s something that I’ve realised after coaching hundreds of women. We are FANTASTIC at creating economic value. We work hard, we get shit done, we’re reliable.

IF ONLY that was the sole ingredient to career success…

Now don’t get me wrong, creating  value is BASIC #1 of getting ahead. But I’m g...

Are you always looking for external validation to feel good about yourself?

I know the feeling. You probably swing from feeling AMAZING anytime you’re praised by your boss to feeling AWFUL anytime you imagine people aren’t pleased with you. It’s a constant emotional rollercoaster ride!

If this res...

Do you sometimes wish you were a ‘more confident person’? Perhaps you look around at colleagues and put them into ‘confident’ and ‘not confident’ boxes?

You’re not alone! It’s really natural to want to categorise ourselves and other people into boxes. Our brain is doing it all of the time. It makes...

Do you think twice (or not at all…) about going for partnership because you believe you need to be so much ‘better’ to get there? Maybe not ‘perfect’, but definitely a little closer to perfect than you are right now…

After all, right now you make mistakes! You miss ‘important’ points; you don’t kno...

Do you think everyone is more confident than you?

I know EXACTLY how you feel. When I was an associate, I was convinced that everyone around me was twice as confident at me.

But here's what I've discovered over the years .... it's not true. 

The truth is, I really had no idea whether the people a...

I know the feeling. You have a client call scheduled and are desperately over-preparing for fear that someone might ask you a question that.....god forbid...you don't know the answer to! 

The call comes around, the anxiety kicks in and you feel flustered and out of control. Maybe you get through un...