My client recently sent me a whatsapp message, after she had handed in her resignation a few weeks prior. That resignation came at the back of having been denied a long overdue salary adjustment: “I just found out that my role will be taken over and divided by 2...

Me: “So you’ve been offered the job – congrats! I am so thrilled for you!” Friend: “Well, it’s not perfect, but it’ll do…” Me: “….” Friend: “….” Me: “Why the heck did you not discuss with them to make it fantastic??” Friend: “Well, they might say “no” or worse,...

One cause of the gender pay gap, is that women don’t negotiate for themselves - this is not news if you have read anything that I have ever written. Not negotiating your salary is a sure-fire way to getting paid less than you’re worth and less than your - male -...

People, you've been warned: rant mode is ON today! But all kidding aside: I am seriously in disbelief over what just happened. I am a part of a FB group where a woman asked for advice on how to get a job in another industry than the one she had been trained in. The...

One of the biggest things holding women back in their careers is that they don’t know what exactly they want to achieve. They are not crystal clear on what the goals are that they want to achieve in their careers and lives. And you don’t drift to success. You don’t...

Okay, team, we need to talk. I jut got off the phone with one of my clients, who had just had a meeting with her boss after recently returning from maternity leave (second kid, bloody gorgeous boy). “He was SO surprised to hear I want to go up for that big role in the...