Thinking of retirement? I don’t know about you, but I am!! But while many people wait for the moment they can finally be free from work, others have different feelings about it. Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Harvard University and a columnist at The Atlantic joined the Working It…
Has a job opportunity ever felt like a gamble? Maybe the risk is worth the reward? Working with actuaries for 20 years has made me appreciate their enlightened risk appetite – risk-taking is often seen as undesirable or unwise and at the very least, deserving of a lot of thought.…
According to a recent eye-opening report, nearly 50% of people have not been genuinely happy for two years. But what is true happiness? Is it brought by money or meaningful careers? Is it even achievable? We’ll unpack all that in this blog. It will explore what happiness and health mean…
As office workers/PC users, we all find ourselves sitting in one spot for hours during our working day? And we now know that it might cause us some pretty scary issues down the line if we don’t take action now. There is a lot to suggest that as a whole,…
Have you ever wondered who makes the big decisions in companies? Often, it’s the Non-Executive Directors (NEDs). However, a growing issue in these boards is that they are mostly made of a homogenous demographic that doesn’t always reflect the diverse perspectives in the market today. Whilst these individuals may provide…
I wanted to flag up the number of senior female candidates I speak to regularly who would be ideal for senior roles I have but who deselect themselves because they just don’t have enough fuel in their tank. What with looking after kids, which as any parent knows, is a…
