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Sophie Hartley
Sophie Hartley is an editor at GlamLipstick, covering work, careers, money, business, leadership and the economic issues that shape everyday life. Her writing explores how changes in workplaces, households and the wider economy influence decisions, opportunities and long-term financial wellbeing.
How Parental Leave Shapes Career Trajectories
After years of watching colleagues navigate parental leave, I’ve noticed something that doesn’t always make it into the formal research: the outcome depends far less on the leave itself than on what happens before and after. The leave is a…
What Actually Makes Teams Perform
After working with teams across different industries and sizes, I’ve noticed that the difference between high-performing teams and mediocre ones rarely comes down to individual talent. The gap exists elsewhere – in how people understand what they’re supposed to do,…
Critical Thinking at Work: What Actually Holds People Back
After years of working with teams across different industries, I’ve noticed something consistent: critical thinking at work rarely fails because people lack intelligence. It fails because the conditions that allow thinking to happen are almost never present. Most workplaces are…
What Employers Actually Look For Beyond Job-Specific Skills
After years of hiring and working alongside people across different roles, I’ve noticed something consistent: the candidates who advance fastest aren’t always the ones with the most specialized technical knowledge. They’re the ones who can adapt quickly, communicate clearly under…
The Skills Gap Widens When Learning Stops
I’ve watched careers stall in real time. Not because people lacked talent or initial competence, but because they stopped learning. In my years working across different industries, the pattern is consistent: professionals who treat their expertise as fixed tend to…
How Evidence Shapes Better Decisions
I’ve watched people make the same mistakes repeatedly, not because they lack intelligence but because they decide before they look. They arrive at a conclusion, then search for reasons to support it. The evidence that contradicts what they’ve already decided…
The Discomfort in Networking Is Usually Self-Imposed
Most people who say they’re uncomfortable networking are actually uncomfortable with a specific story they’ve constructed about what networking is supposed to be. They imagine themselves as performers – entering a room, working the crowd, extracting value from strangers, leaving…
Inflation’s Hidden Effect on Financial Planning
After working with financial plans across different economic cycles, I’ve noticed that inflation tends to arrive quietly in people’s planning assumptions and then cause significant friction when reality doesn’t match what was modeled years earlier. The issue isn’t that inflation…
Financial Stability Through Life’s Biggest Transitions
When someone’s life changes dramatically – a job loss, a move across the country, a new child, a divorce, an aging parent moving in – their financial picture shifts with it. I’ve worked with many people through these transitions, and…