Project Manager. Coach. Writer.
So I’m guessing you started life pretty much the same way you did. The little girl me was brilliant. (And cute af too, look at me werking my new homemade dress for Easter!) I aced exams with ease. I read voraciously. I had musical talent. I loved to learn. Basically I excelled at this school…
Read MoreI had moved to London, leaving behind university and an unfinished degree. I was determined to tell a new story about my life. No longer the nerdy engineer or weird brass band musician, I was going to be a glamourous, sexy dancer. Working for a big 4 accountants in the heart of the city, I…
Read MoreI noticed a tweet from Sky corporate The comments are pretty much as you would imagine. A lot of white men saying that people should be employed on merit and positive discrimination is still discrimination. Assuming that all the white men that are in charge got there on merit is just terrifying. There certainly seeems…
Read MoreManaging relationships at work Sorry honey, but it probably is you. Not in the sense that you’re a bad person, because I’m sure you’re not but part of the human condition is that we can only see things from our perspective, being super successful in relationships at work is going to take a lot of…
Read MoreOver the last few years, I have had a number of interviews for project professional roles in the health service in both the UK and in Ireland. There are a number of questions that come up fairly frequently, use this post to help you prepare for your next project professional interview. What do you know…
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Like most of the world, our house has spent the weekend absorbing the theatrical phenomenon that is Hamilton. Stories are important. It is certainly an impressive work of theatre. The music and staging is awesome. And the central message that Alexander Hamilton (and I challenge you to say that without the musical motif playing in…
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She says that she realizes she has been so busy trying to be brilliant and perfect that she has been missing the opportunity to learn, to not know, to make mistakes, and to be on an equal footing with her peers. Speaking as if from the voice of her painting she says, “I am your…
Read MoreYou’re not really sure what you want from your career but you’re pretty sure it’s not this. You’ve invested so much time and energy, actual years of your life have been devoted to your research and your teaching but the reality of working in the 21st century university is slowly grinding you down and you…
Read MoreCW: grief and death. This crisis has been very informative of what employers really think about their staff. I think we need to try and treat this period of lock down and social distancing as a hibernation: a chance to withdraw and quietly consider possibilities. Now I know that most of us are going to…
Read MoreIt’s the last day of the holidays. The day has vanished under the weight of of last minute homework, bag packing, laundry and tidying away Christmas. Alongside a heavy dose of the Sunday night fear for 50% of us. The day has also vanished under a chorus of “mum” “mum” “mum” “mum” “mum” “mum” peppered…
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