Sponsorship Eats Mentoring for Breakfast (When It Comes to Women’s Careers)

Jodie Salt

Published on: 15/12/2025

“Here’s an uncomfortable truth: advice doesn’t open doors. Advocacy does.” Mentoring is valuable. It absolutely has its place. A good mentor can help you think things through, build confidence, sense-check decisions, and reflect on what you want next. For many women, mentoring conversations are the first time someone has properly listened to them at work. But mentoring alone does not change careers. Sponsorship does.

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Can I just challenge that?

Jodie Salt

Published on: 02/04/2025

It’s right up there with “no offence, but…” Usually followed by something offensive, patronising or unnecessary. People think they’re being assertive or creating “healthy conflict”. They’re not.

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Why I Still Take Progesterone After My Hysterectomy... And Why You Might Want to Consider It Too

Jodie Salt

Published on: 30/03/2025

As a coach specialising in burnout and leadership for women, I often talk about stress, resilience, and hormones. But today, I want to share something personal... why I still take progesterone, even though I’ve had a hysterectomy.

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Reimagining Boardroom Balance: Beyond Gender to Energetic Harmony

Jodie Salt

Published on: 30/08/2024

The time has come to shift the narrative from a binary view of gender balance to a broader and more nuanced approach: balancing masculine and feminine energies in the boardroom.

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