Have you ever wondered how you can grow your career with a coach or a mentor? Coaches and mentors can both play an important role for advancing in career but I know that there is often some confusion in the difference between the two and how beneficial these role-players can be. So in this post, […]
Tips for the working-studying Mom
Since this is the second time I’m doing an online course, while managing children and working full time, I wanted to share some for fellow working moms who also want to study
How to improve your self-awareness
The one thing I have tried to actively work on since the beginning of the year is my self-awareness. At first, it wasn’t intentional, the events that were happening in my life kinda forced me to introspect and do some serious inner work. I’ve got a long way to go, but so far, it’s been […]
[Working Mom] Growing in your career
I haven’t written a career piece in a while and I think it had much to do with the fact that I have spent the last few months trying to settle into my new role, which has come with growth of it’s own. It has been a big change for me, far different from my […]
Habits of successful working moms
Being a working mom is one of the most challenging things to balance, given everything you have to give our attention to; it takes time and effort to build the habits successful working moms. I have been working within the Talent Management and Human Resource space for my whole career, so trust me when I […]
Life update, the career edition
Something new is brewing in my career space, which has me buzzing with excitement – there’s nothing quite like the new-job glow; I’m not even snoozing my alarm clock anymore! Earlier this year, I knew that I needed to make a change and challenge myself to get out of my comfort zone once again. Never stop […]
The lessons I’m learning from not having a balance
Finding the balance for everything that requires my attention has been one of the hardest things to do this year. It’s often said, that there is no such thing as balance – we do what we need to do, when we need to do it and I truly believe it! We cannot win every battle. […]
Kick start your journey as a Momprenuer
I’ve been playing around with the idea of becoming a Mompreneur and starting my own business more than usual lately. Whenever I’m with my varsity friends, as I was this weekend, they’ll always remind me of how I was working 2 jobs and running a business from my first year. I have always been a busy […]
Preparing your children for the careers of the future
Have you ever sat back and thought about whether your current job will still exist in a few years? With the rapid speed of global digitalization and automation, we are probably all at risk of becoming redundant, unless we proactively take actions to stay relevant. Can you then imagine how our children’s lives and their […]
{Career Development} Online learning in South Africa
Every so often, I like to bring in a bit of the professional side of what I do onto the blog and I thought I’d talk about online learning, a topic that is relevant to me right now because A) learning and talent development is what I do for a living B) I’m excited to […]