Whatever you do, stay true to yourself and your values. YOU are the person who needs to feel comfortable when you look in the mirror each morning.

When you struggle to build knowledge and skills, seek out different voices and formats. They can serve as new routes to what you’re trying to learn.

Step away from your screens this summer and disconnect from the ‘demands’ of email and social media so you can really recharge your mental and physical batteries.

The world has become a noisy place, not for me as a mum with a newborn, but for us in general. This makes it hard to reflect and listen to your own thoughts.

Today I want to share a networking tip that goes far beyond talking to someone. I want to invite you to connect and reconnect with those people who had a big impact on your life and career.

Over the past month you’ve received many questions to guide you through the process of defining your professional niche. Now it’s time to put it all together.

You’re likely working with people and in contact with other professionals you come to you for specific topics. When people ask us questions we don’t always realise that those questions follow a pattern and that certain themes repeat themselves.

Whether you work in tech, education, the public sector, healthcare, or manufacturing (or any other sector) – your industry expertise is an important building block for your professional niche.

what does a great work day look like for you and what environment helps you do your best work?

When you want to refine what your professional niche is, you need to look at it from multiple angles.

This week we’ll start with tools and technologies, because it’s a simple way to focus on skills and experiences before we tackle the less tangible topics.

But what could I possibly add to the data industry that others haven’t done yet?

YOU have something unique to add and today I want to start looking at what your niche could be. Then over the next weeks we’ll dive deeper into finding and defining the things that only you can bring.

Do you have a skills people aren’t aware of? Is there something you’re passionate about that you could turn into a superpower?

Let me share how I did just that…