Confidential and supportive critical friendship and guidance

Everyone needs a safe space to reflect on their career direction, their impact and effectiveness, and the fulfilment of their role. Whether that is a one-off health check, or a structured series of conversations, I have been offering that safe space to hundreds of clients since 2002.

I am also experienced at supporting people who are experiencing enforced career change through redundancy, voluntary severance, or geographical relocation.

My specialisms in careers advice and guidance include working with:

• young professionals in their late 20s and early 30s who are reviewing their career choices
• mid-career professionals to explore career change and transition to semi-retirement
• PhDs, academics and researchers to build career strategy or understand their wider employability within and beyond higher education and research sectors

I also act as a confidential mentor to a number of Heads of university Careers Services around the world, providing enabling critical friendship and a supportive challenge function for strategic planning, as well as on developing career paths within and beyond higher education.

I am honoured to have been a Sponsor for Advance HE’s Diversifying Leadership programme, and a mentor for Advance HE’s Aurora programme. I am also a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I am also honoured to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

If you would like me to work with you as a reflective partner or mentor, please visit the Contact page and send me an email. I am a Registered Professional with the Career Development Institute.