Top tips to take control of your career

⭐️ Take Control of your Career This week I saw an inspiring interview with Alison McGregor talking about her career at the Women in Banking and Finance event at RBS Gogarburn, Edinburgh.  Although she sees herself as a non-risk taker, Alison’s career can be summed up as a series of bold decisions from leaving school...

Confidence can close the Gender Gap – for pay, promotion and possibilities

Confidence is something you can learn and you get it by taking action. Our programme gives you the process and practical tools to be more confident. When you raise your confidence, you raise your game not only in your career but in all parts of your life. You deserve it. What is it worth to...

Three tips to improve your focus in 2016

Do you find you have a to-do list that extends in all directions? Do you have great ideas but never have time to make them happen? It’s hard not to feel overwhelmed and it’s hard to focus on a few priorities in a world full of possibilities. Being focused requires dedication and commitment, one of...

Feel the fear and do it anyway!

  In June, I was persuaded to submit an entry for one of the Association of Scottish Businesswomen National Business Awards because I wanted to raise the profile of the business and give it added credibility.  Looking through the different awards, it seemed I could work with the criteria for the ASB Outstanding Contribution Award....

How important is confidence?

I believe confidence is the foundation for success, in everything we do and in whatever way success is meaningful for us.  I believe confidence gives us the personal power to be authentic, true to who we really are and achieve our full potential.  For me, confidence is vital.  On a scale of 1 – 10,...

Five fundamentals for outstanding business success #1

  1. Vision   Is your vision exciting and motivating? Is it propelling you towards success?   Here are some thoughts to get you started. What is the purpose for your business? What difference is it making to the world in general and/or to your customers in particular? WHY does your business exist? When you...

Leading from behind or infront?

This month’s thought leadership conversation is all about leading from behind, and how (perhaps especially as women?) we often prefer to keep out of the limelight and want to lead from behind.  We are privileged to have Linda Urquhart, OBE, to open the round table conversation. She will share her own experiences with us around...

A tale of two bosses: the impact of leadership styles

This is a real example of two bosses I had and their dramatically different approaches to their leadership for the research projects I had been hired to run as a post-doc fellow.  Both projects had been funded to achieve a particular objective and both required a fairly specific methodology to be followed.   In my...

5 tips to maintain your positive mindset.

 5 easy exercises you can put into practise right away. Thank you to Kim McAllister who asked for some tips on exercises to keep positive after reading my blog about mindset. As she noted, mindset is so important yet also very tricky to control.  Here are some "easy to start right now" suggestions for how...

What do you mean by changing mindset?

  Your mindset determines your success, in any walk of life or aspect of your own life, at home and at work. Your mindset evolves throughout your life and can change from situation to situation. It is made up from many parts, including your experiences (and how you think about them), your thinking style, your...