The Career Confidence Podcast

Do you ever feel like you are doing a great job but your manager doesn't recognise and appreciate the value that you bring? It’s the responsibility of the managers and the leaders in a team to recognise the contribution each person makes. But the reality is that when people are busy, they can often forget to take the time to recognise and celebrate the efforts of others. In today's episode of The...

Does any of this sound familiar? You believe that others have an inflated view of your skills and that you’ve got where you are by fooling other people. You have an intense fear of being found out and that people will realise that you're not as good at your job as they think you are. You attribute success to factors outside of your own talents and say things like “we were lucky things went so smoo...

You can have mentors to guide you, line managers to champion you, and team members to help you deliver your objectives, but at the end of the day, the future direction of your career is YOUR responsibility. And yet so many people don’t take that responsibility.  In this episode of The Career Confidence Podcast, I share insights into how you can take charge of your professional journey. Specif...

Resenteeism - it's the new career buzzword in town! it describes when an employee stays in a job they don't enjoy because they are worried about economic uncertainty or there is a lack of better options. This leads to resentment and feeling disengaged and unhappy at work. It might be a new word but it's not a new concept. Have you ever felt that way? In this episode I share: Why resenteeism is pre...

When it comes to setting career goals, most people start in the wrong place. They sit down with a blank piece of paper and try to squeeze out a list of things they think they 'should' be doing over the next year. The result is that the goals remain some words on a bit of paper that have no real meaning and you certainly don't take any action towards achieving them.  In this episode of The Car...

New Year often means a renewed focus on career goals and aspirations. In today's episode I share a roundup of resources that you can use to get career confident in 2024.  About Nicola Semple I help people to build their career confidence and achieve their career goals. You can book a free no-obligation chat about how I can support you to achieve your career goals:  https://nicolasemple.c...

In this episode of The Career Confidence Podcast I share constructive strategies to help you deal with criticism.  Nobody likes receiving criticism, when handled properly it can be a powerful tool to fuel your growth and development.  I share my strategies for handling criticism in a calm and measured fashion to ensure it is a positive experience.  About Nicola Semple I help people...

Your inner critic is that sneaky little voice in your head full of criticism, frustration or disapproval about your actions. It likes to make itself heard when you are feeling vulnerable and as questions like 'why didn't you do X?' 'why on earth did you do Y?' 'what is wrong with you'. In today's episode, I share how you can 'silence' your inner critic but taking control of it and turning it into...

We all experience overthinking at one time or another. For some people, it's a daily occurrence and it's often over things that aren't important. They are constantly second-guessing and doubting themselves. This leads them to question their abilities and chip away at their self-belief.  In today's episode of The Career Confidence podcast, I share techniques that you can use to stop yourself f...

This episode of The Career Confidence Podcast is the second in a series of six episodes called The Self Belief Sessions where I will share tips, tools and strategies that you can use to build your self-belief so that you can flourish in your career. In today's episode, I share how you can stop seeking validation from other people and learn to own your value. Specifically, I talk about: How you can...

This episode of The Career Confidence Podcast is the first in a series of six episodes called The Self Belief Sessions where I will share tips, tools and strategies that you can use to build your self-belief so that you can flourish in your career. In today's episode, I share how you can stop comparing yourself to other people. Specifically, I talk about: How you can get a free 1 hour coaching ses...

How often do you get what you want at work? More importantly, do you actually know what you want at work?  In today's episode, I share the advice that I give to clients to help them ensure their needs are met at work.  In this episode I also touch on perfectionism, if this is a topic of interest for you, I would recommend that you also listen to Episode 51:  How to Overcome Perfecti...

In today’s episode, I am talking about how to learn to trust yourself. It’s a big topic and it’s an important one. What I am noticing is that for a lot of my clients, there is a huge amount of pushing, on their part, to come up with the "right" answer about what should come next for their career.  Often we lose that ability to trust in ourselves. Maybe we have made a mistake or a project or p...

This August I am resharing my most popular interivews from my Career Confidence Conversations series. Today I’m delighted to introduce you to the incredible Blu Reynolds. Blu is a Senior Consultant at Moorhouse, following an attempted career in Law and working in a range of roles within healthcare and the NHS. I came across Blu when he published a blog post titled “Are You Gay Son?” where he refle...

This August I am resharing my most popular interviews from my Career Confidence Conversations series. The first of those is with Ben Jones. Ben is a psychotherapist and counsellor. Ben had a career in strategy consulting until his breakdown at the end of 2014, after his recovery he committed himself to raising awareness of mental health in the workplace, exploring and developing ideas related to w...

If you are planning on taking some time off this summer, you might take the opportunity to indulge in some hoilday reading. In today's episode of The Career Confidence Podcast I share my top five career books for you to read this summer.  About Nicola Semple I help people to build their career confidence and achieve their career goals. You can book a free no-obligation chat about how I can su...

Taking time off from work is good for us. It gives us an opportunity to reset and we return more creative and productive. However, according to a study by Tots 4 Travel, it takes people, on average 46 hours and 42 minutes to feel relaxed on holiday. If you’ve taken a week off work that means it’s taking you more than 25% of your time to unwind and feel relaxed. Today I am going to share with you 5...

Hands up who procrastinates and puts off making decisions about their career? If you could see me now, you would see that I have both hands in the air. They say that you teach what you most need to learn and I know that there are times that I procrastinate rather than taking control of my career. I am a lot better than I used to be but it does still happen. In fact, I decided to focus on this topi...

When I talk to potential clients, they often assume that my focus will be on encouarging them to find another job.  This is not always the case. I often find that when people evaluate what they want from their career, with a few tweaks and mindset shifts, they can often get their career needs met from their current organisation and often from their current role.  In this episode of The C...

Over the last few years, I have worked with well over 100 professionals to help them develop their career confidence. Often my clients have a general feeling of ‘meh’ about their career and they struggle to identify what is going to make the biggest difference to help them feel confident and happy at work.  In today's episode of The Career Confidence Podcast, I share the specific Career Confi...

How do you make decisions about your career? Are you a rational thinker that spends hours researching organisations and opportunities, writing lists of pros and cons and analysing opportunities in forensic detail? Or do you trust your intuition and go with your gut? I believe that when it comes to making decisions about our career (or anything for that matter) then we need to use a combination of...

The vast majority of clients that I work with are in what they would refer to themselves as a career rut. There is something about their current career that is not working for them. They might be getting bored with their role or their industry but don’t know what they would do instead. They might be frustrated by their current work environment and need support to feel brave enough to make a move....

We all want to do a good job but perfectionists can often find themselves stuck in a cycle of deliberation and procrastination, unable to move forward because they are so intent on making their work perfect. They are gripped by fear. Fear that they are not good enough. Fear that they will make a mistake. Fear that other people will not think they are doing a good job.  Today I want to share 5...

A few weeks ago, I shared a post on Linked In which got a lot of traction. The post read:  This might ruffle some feathers but....  You've got to take responsibility for your own career.  I speak to people (at all levels!) who feel miffed because their line manager hasn't booked their performance review. Yet when I ask, they have made no proactive attempt to get that meeting in the...

"You just need to believe in yourself more" is possibly the most unhelpful bit of feedback you will ever receive. If it were that easy, you would already be doing it! In this episode I share 7 practical tips that give you tangible things that you can do to help you build your self belief.  About Nicola Semple I help people to build their career confidence and achieve their career goals. You c...