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How to Overcome the Paralysing Fear Behind Perfectionism
“Overcoming what frightens you the most, strengthens you the most” Matshona Dhliwayo (Author).
Even after all these years, I still remember that paralysing feeling, that tight lump i... Read More
Blended & Hybrid Working Tips
March 2020 to date has been a time we will certainly remember. Not just for COVID19 but for one of the biggest shifts in the way of work for over a hundred years. Only 18 months ago, so many of us wo... Read More
Bear Markets and Beyond - A Bestiary of Business Terms
Unicorns, narwhals, yaks, cows and civets – what have all these creatures got to do with your hard-earned cash? Well, far more than you might think at first glance.
They are all beasts tha... Read More
Become a Habit Mechanic and improve any aspect of health or ...
‘I’ve just come back from the supermarket. The cupboard’s so full of chocolate biscuits that I can’t close the door... I’ll start the detox on Monday. The trouble is, ... Read More
Playing the Long Game in the City
Quite a few years back now, when I was still a partner at Clifford Chance, I had the delightful experience of meeting up with some old friends, all women who’d worked their whole adult liv... Read More
Top Ten Tips For Pitching In The Remote World
What was the last memorable pitch you experienced since we’ve all been working remotely? Exactly.
I’ve been working this month with global clients in healthcare, professional se... Read More
Avoiding video conferencing fatigue while working remotely
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, more professionals are working remotely from their homes than ever. Accordingly, there has been an increased use of video conferencing technology, both for work and socia... Read More
What Qualities and Skills Do Mentors Typically Possess?
Having an interest in helping people to develop in their careers, being generous with their time and generally supportive of others are a few essentials. Another is the ability to listen well, to rea... Read More
Top Tips: How to Network Online to Advance your Career
Now that working from home is the new norm, we’ve lost the opportunity to build our careers through face-to-face networking, so how can you continue to build your network when working remotely ... Read More
The 5 C’s of Modern Leadership: What it takes to driv...
Adversity calls for an evolution of leadership. It has a way of revealing, course-correcting and recalibrating what leadership really means. The organisations that will be best equipped to adapt to b... Read More
Clear is better than fast - especially with email
In the digital world, everything is instant. Instant notifications. Instant messaging. Instant downloads.
In the world of email, we get drawn into thinking that faster is better. That a fast res... Read More
How to have successful virtual meetings
How to have successful virtual meetings: your questions, my answers
In our new world of working from home, having effective virtual meetings is now critically important for business. But a... Read More
Working from home: productivity, motivation & success
How to be healthier, happier and at your best when working from home.
Working from home is becoming the norm. More and more of us are now required to work this way. In these situations, we mu... Read More
Top Tips: Working productively at home
Flexible working has changed, virtually overnight, from being perceived by businesses as a supportive tool, to a business essential. Many firms are already responding to the spread of COVID... Read More
Top Tips: Working from home when your partner is too
How to work from home - with your partner
For many of us, working at home - either occasionally or regularly – has become an accepted feature of our working lives. But what happens when ... Read More
International Women’s Day and the importance of Real Life Ro...
In celebration of International Women's Day and ahead of our Real Life Role Models event taking place tomorrow, we asked two of our panellists, Faye Levin and Dr Julie Humphreys to share th... Read More
Top Tips: Making Flexible Working work for you
The benefits of working from home have been high on the agenda following Working from Home Week at the end of January. Cityparents asked global coaching consultancy Talking Talent what makes a worki... Read More
Re-energising your mentoring conversations
January is a good time to re-energise your mentoring and other career development conversations. How can you make sure that your good intentions will continue to receive the attention and priority t... Read More
Career corner: How to have good mentoring conversations
How do you help others to develop professionally through the conversations that you have with them? Sarah Tennant, Cityparents Mentoring Programme Director and Executive Coach/Facilitator, sets out ... Read More
An interview with…Sarah Crowther DAC Beachcroft
Sarah Crowther, an insurance litigator at DAC Beachcroft talks to Cityparents about how she balances her home and professional responsibilities, looks after her mental wellbeing and how she prepared ... Read More
Career Corner: Develop presence to improve presentations
Jacqui Harper author, coach and professional speaker shares her advice on how we can deliver better presentations by developing our presence and how to improve our confidence..
When it co... Read More
Career Corner: How to Get Ahead Whilst Working Flexibly
Want to know how to keep your career moving forward without giving up the flexibility you have? We hear from those who have done it and receive tips from careers experts on how you can do the ... Read More
An Interview with ... Sam Smith, CEO of finnCap
Sam Smith, founder and chief executive of the corporate advisor and brokerage firm FinnCap, shares her perspectives on her career, being a working mother and workplace culture in the City.
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An interview with...Ann Pickering, Chief HR Officer & Chief ...
We were delighted to interview Ann Pickering, Chief HR Officer and Chief of Staff at O2, who launched a highly successful career returners programme along with a number of other ... Read More
Career Corner: Collaborative Leadership
Ahead of our new event in March on this topic, Fiona Hathorn, Managing Director of Women on Boards, explains the skills involved in managing disagreement and what collaborative leadershi... Read More
Career Corner: Is there an imposter in the office?
Esther Cavett, executive coach and formerly a law partner in the City, explains what imposter syndrome is and what we can do about it.
How many of us feel we are harbouring a horrible secret?&... Read More
Career Corner: How to use your energy to be more efficient a...
Planning to do the most challenging work at the optimum time for energy is key. Geraldine Gallacher MD of The Executive Coaching Consultancy explains how we can manage our energy better to get... Read More
Career Corner: What will your ‘third stage’ career look like?
Given longer life expectancy many of us will need, or choose, to work longer than previous generations. The average retirement age is increasing year by year and projections suggest that over the ne... Read More
Flexible working is the future
The future of work is changing - we all know that. 87% of all people working either work flexibly or want to work flexibly 1 . Cityparents’ CEO Louisa talks about the impetus for la... Read More
An Interview with … Hanneke Smits
Hanneke Smits is the CEO of Newton Investment Management. She is co-Founder, former Chair and steering committee member of Level 20, a not-for-profit organisation that she set up to inspire women to ... Read More