by joblakeleytraining | Apr 3, 2026 | Articles, Insights
Last week, a 28-year-old came to one of my Confidence Breakthrough face-to-face courses and very early on I asked her why she had booked onto the course. She said she wanted a promotion and had been told by her manager that she needed to boost her confidence to be...
by joblakeleytraining | Apr 2, 2026 | Articles, Insights
Many people believe that if they work hard, do a good job and are reliable, they will eventually be promoted. So when promotion doesn’t happen, they often assume it’s due to one of three things: the organisation is unfair, their manager doesn’t like them, or someone...
by joblakeleytraining | Mar 31, 2026 | Articles, Insights
Have you ever written an email saying exactly what you want to say, then spent the next ten minutes rewriting it so you don’t sound rude? You change:“I need this by Friday”to“I was just wondering if it might be possible to have this by Friday?” You delete words like...
by joblakeleytraining | Mar 31, 2026 | Articles, Insights
I Thought Confidence Was Personality Growing up, my best friend was called Claire. She was confident, outgoing and extrovert, while I couldn’t have been more different: shy, quiet and introvert. So for a long time, I thought confidence was something you either had or...
by joblakeleytraining | Mar 24, 2026 | Articles, Insights
The Drama Triangle at Work Many teams struggle with the same issues over and over again, and it’s easy to assume that it’s due to workload, personality clashes or poor performance. But in many teams, the real issue is something else entirely. Some teams don’t just...
