Taking Control of Your Career with Sally Spicer

What if working harder isn't the answer? So many ambitious women have built successful careers by keeping their heads down, delivering exceptional work and believing that, eventually, someone will notice. But what happens when they don't? In this episode, I explore one of the biggest patterns I see in my coaching work: waiting to be recognised instead of taking ownership of your career....

Have you ever been told: 'J ust keep doing a good job and people will notice?' For many women, that's exactly what we've done. We've worked hard. Delivered results. Been reliable. Supported everyone around us. Taken on the extra work. Stayed professional. Stayed helpful. And yet, somewhere along the way, many of us realise we're still waiting to be recognised, promote...

Why Successful Women Still Feel Stuck The thing keeping so many women stuck is not failure. It’s success that came at a cost. In this episode, I unpack one of the most confusing experiences high-performing women face: building a life that looks successful on paper whilst quietly feeling disconnected, exhausted, flat or deeply unsure about what comes next. We explore:  Why “stuck” is often not the...

What if the thing you’ve been calling a confidence problem… is actually a clarity problem? In this episode, I’m unpacking one of the biggest patterns I see in women navigating career change, burnout, redundancy, leadership transitions, and periods of feeling professionally “stuck.” So many women tell me:  “I’ve lost confidence.”   “I don’t know what’s wrong with me.”   “I feel behind.”   “I just c...

In this episode, I explore the deeper emotional and systemic reasons so many women struggle with visibility at work - despite being highly capable, experienced, and ambitious. Because this isn’t really about confidence. It’s about conditioning. It’s about the stories many of us inherited around staying likable, staying agreeable, working hard quietly, and waiting to be noticed. I unpack: Why visib...

International Women’s Day often leaves us inspired - but unchanged. In this episode, I share why I fell out of love with IWD, despite spending over 25 years working at the heart of recruitment, careers, and leadership. I talk honestly about what I’ve seen behind the scenes:  the quiet ways women’s careers stall,  the stories we absorb about capacity, confidence, and gratitude,  and how well-intent...

In this episode of Taking Control of Your Career , I take you inside a real coaching session from earlier this week to explore something I see time and time again with high-achieving women: why rest feels uncomfortable, and why we return to lives that quietly drain us . The session came off the back of an enforced pause over Christmas - illness, cancelled plans, and a decision not to work. What em...

If you’re heading into career transition feeling stuck, restless, burnt out, or unsure what your next career move should be, this episode is for you. Before we talk goals, job titles, or next steps, we slow everything down. This episode is about intention not pressure. Not fixing. Not forcing clarity. In this session, I explore how so many career decisions are driven by fear, panic, and the need t...

In this episode of Taking Control of Your Career , I share my own journey from high-achieving recruiter to career transition and identity coach and how owning my story has been key to creating clarity, confidence, and aligned career decisions. I talk openly about the conditioning, gender inequity, and internal narratives that kept me playing smaller than I needed to and why so many capable, succes...