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Why the Great Resignation isn’t the only threat to your people strategy
The Great Resignation is presenting a big challenge to many of the clients we talk to at Birdsoup. It’s proving more and more difficult to …
Menopause the hidden threat to women’s careers
According to MP Carolyn Harris, “the menopause revolution has begun” there has definitely been a significant increase in the amount of coverage on the menopause …
Dealing with Difficult conversations
Dealing with difficult conversations is something we avoid, here are some tips on how to deal with them.
You’re Not Listening
In a culture of interruption, have we lost the ability to listen? What does that mean for effective communication in virtual meetings?
It’s time to get serious about working from home
So it’s official, working from home (or ‘wfh’ as it’s now called) is here for the foreseeable future. The latest spikes in Covid-19 around the …
Taking the ‘careering’ out of your career
As redundancy looms large on the horizon for thousands of employees, getting ahead of setbacks like this can help speed up your personal recovery and future proof your career. If you make the time now to the lay the foundations, you will be better able to harness your resilience and continue to move forward with your career plans.
The power of Women supporting Women
We’ve been running women’s leadership and career programmes for a few years now, what we’re always struck by is the power of the group dynamic. …
Are you suffering from mid-career madness?
Mid-career can be an uncomfortable place to be. At this career stage, women in particular can feel slightly adrift: their best made plans may have taken a back seat or they are struggling to work out where they want to head next. We call this mid-career madness and we can help…
Invest in yourself: the only way to plan and develop the career you want
Investing in your own development and setting your own direction of travel is the best strategy to get the career you want
What’s holding you back in your career?
Quite often for the women that we work with it’s confidence to take the leap or make the next step. They are often so focused on doing a good job that they don’t find the time to look to the future and think about where they want to go in their career.
Leading through change
The last few months have bought massive change to the way that we work, adapting and evolving is more important than ever to a company’s success. Leaders are having to embrace change and try new things whilst preparing for an uncertain future.
Don’t lose your mid-career women
How can organisations support women in mid-career and build a strong pipeline for future female leaders?
We need to reframe “ageism”
We need to reframe “ageism”, the experience of an employee is an asset to an organisation, not a liability. A combination of the fresh perspective …
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