Having a good manager can make all the difference in your job satisfaction and career growth. Lessons in life have taught me that not every manager knows how to look after their team. There are several common "horrible manager" archetypes that can make life miserable for the employees under their supervision. Bad management doesn't always show up shouting as we often expect. In many cases, it hides in behaviours that are easy to overlook, until they become impossible to ignore. There is a...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how some of the most damaging experiences at work don’t come from the job itself, but from the person leading you. Not the loud, obvious kind of bad manager that everyone can see and point to. I’m talking about the quieter kind. The kind that doesn’t raise their voice, doesn’t create scenes, doesn’t make headlines, but slowly, almost invisibly, begins to wear people down over time. At first, you don’t notice it. You might even question yourself. Maybe you...

Lately, I have been thinking less about what I achieved in my career in my marketing and public relations career, and more about what I learned along the way. Not the titles or the campaigns, but the moments that quietly shaped how I see people, power, and communication. If I were speaking to a younger version of myself or someone just starting out today, I wouldn't warn them about competition or technology, I would tell them this: the real work isn't learning how to speak louder, it's...