When I ask my clients to do  informational interviews , many of them look at me like I’ve just suggested skydiving without a parachute. They freeze. They say things like: “I don’t want to bother people.” “Why would they talk to me?” “I don’t have anything valuable to offer.” “Who the hell am I to ask?” Sound familiar? You’re not alone. So many smart, capable women tell me they feel  uncomfortable  reaching out - as if asking someone for a chat is imposing, awkward, or needy.

If you’re relying on job boards to figure out your next career move, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Scrolling through SEEK or LinkedIn, hoping the perfect role will magically appear, is a broken strategy - one that keeps you stuck, confused, and wasting time on options that aren’t even right for you. That approach may have worked 30 years ago when jobs were listed in newspapers and shop windows. But the world of work has changed dramatically. The World of Work Has Sh

I was recently quoted in an RNZ article about invisible tasks at work - those behind-the-scenes jobs that don't usually lead to...