Fast Track To Fearless

I was asked to give three keynotes on leadership for the Royal Institute of British Architects: 1) Learning to lead 2) Leading a team 3) Leading an organisation. ​ All different topics but it made me reflect that the absolute foundation to all three is Self-Leadership: the skill and practice of leading yourself. This is a big subject, but I think there are 4 main elements to consider. Listen to this week's episode to find out what they are. Sign up for my weekly career and well-being tips straight to your inbox and find more ways I can help on the Free Resources page on my website. ⁠https://fasttracktofearless.com/free-resources ⁠ Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

Recently, I was with the CEO of a big organisation. She was asked what leadership skill she used most in her very, very big job. She said, ‘Listening, I spend a lot of my time listening.’ That was the number one thing she practised. There’s a key distinction in listening: You can either listen to respond OR you can listen to understand. So my invitation this week is to remember: two ears, one mouth and try listening twice as much as you talk. Have a listen to this week's episode for some tips on out how to do this. Sign up for my weekly career and well-being tips straight to your inbox and find more ways I can help on the Free Resources page on my website. ⁠https://fasttracktofearless.com/free-resources ⁠ Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

‘Catfishing’ meaning ‘the practice of pretending on social media to be someone different, in order to trick or attract another person.’ ​What am I going on about? Simply this: does your profile pic on LinkedIn or your website or whatever professional digital media you use still look like you? ​ Why am I asking? Well, I work with lots of clients on their personal brand (we are all brands now, folks, whether we like it or not!) Have a listen to this week's episode for some tips on this. Sign up for my weekly career and well-being tips straight to your inbox and find more ways I can help on the Free Resources page on my website. ⁠https://fasttracktofearless.com/free-resources ⁠ Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

I gave a talk to The Telly Mums Network. They have a Facebook sub-group called TV Switch Up. I am a TV mum who has switched careers, so they invited me to give a talk and give some advice on how to do so. Have a listen to this week's episode to find out the 3 Ps I think it’s useful to think about when looking to pivot careers. Sign up for my weekly career and well-being tips straight to your inbox and find more ways I can help on the Free Resources page on my website. ⁠https://fasttracktofearless.com/free-resources ⁠ Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

Words matter, the language we use has impact on ourselves and others: to inspire or deflate, to open or close our mindset, to get us going or stop us in our tracks. So, the power of reframing comes in incredibly handy. Listen to this week's episode with examples of how to do this. Sign up for my weekly career and well-being tips straight to your inbox and find more ways I can help on the Free Resources page on my website. ⁠https://fasttracktofearless.com/free-resources ⁠ Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

Public Speaking tends to be one of those things that terrifies most people - mentally AND physically. So, how do you overcome that fear? Of course, there are lots of tools and techniques that help, but at the end of the day, you have to get up and speak, with all eyes on you! Have a listen to this week's episode with my take on this topic. Sign up for my weekly career and well-being tips straight to your inbox and find more ways I can help on the Free Resources page on my website. https://fasttracktofearless.com/free-resources   Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

You don’t need me to tell you the world around us is going through huge change: technological advancements, digital disruption, climate change, social norms and values of yesteryear no longer being the norm, expectations about working and quality of life. The pace of that change will only get faster, I think, what with advancements in AI. Rapid change can be bewildering and it’s tempting to cling on to what we know and hope that it all goes back to normal. It’s unlikely it will. It will be a new normal. Change is going to happen whether we like it or not, so how do we help ourselves and put ourselves in a position to be most responsive and adaptable? Have a listen to this week’s episode to find out.   Sign up for my weekly career and well-being tips straight to your inbox and find more ways I can help on the Free Resources page on my website.   https://fasttracktofearless.com/free-resources   Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

You know the saying ‘one door shuts, another opens but standing in the corridor is THE WORST’  So this week, I wanted to talk about what to do if you suddenly find yourself in that corridor - through job loss or any other change in circumstance. Standing in the corridor can be a wretched, scary and lonely experience. Have a listen to the episode to find out what I recommend.   Sign up for my weekly career and well-being tips straight to your inbox and find more ways I can help on the Free Resources page on my website.   https://fasttracktofearless.com/free-resources   Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

This is something I wish I’d known earlier. Taking the balcony view. What does it mean? Well, it’s having an awareness and understanding of what your problem looks like from a layer up or two layers up and from that perspective, you can evaluate what’s really important. Have a listen to to find out more.   Sign up for my weekly career and well-being tips straight to your inbox and find more ways I can help on the Free Resources page on my website.   https://fasttracktofearless.com/free-resources   Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

At the time of speaking to you, here in the UK we’ve just had Storm Isha and are about to have Storm Jocelyn. Many people around the country with trees blown over, roof tiles flying off and disruption to travel caused by the windy, rainy weather. Frankly, the stormy weather is a great metaphor for life in the 2020s! We are living in turbulent times, often feeling buffeted and blown by one thing happening after the other. Thoughts are whirling about the present, anxiety about what’s to come, and difficulty seeing a clear path forward with any certainty. ​ More than ever, I think, it’s important to stay grounded, tethered to the ground, so to speak - mentally, physically and spiritually. Listen to the episode to find out some useful practices to become grounded.   Sign up for my weekly career and well-being tips straight to your inbox and find more ways I can help on the Free Resources page on my website.   https://fasttracktofearless.com/free-resources   Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.