Dean is a qualified executive coach and mentor with a learning and development background. He is passionate about coaching and development, and seeing the lightbulb moments when a new ideas, knowledge or actions from coaching are identified. Dean believes that coaching is a pathway that helps people be the best version of themselves by increasing self-awareness, having a safe space to explore their thoughts in detail, helping make important decision and identifying key actions.

 

 

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The Portfolio Career: Designing What Comes Next

The portfolio career provides a multidimensional model for experienced professionals to balance paid work, contribution, and personal fulfilment, whilst also providing both excitement and control over the shape of working life. This article provides examples from multiple industries to display how creating a portfolio career is not just semi-retirement, but a strategic reinvention.

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Mentoring, Women and Career Progression

External mentoring gives women independent, personalised support through key career transitions, from returning after maternity leave to stepping into leadership. Drawing on research from McKinsey, LeanIn.Org, Catalyst and the UK Government, this article explores how mentoring strengthens confidence, builds influence, supports career progression and helps organisations create a more inclusive leadership pipeline.

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Why Taking a Holiday Can Feel Like Another Workplace Deadline

For many employees, the days leading up to a holiday are filled with longer hours, mounting deadlines and the pressure to leave everything in order. Yet genuine recovery requires more than time away—it depends on clear boundaries, supportive leadership and a workplace culture that values rest as a key driver of sustainable performance. Explore why switching off matters for wellbeing and how organisations can help employees return refreshed and ready to perform.

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Mentoring: can you afford not to invest?

As competition for talent intensifies, organisations need to invest in more than recruitment. External mentoring provides employees with independent guidance, builds confidence, strengthens leadership capability, and supports long-term retention. Discover why mentoring is becoming a key part of successful talent and succession strategies.

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