Confident Conversations

A weekly podcast show for ambitious women about who want to confidently balance work and life without burning out. Sherry Bevan hosts Confident Conversations on career, confidence and leadership. A former Global Head of IT in a City law firm, Sherry now runs The Confident Mother, an independent coaching practice. Sharing tips, techniques and career confidence strategies to help talented women make a bigger impact at work so they get more visible and fully unleash their leadership potential. From promotions to pay cheques, the gender pay gap statistics reveal that men are still out-earning women at work in the technology sector. We need to tackle it at the organisational level to reduce unconscious bias and fix the leaky talent pipeline however as individuals, we can all take positive action to tackle the gender pay gap. There are many factors involved - for example there are fewer women in the higher paid senior roles and women are more likely to work part-time. But also women are less likely to negotiate on starting salary. They’re less likely to ask for promotion. They’re more likely to take on the office “housework”. With episodes on knowing how to negotiate a pay rise to protecting your career from falling foul of the gender pay gap, there is an episode for you wherever you are on your career and leadership journey!