Only you can make the decision. Join me in today's episode to discover the pros and cons of a career vs business plus get some ideas on how to start a business.
Confident Conversations
A weekly podcast show for ambitious women about confidently balancing work and life. Sherry Bevan hosts Confident Conversations on career, confidence, leadership and life. A former Global Head of IT in a City law firm, Sherry now runs The Confident Mother, an independent coaching practice.
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March 22, 2018 • 16 mins
Many women tell me that they just can't decide whether they want to go back to a career or start a business after maternity leave or a career break.
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March 16, 2018 • 10 mins
When you delegate effectively and with confidence, it puts you in a better position to make a bigger impact in your career because:
- you and your team get better results
- you are more productive
- you are making the best use of the skills and experience available
- you demonstrate your leadership potential
The art of delegation is in how to get people to do what you ask without being too controlling or too hesitant.
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March 1, 2018 • 18 mins
Often the smart ambitious women that I talk to every week are not being assertive enough on LinkedIn.
This week my theme is about being more assertive in the workplace without getting labelled as aggressive. At the same time I don’t want you to be underestimated.
When I work with my clients, whether one-to-one or in a group, I notice that women who present as confident and assertive in the workplace .... well their LinkedIn profil...
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February 15, 2018 • 28 mins
The last time I had a job interview I was a bag of nerves. And I know that's true for lots of my clients too, particularly if your last job interview was several years ago.
That's why I'm delighted to pick the brains of career expert Sarah Archer. Sarah shares her best interview tips so that you can wow the interviewer and get the job!
Sarah appears as a career expert for Guardian Careers and is the author of ‘Developing your Inn...
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January 18, 2018 • 13 mins
Very often the women that I talk to about their career strategy, they hadn't even thought about using LinkedIn until they started jobhunting. But actually there are SO many reasons to get active on LinkedIn even if you're not jobhunting because it's such a powerful networking platform. And the best time to start networking is BEFORE you need to network.
In this episode I share 5 powerful reasons why ambitious women need to use Link...
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January 5, 2018 • 27 mins
So many of the women that I often talk to or work with struggle to tame their inner critic. Those "You're not good enough" thoughts in your head. The fear of being 'found out'.
Often these thoughts stop us from doing our best work and making a bigger impact at work so that we can take our career to the next level.
Jess Baker is an independent Business Psychologist and Women's Leadership Coach. She’s worked for some impressive org...
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December 21, 2017 • 33 mins
Come January, everybody's turning their thoughts to New Year, New Career. But how do you go about getting that new career or new job if your CV is looking tired and jaded. Especially when you've taken a career break.
Today I talk to expert CV writer Orla Cahill. Orla has a background in HR. She is an associate member of CIPD and supports professional mums to re-launch their career after an extended period of absence from the workp...
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December 14, 2017 • 18 mins
Research from LinkedIn tells us that men and women present themselves differently on LinkedIn and this affects your promotion prospects. Sad to say, it's not to the advantage of ambitious women.
Discover the three things you can do differently on your LinkedIn profile to improve your promotion prospects when you describe:
- Your experience
- Your skills
- Your summary
And then I'll tell you what else you need to do in the ...
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December 7, 2017 • 22 mins
Following last week's episode on beating burnout in the workplace, and given that Christmas is often a time that pushes our stress levels to the max, I invited Val Stevenson to discuss how to survive Christmas without a crisis. Val is an independent coach and consultant who specialises in building resilience in organisations and individuals.
In this episode Val shares her knowledge and experien...
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November 30, 2017 • 29 mins
In this episode I explore burnout in the workplace with Sarah Sparks.
Sarah is an award winning Executive Coach, Speaker and Trainer who works with senior leaders in the Corporate World helping busy professionals have career success as well as health and wellbeing, and in particular helping them work differently so they avoid damaging stress and burn-out.
Together we discuss the signs of burnout, how to avoid burnout and whose res...
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November 23, 2017 • 16 mins
Last year I let the imposter syndrome get the better of me in the Life Coach of the Year Awards. This year I didn't. What happened next?
I was shortlisted in The Coaching Academy International Coaching Awards though I nearly talked myself out of it. But I beat the imposter syndrome and submitted the portfolio.
I was gutted then delighted to make the Final 3 in the Life Coach of the Year Awards. (And I'll share a special offer to ce...
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November 16, 2017 • 24 mins
Did you know that by the year 2020, it is estimated that one in three British workers will be over the age of 50? Menopause is going to become more and more prevalent in the workplace.
Julie Dennis works with organisations to make it easy to introduce the right menopause policies and practices and also with individual women. Julie's on a mission to get employers and business to take menopause more seriously. Julie’s previous career...
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November 1, 2017 • 40 mins
At this time of year, many women are feeling cross and frustrated with themselves because it's already November and those plans to change job, go back to work or get that promotion, have fallen by the wayside, and already we're on the run-in to Christmas.
Instead of focusing on how little time you have left, I encourage you to focus on how much you can get done in the time available. And that's why I have launched #NailItNovember.
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October 25, 2017 • 15 mins
LinkedIn has more than 467M users; there are 6.5M active job listings; and 94% of recruiters use LinkedIn to vet candidates. The facts are hard to ignore. LinkedIn IS an essential tool in your career toolkit, whether you are looking to return to work after a career break or redundancy, thinking about your next career move or applying for promotion.
To get noticed on LinkedIn to improve your career prospects, you need to:
- demon...
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October 19, 2017 • 24 mins
Following on from last week's story about career change, Louisa Shepherd shares practical tips on HOW and WHAT to do to reinvent your career.
Louisa is a shining example of career reinvention having started out as an orchestral clarinet player, she moved into marketing, and is now a Career Strategist and Social Innovator. Louisa now works with high performing, non-conforming individuals to design meaningful careers, foster creative...
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October 13, 2017 • 23 mins
Last week was about that all important pay rise negotiation but what if you don't enjoy the career you're in? This week I talk to Ali Bickers about her dramatic career change that enabled her to find work she loved.
Having gone through many difficulties in her past and despite being sceptical, Ali turned to counselling for help. To her amazement, it made an incredible difference to all aspects of her life.
This experience inspired ...
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October 4, 2017 • 31 mins
Last week we explored how to negotiate a flexible work schedule. Today discover how to negotiate a pay rise. Money empowerment educator, Michelle Gyimah, shares her top tips on how to negotiate a payrise.
Very often money is an emotive subject for women however you have to stop making it personal. It's not about you. It's not about your worth. What gets overlooked so often is that it's not just your salary ... it's your benefits t...
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September 28, 2017 • 28 mins
Anna Meller is the Work ReBalance Mentor and works with ambitious professional women who want to balance their corporate career with their family life. Through her Balanced Leader group programmes and bespoke coaching/mentoring, Anna empowers women to make choices that work for them and their employers.
Over the summer the EHRC was the latest bo...
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September 20, 2017 • 34 mins
Louise Ladbrooke, is a keynote speaker, facilitator and coach, who specialises in personal resilience. Her career has taken her from marketing milk to setting up and running her own nursery when she struggled to get childcare that worked.
Louise’s business was a phenomenal success - winning prizes, accolades and living the dream, she loved her work. However the world would have been stunned to know that try as she might, she only e...
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September 14, 2017 • 29 mins
Discover what it means to be "in flow" and how that benefits you, your team and ultimately your career
Personal leadership coach, Sue Revell is my co-host On The Tipping Point. In this week's episode we explored "being in flow". This is a specialist area for Sue and she runs a Find Your Flow Challenge. During the recording, SO many lightbulb moments went off for me about how and when I do my best work. I knew immediately I wanted t...
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