The Career RelaunchBlog

Earlier this year, I was delivering a personal branding workshop for a group of senior business executives who had assembled for a professional development day. During the middle of my presentation on how you can use social media like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Medium to build and reinforce your personal brand, one gentleman raised his hand, […]

Running my own business has been by far one of the most fulfilling, rewarding experiences in my professional life. I love the work I do, I love having more time with people who matter most to me, and I feel like I’m in the best physical & emotional health of my life. So on the […]

I recently attended a conference in London hosted by a very reputable organization featuring speakers from reputable companies. I went there to learn about recruitment industry trends, but instead found myself focused much more on the poor presentation skills of the speakers. As someone who gives keynote talks and hosts workshops for a living, I […]

Amidst the ever-increasing sea of online blogs, YouTube videos, podcasts, and business publications offering career advice, I’ve actually found some of the most useful career guidance to come from people who aren’t directly linked to my professional sector of career consulting and public speaking. Over the past five years of running my own business, I’ve […]

In 2013, I left my 10-year corporate marketing career behind to launch my own career consultancy. Prior to starting my own small business, I could definitely envision the upside of self-employment: freedom to do work I really enjoyed, control over my time, autonomy to make my own decisions, and flexibility to work where and how […]