Not sure if you’re really ready for promotion?
It's time to stop second-guessing and find out.
The Career Progression Clarity Session gives you the clear picture you need and a practical plan to move forward with confidence.
If you’re working in Higher Education Professional Services, you’ll already know how demoralising the lack of progression can feel.
- The distinctions between each grade don't seem to be written down anywhere but it's clear there is some sort of Hidden Curriculum that determines who progresses and who doesn't.
- You might be taking on loads of extra responsibilities and then when the time comes to talk about progression you've been told that you're not working at a high enough level but nobody seems to be able to tell you how to go about doing that.
- It’s easy to wonder: Am I really operating at the next level, or not yet?
And while you might hope your line manager will tell you, the reality is different. Most managers are juggling team needs, departmental objectives, and budget pressures. Their attention isn’t usually on giving individuals an honest appraisal of their readiness for progression.
It’s not that they don’t value you, in fact, many managers want good people to stay in their roles and carry on doing great work. But that doesn’t help you move forward.
That’s why it’s so important to take your career development into your own hands. What you need is a process which gives you a clear, unbiased picture of where you are now and a plan for how to move forward, without waiting for “management” to notice you.
That’s where the Career Progression Clarity Session comes in.
This isn’t generic careers advice. It’s a focused process that helps you understand exactly where you are now, where you want to be, and what needs to shift to get there.
How it works
- Complete your Readiness Assessment
A reflective questionnaire to explore how you're working at the moment.
- Receive your personalised written report
A clear picture of where you’re meeting the mark and where you need to develop - yours to keep and use later as you start writing applications.
- 90-minute Clarity Session with Fiona
Together we’ll review your report and create a courage-based, practical plan for your next steps.
What you'll achieve
By the end of this process you’ll:
✓ Know whether you’re truly ready for promotion.
✓ Have a clear, personalised plan of what to do next.
✓ Stop spiralling in self-doubt and start moving forward with focus.
✓ Be able to use the language from your questionnaire responses and report as wording for applications and interviews.
Most importantly: This isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing the right things, at the right time, in the right way.
Book your Career Progression Clarity Session today for £125About your coach
I’m Fiona Bicket, the founder of the HE Professional Services Progression Pathways and a specialist self-belief coach for Higher Education professionals.
I spent 13 years as a Professional Services manager in UK Higher Education, and since starting this business I’ve helped more than 250 clients from across different institutions and functions within HE. I know what it takes to find the clarity and courage to move forward, even when progression felt murky or out of reach.
I was promoted quickly several times within my first HE role, and then everything slowed down. I couldn't figure out what I was missing. That's why I've created the Career Progression Clarity Session - it's to help you figure out what's missing because after all this experience and working with all these clients, I have figured it out. There is a Hidden Curriculum that, once you see it, means that you can take back control of your career progression and stop waiting for someone to pick you.
Clarity is the first step to progression.
Because this is a 1:1 session with a bespoke report I can only take on a limited number of sessions each month.
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