Five years ago, a single tweet catapulted Kia Commodore’s journey to becoming one of the leading voices in personal finance for Gen Z and millennials. What began as a late-night thread demystifying the Help to Buy ISA has since evolved into Pennies to Pounds, a multi-award-winning platform, chart-topping podcast and, most recently, the springboard for...

If you’re waiting for your work to speak for itself, you might be waiting for a long time.  This is the uncomfortable truth that many emerging founders wrestle with, especially those raised to believe that humility means silence. But in today’s noisy, fast-paced world, staying quiet doesn’t make you noble. It makes you invisible. Why...

A year ago today, I hit publish on my first blog post. No fancy launch. No polished strategy. Just me, sitting in my room, trying to make sense of my next move after losing a job that drained me. I was tired. Tired of being invisible. Tired of playing it safe. Tired of knowing I...

A couple of months ago, I served as a judge for the CIPR Excellence Awards 2025 and attended the award show a few weeks ago, which proved to be an eventful evening. I caught up with old friends, colleagues and people in the industry who I didn’t even think would know who I am. A...

Your personal brand is not built once. It is built over time through action, experience and growth. And at the core of that growth is one simple principle: lifelong learning. I talk a lot about authenticity, visibility and consistency in personal branding. But one thing that often gets overlooked is how learning fuels it all....

One of the main things that stops us from showing up is the fear of being judged. You’ve got something valuable to share. An idea, a skill, a perspective. But just as you’re about to post that video, publish that blog, or speak up in a meeting…doubt creeps in.  What if they don’t like it?...

Let’s be clear, you don’t need to love social media to build a strong personal brand. To be honest, I’m not the biggest fan of social media, but I soon learned it’s important for what needs to be done and for having the power to control my own narrative. You don’t need to post daily,...

Waking up early to work on your business before your 9-5 is hard. Staying up late scrolling through social media is hard too. One moves you forward, the other holds you back. Either way, you’re choosing what you decide to prioritise. I know many people have a love/hate relationship with the phrase “choose your hard”,...

“What do you do?”. It’s a question we hear all the time. But when someone asked me that at a friend’s engagement party a couple of weeks back, I wasn’t expecting the follow-up to leave such a mark I told them, “I’m a personal branding coach & strategist.” Their eyes lit up. “That’s really interesting....

Ambition can be a beautiful thing until it burns you out. We’re told to hustle, push harder and chase our dreams. And for many of us, especially Black professionals and first-gen founders, ambition isn’t just a choice. It feels like a constant state of survival, knowing that you have a lot riding on this working....