Leaving your children for the first time is a big step - there's just no getting around it.  Whether you're re-joining the workforce after a career break or your maternity leave is coming to an end, the return to work can be nerve wracking.

Michael Georgiou from Aligned Career Coaching, helps professionals who have fallen out of love with the work they do find careers that both fulfil them and bring them joy. We asked Michael what falling out of love with a career might look like, and what professionals can do to start the process of finding a job they love…

Relationships are at the heart of what we do, and we'd love to talk to you in 2024 about what you're looking for from a new role.  There's no need to change yourself - come as you are, and shout from the rooftops about your achievements.  Now's the perfect time. 

It's something of a cliche, isn't it, to talk about our literary heroines as being brave.  Fearless. Determined.  But it's been a long time since we've come across a protagonist like Elizabeth Zott.  An utterly deadpan trailblazer, Elizabeth is punished for the cardinal sin of being herself in the face of society's attempts to turn her into someone else. 

'Tis the season to be jolly!  And here at 9-2-3, Christmas has really taken off.  One team member has had her tree up since mid-November…

When we were children, we wanted heroes and heroines. Someone to look up to.  Someone to show us how to move through the world and save the day.  But, you know, time passed.  Life happens.  We found our own heroines in our everyday lives.  Our sisters.  Our friends. Our colleagues. 

In recent years, menopause in the workplace has become something of an – excuse the pun – hot topic. A report published last year by the cross-party Women and Equalities Committee revealed that the UK is “haemorrhaging talent” in the workplace as a result of menopausal symptoms – and of the stigma, lack of support and discrimination that can sometimes follow in their wake.