A simple way to set goals, any time of the year
This blog finds you in the first week of January; you are surrounded by media telling you, that it’s a New Year; New Start. Talk of New Year Resolutions are floating around yet possibly haven’t lasted longer than the Christmas Cheese. But what you actually want, is a...
Book Review: Big Magic (Creative living beyond fear) by Elizabeth Gilbert
As a parent, I can also see how ideas aren’t always encouraged in education. With pressure being put on Teachers and Students to tick boxes and hit arbitrary targets, the pleasure in experimenting is at risk of getting lost. When I met another likeminded ideas person,...
How are you future proofing your career?
Just think back to your job 13 years ago; how has technology changed? I laugh to myself that, in 2004, I was faxing CV’s of my candidates over to clients. Every three-months, bags of mail (letters, remember them!) would go out to our database to promote our...
How to get your career back on track. Career Planning with The Balance Collective
“I am not happy with my career, but how to do I start making changes when I don’t know what I want?” Many clients come to me as to feel more in control of their career; the want some career planning. Until now, it is something that often has just happened and they...
Book Review: How to be a DIVA at Public Speaking
Let’s imagine for a moment you have the opportunity to speak in public. How does that make you feel? Confident? Excited? Petrified? If you wish to become a confident public speaker, regardless of the topic, then this is the blog for you. Fear of speaking in public is...
Book Review: “Hegarty on Creativity: There are no Rules” by John Hegarty
Do you believe that creativity is an innate thing – that you are either creative or not? Would you describe yourself as creative? How can you become more creative? Hegarty on Creativity: There are no rules * explores all of this. What or who do you think of when you...
Inspiring Parents: The Power of Confidence
I always find it fascinating learning about the journeys people have across their career. Gone are the days where you have a job for life; now it is a time where there are portfolio careers, mixed skills, and international client bases! This month I am featuring the...
How to banish self-doubt and be more confident
You just wish you were more confident. That would fix it all. Then you would be able to stride into the life you imagine for yourself. Other people do it, so why can’t you? How many times have you stopped yourself taking the next step in your career or business...
How to get motivated after your holiday
Do feel like your work motivation disappeared with the sun tan? Post-holiday blues are a real thing. The weeks in the run up seem to drag, whilst the actual break flies by, and you find yourself back at your desk; possibly slumped over a straining-at-the seams inbox....
How to scare yourself into business and career success
I always believed I wasn’t built to work for myself. I had no desire to be my own boss. In fact, the idea petrified me! I needed to have the secure, regular income, with an obvious career success and goals. Being self-employed was what other, braver people did. I was...
Your new work-life balance superpower: The Out of Office Message !
Out of Office is on. And Relax. That moment of work bliss when the autoresponder goes on and the daily commute is no more; well for a week or two at least. Being able to state, without apology, that you won’t be answering emails and that phone calls will legitimately...About
Clara Wilcox is a straight talking, practical and experienced coach helping clients navigate the tricky waters of returning to work, career changes and professional development. The Balance Collective is a social enterprise focused on improving the lives of parents, by working together to build inner confidence and promote a healthy work/life balance.
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