by Amy Wilkinson | 28 10, 2023 | Career, Resilience
We all want to be the best version of ourselves at work and at home, right? But a lot of the time we just hope it’ll happen and then the day to day hamster wheel takes over. You can’t just let your life or career just “happen”, sometimes it’s about grabbing the reins... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 17 01, 2023 | Communication, Confidence, Leadership, Resilience
Our parents (and teachers) lied to us. There, I said it out loud. “If you just get your head down and do a good job, you’ll have a job for life”. That might once have been true, but we all know the job market has moved on a lot since then but that voice in our head... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 22 08, 2022 | Communication, Confidence, Imposter Syndrome, Leadership, Perfectionism, Resilience
I know what you’re thinking, “I don’t want to be visible. If I just get my head down and do a good job, then I will get recognition” – and that does work for a while, until it doesn’t any more. That’s when you start to notice the less experienced (and frankly less... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 12 07, 2022 | BALANCE, Burnout Prevention, Confidence, Leadership, Mental Health, Resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
Working in Food and Grocery can be challenging sometimes. Ok, a lot of the time! And never has it been more challenging than now – the effects of Brexit, Covid, supply issues and inflation make it more than “challenging”, they make it downright hard. I... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 4 07, 2022 | Burnout Prevention, Confidence, Habits, Leadership, Resilience, Uncategorized
I work a lot with people that are in the New Product Development (NPD) function who are constantly juggling multiple projects on tight timescales, with lots of what needs to happen being out of their hands. I think the project management skills that are needed in... 
by Amy Wilkinson | 14 02, 2022 | Burnout Prevention, Confidence, Imposter Syndrome, Leadership, Mental Health, Perfectionism, Resilience
“You’re not bringing that in the factory, have you even checked for allergens?” “Don’t you know we’ve tried it before and it didn’t work?!” “Nope, orders take priority, the trials cancelled” Just a few of the phrases I remember being pretty much spat at me early in my...
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