Career and Leadership Advice
How to be Successful on Your Own Terms
From time to time, we all feel as if we haven’t achieved what we should have. I unpack what can make as feel this way and how to get back on track.
How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence
Developing your emotional intelligence can help improve your working relationships, helping you get ahead at work.
Leadership Training: The Definitive Guide
Developing your leadership skills can help you get more out of your working life no matter how far you are along your career path. Whether you’re just starting out or already in management, learning to be a better leader can help you lead a more fulfilling life.
Changing Careers (when you have no experience or idea what to do)
Changing careers is difficult. It’s even harder when you have no idea what career you want to switch to or have little to no experience in that field. Here I explore how to take a strategic approach to change your career.
How to Find a Job You Love
The job market is hot at the moment. It's a good time to be looking for a new job, yet so many applicants are approaching the process in the wrong way.
3 Quick Fixes for Beating Stress at Work
A little bit of stress can be a good thing, helping motivate you into action, such as when you have a deadline to meet. But too much stress can negatively impact you, affecting your mental and physical wellbeing.
How to Cope with Workplace Bullies, Difficult Customers and Challenging Bosses
One of the most distressing situations we encounter at work is the feeling of being bullied. It can leave us feeling demoralised, alienated, and confused. All of this can make it exceedingly tricky to decide what to do. We can end up in our own heads, questioning every action, word or look from the bully (or bullies) we’re facing.
The Difference Between a 'Fixed' Mindset and a 'Growth' Mindset
What is a mindset? And what's the difference between a growth and a closed mindset? Knowing the difference between these mindsets will flip your perspective, and help you gain more enjoyment out of life.
How to Negotiate a Better Salary Offer
You’ve breezed through your interview, taken each curveball question in your stride. Then you’re asked, “What are your salary expectations?” And you freeze up, stumbling through your answer.
Making a Career Change in Your 50s
Many reasons lead people to consider making a career change in their 50s and later life. Perhaps you have grown bored in your current role and no longer find the work challenging. Maybe you feel that fewer opportunities are available to you or that you have already peaked. Perhaps you are considering transitioning to semi-retirement?
Is a Fixed Mindset Holding You Back?
A growth mindset over a fixed mindset sounds great on paper but can be scary to put into practice. This is especially true when the concept is not fully understood or truly embraced, by ourselves or those around us.
What 3 Years of Coaching with Rachel Hill has Done for Me
Recently, a long term client of mine agreed to write her story of coaching. This client’s experience illustrates how truly personal the coaching experience is. It’s one way to make a real investment in yourself, to move forward in your work and personal life in ways that are almost impossible to do alone.
Why Great Leaders Embrace Lifelong Learning
If you are wanting to take a more driver’s seat approach to your personal life and career, but aren’t sure what steps you should be taking to get there, a good place to start is crafting the right mindset that is open to learning and growing.
How to Give Your Boss Honest Feedback
There is so much written about being a good leader, but before you can learn how to be a good leader you must first learn how to be a good follower. One way to be a good follower is to learn how to ‘manage up’ and give honest feedback to your boss. This is a vital skill when you have a problem at work you need to raise with your manager or boss.
The Discovery that Transformed My Leadership Coaching Process
Recently I came across something really special - an assessment and emotional intelligence development framework that has fundamentally changed my coaching practice for the better: the practice of ‘Axiogenics’ and value-genic self-leadership.
How to Become the CEO of Your Own Life
If you have been fortunate enough to work with a great CEO or senior manager, you’ll know that much of their success comes from knowing exactly when, and to whom, to delegate. Here’s how to apply that to your own life.
How Learning New Skills Can Lead to Better Enjoyment at Work
To begin making positive changes we need to improve on one common, but often underdeveloped skill, the ability to learn.
Boost Your Productivity with Timeboxing
The modern workday involves being endlessly bombarded by emails, instant messages and even impromptu video calls. Astonishingly, interruptions at work can cost you over six hours a day, with workers switching tasks once every three minutes! As it can take over 20 minutes to find your flow again, your valuable time is being wasted.
Rest: It’s Needed and It’s So Much More than Sleep
What does it mean to get some rest? This is a phrase we hear often, usually when we’re run down or overwhelmed. Instinctively, we might think about going to bed and sleeping to get rested, but it turns out that there’s way more to it than that…
You Deserve a Holiday
Whether you’ve had a productive and busy year, just managed to keep your head above water or been unfortunate enough to suffer a job loss, career stress or personal difficulties, it’s important you gift yourself a holiday after making your way in these uncertain times. A staycation at home can just as rewarding as heading away.