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To lead you need to cultivate your executive presence

To lead you need to cultivate your executive presence

Kirstie McDermott
17 Feb 2023

Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos; these titans of tech do not appear to have much in common on a personal l...

How do you know when it’s time to walk away from your job?

How do you know when it’s time to walk away from your job?

Kirstie McDermott
10 Feb 2023

There have been many public resignations of late. In tech, Netflix founder Reed Hastings stepped dow...

The ninety-day rule can help you decide if it's time for a new job

The ninety-day rule can help you decide if it's time for a new job

Kirstie McDermott
27 Jan 2023

As we head towards the end of January, it is understandable if your enthusiasm is waning for all asp...

This is why data science will be a growth career in 2023

This is why data science will be a growth career in 2023

Kirstie McDermott
09 Dec 2022

After six months of tech layoffs, revaluations, worries about the economy and a looming recession, y...

Is authenticity the next big workplace essential?

Is authenticity the next big workplace essential?

Kirstie McDermott
02 Dec 2022

Real world events influence how we see and experience our workplaces. For those at Twitter, question...

If you have been laid off from a tech company - what happens now?

If you have been laid off from a tech company - what happens now?

Kirstie McDermott
25 Nov 2022

Tech layoffs are dominating the news cycle, and none more so than Elon Musk’s pillaging of Twitter. ...

The Zoom ceiling is the new glass ceiling

The Zoom ceiling is the new glass ceiling

Kirstie McDermott
28 Oct 2022

In 1978, writer Marilyn Loden coined the term “the glass ceiling” to describe the often invisible ba...

Job switchers are earning a lot more money

Job switchers are earning a lot more money

Kirstie McDermott
05 Aug 2022

You might love your job, but does it love you back? One of the hardest things to reconcile about a r...

Coping with work in a post-layoff environment

Coping with work in a post-layoff environment

Kirstie McDermott
22 Jul 2022

This year’s round of hiring slowdowns, freezes, and layoffs within the tech sector haven’t just affe...

4 ways HR strategies can help fintechs succeed

4 ways HR strategies can help fintechs succeed

Kirstie McDermott
27 May 2022

In a rapidly scaling fintech, at the scrappy startup stage, when there’s a huge amount at stake and ...