Self Confidence for Women

I’ve been working with Striding Out and some inspiring young people recently – here’s a video about it.

http://youtu.be/sdMRA0JPqsk

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I’m involved with Striding Out, provider of coaching services including youth leadership coaching, career coaching and business coaching. We’re offering no cost career coaching for unemployed professionals via Job Centre Plus. More details below.

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I surveyed almost 100 people about job satisfaction. When asked why they delayed leaving, a lack of self confidence delayed 48% of those who had left.

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the most commonly mentioned challenge is that of self confidence. Most of the women directly mentioned wanting more self confidence. Four spoke of finding it hard to sell themselves. Three women spoke of a new role which was scary. Two more spoke of the challenge of being themselves at work, without compromise.

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I can’t help wondering what would happen if we all followed our hearts. What would the impact be on our families, our towns, our country, our world? To be honest, it’s too momentuous even to imagine. I get stuck even imagining what might happen if I followed my own heart…

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do

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Secure jobs have been rendered shaky and insubstantial by the uncertainty of the current economic climate. Where once you might have thought that security was a fair exchange for a sense of dissatisfaction, that often no longer applies. Many are questioning whether they want to stay put if there is no longer security.

is it time to leave your job?

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Even if you think you’ll be leaving your present work, being positive about it now is the best possible platform for change. This sounds counter-intuitive. Being positive and being at peace will help maintain your energy levels and support your self-esteem which will help when it comes to networking and applying for other opportunities.

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I came across this great short quiz compiled by Pamela Skillings, who has written of her own escape from corporate America. http://electricpulp.com/corporatecasualty/ How did you do?

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I am looking to interview 50 women who want to find work that better meets their values and passions. They may be working in the corporate sector and want to escape. I have been gathering information from my survey on job satisfaction and now I want more detail. Do you know someone who fits the [...]

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I’ve compiled a very short survey to gather research information of what it’s like for women working in a corporate setting.

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