Resources for women stepping up their career

Stepping Up Your Career

“Smart stuff I recommend to elevate your career and inspire the people around you.”

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Elevate Your Career

More to Life Than Shoes is a club for women who want to help each other get on. Affordable, monthly meet-ups and online networking for women who want to, or are, switching careers, seeking skills or starting businesses. Buy the More to Life Than Shoes book.

Get inspired to kick-start your climb up the career ladder by listening to Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook COO) on what we can do for ourselves to get to the top. Even if you don’t want the ‘top’ this is an awesome reminder of some of the simple things we can do to accelerate our careers:

Richard Branson on his career - a ballsy man to inspire us to take charge of our careers whether in business or elsewhere. Watch more awesome TED Talks on business, careers and success

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The Thinking Woman’s Coach

How to Get a Job You’ll Love by John Lees

What Colour is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles

From colours of parachutes to colours in your wardrobe, is your style in alignment with the way you want to be perecived? It might sound like fluff, especially when you’re one of the brightest tools in the box, but dressing right is a key part of stepping up your career. Kevin Muscat, who has worked with the likes of Kylie Minogue, is a cool and credible resource to help you tweak your style in line with your career aspirations.

Women climbing their career ladder with Jessica Chivers.

Elevating Your Team’s Performance

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The Carrot Principle by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton (how to use recogniton to great effect)
Sticky Wisdom by Dave Allan et al (for enhancing your team’s creativity)
The Coaching Manual by Julie Starr (coaching techniques to help your people grow)
Coaching for Performance by Sir John Whitmore (more skills for you as a leader/coach)
Managing Transitions by William Bridges (helping people through change)