Performance anxiety, stage fright, nerves, butterflies, brain freezes are more common than you think. Estimates place it as high as 73% of the population experience glossophobia (the fear of public speaking) and it is one of the highest experienced phobias in the developed world. Commonly, we accept the explanation that performance anxiety is part of the human fight and flight and freeze response. In that when we are separated from our tribe, even to the extent of standing in

2020 has brought more change than any of us could have imagined. Our personal lives look extremely different now than they did this time last year. For many of us, our working lives have also undergone serious change. However, change does not always have to be a negative thing. If you have the right tools at your disposal, and you know how to use them properly, you can design a future that bears a lot more resemblance to the life you would like to live. LinkedIn could be the

There is a special satisfaction that comes from working in a team. Being a part of something bigger than ourselves, experiencing the highs and lows together, supporting each other and learning to step up. Connection and communication become collaboration. This is the future of work. Last week, we hosted Transition Hub in the beautiful setting of Bundanon Trust on the banks of the Shoalhaven River, NSW South Coast of Australia. A place of artistic inspiration from the landscap

Many things have changed in our working lives in recent times, but one thing has remained constant and that is our desire to present with impact. Knowing how to bring focus, connect with an audience and create a compelling argument are universal skills that we all need to master if we are to create impact both in-person and online. As coaches, our role is to help others develop the confidence to communicate with passion, energy, and authenticity. Everything we work on through

2020 has changed all of our lives and perspectives, probably more so than any other year we have experienced. For me, however, 2019 was also a year of great change and adjustment. But I got through it with the help of the wonderful Transition Hub program. Here I want to share how the program helped me deal with both personal and professional situations, and to express my deep and heartfelt gratitude to the program’s principals, Karen Thomas and Louise Watts, for the life-chan

One thing I am certain of is the need for new and creative approaches to help people in career transition consider potential pathways to employment. Less than six months ago, most writing about the Future of Work focused on automation and AI as the key drivers of workplace change. The horizon was indefinite, and many organisations were struggling to identify how best to upskill and transition their employees into new ways of working. Fast-forward to mid-year and our working l

‘The skills you have learnt through sport, will hold you in good stead for the future’. I must have heard this a thousand times throughout my sporting career and never truly understood its significance. As an alumnus of Transition Hub and now a Transition Hub coach, understanding transferable skills continues to be an important element to achieving success in the future of work. As a kid I had one ambition in life, to be a professional athlete. I didn’t care what sport, I sim

It has often been said that the voice is the emblem of the personality. Each human voice is completely unique, and it is one of our most vital tools for survival, not only as a matter of self-expression, but in how we measure credibility, authority, and trust in another person. We are all experts at decoding the dynamics of the human voice and yet the voice is so often overlooked in its vitality. Our physical lives changed radically during Covid restrictions. We instantly set