jessbaker.co.uk https://jessbaker.co.uk/ Business Psychologist, Author, Speaker & Coach Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:05:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://jessbaker.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-my-face-logo-and-awards-oblong-32x32.jpg jessbaker.co.uk https://jessbaker.co.uk/ 32 32 The Credibility Gap https://jessbaker.co.uk/credibility-gap-good-at-your-job-known-for-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=credibility-gap-good-at-your-job-known-for-it https://jessbaker.co.uk/credibility-gap-good-at-your-job-known-for-it/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:52:54 +0000 https://jessbaker.co.uk/?p=36468 The Gap Between Being Good at Your Job and Being Known for It This month I have been thinking a lot about credibility. Specifically, the strange and frustrating gap between being genuinely good at something and being seen as good at it. I had a coaching client recently, let’s call her Sarah, who said something […]

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]]> https://jessbaker.co.uk/credibility-gap-good-at-your-job-known-for-it/feed/ 0 Jess Baker: UK Chartered Psychologist, Speaker and Expert on Empathy & Leadership https://jessbaker.co.uk/jess-baker-chartered-psychologist-empathy-leadership-speaker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jess-baker-chartered-psychologist-empathy-leadership-speaker https://jessbaker.co.uk/jess-baker-chartered-psychologist-empathy-leadership-speaker/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:51:48 +0000 https://jessbaker.co.uk/?p=36459 Jess Baker: Chartered Psychologist, Business Psychologist, Speaker and Expert on Empathy and Leadership Jess Baker is a UK Chartered Psychologist, leadership coach, speaker and co-author of The Super-Helper Syndrome: A Survival Guide for Compassionate People. She specialises in empathy, over-helping, over-giving, compassionate boundaries, self-trust, credibility, ethical power, emotional intelligence, relational intelligence and empathy-powered leadership. Jess […]

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]]> https://jessbaker.co.uk/calm-confidence/feed/ 0 Can office politics work in your favour? https://jessbaker.co.uk/office-politics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=office-politics https://jessbaker.co.uk/office-politics/#respond Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:02:38 +0000 https://jessbaker.co.uk/?p=36016 When Office Politics Work in your Favour   A Stylist Magazine journalist asked me to contribute to her article, asking me ‘Can office politics actually work in your favour?’ While she quoted me in this article, I thought you’d find my complete answer interesting, or maybe even useful. Office politics usually get framed as something […]

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]]> https://jessbaker.co.uk/office-politics/feed/ 0 Empathy Eclipse https://jessbaker.co.uk/empathy-eclipse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=empathy-eclipse https://jessbaker.co.uk/empathy-eclipse/#respond Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:45:53 +0000 https://jessbaker.co.uk/?p=36005 The Empathy Eclipse ~ The real reason nice people get shat on by others at work. The Empathy Eclipse is a subtle pattern I see again and again in competent, conscientious and caring leaders who are great at what they do, they are trusted by others, and they relied on far more than they are […]

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