Nudges, Ideas and a sprinkle of career advice
This is where you’ll read from me. It’s a mix of nudges that encourage you to take the next bold step, ideas that help you make a change and advice so you can avoid the mistakes I made along the way.
From my keyboard to you. No ChatGPT involved, just a bunch of honest writing, usually done in the morning hours before the world wakes up.
I hope you enjoy it and I’d love to hear from you, so feel free to comment on these posts.
The Power of Disconnecting to Recharge your Career
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.
Quieten the noise around you…
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.
Reconnect with impactful people in your life
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.
Take action on your professional niche
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.
Let others help you find your niche
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.
Leverage your industry expertise
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.
When do you do your best work?
what does a great work day look like for you and what environment helps you do your best work?
Finding your niche – let’s talk tools
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.
Let’s find your professional niche
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.
Take 1 skill and turn it into a superpower
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…
Does your work have a purpose?
Even if you’re not directly saving lives, I’m convinced your work matters and I want to dig deeper into this topic.
Recognise the pivotal career moments
When you reflect on your career, what moments changed the course of your professional life?
Hindsight is a beautiful thing and I love reflecting on the good times as well as the challenges, so today I want to share 4 things that helped me along the way.