Author: Tracey Carr

The most frequent reason that women opt out of business life is that they ‘cant be bothered with the boys club’. What does this phrase mean you might ask? I know that the phrase bothers men and so does the term ‘Alpha Male’ because men of this type, who might be in such a cliquey… Continue reading Jockeying for captaincy

I get a lot of people saying to me …’it has all been done’ or ‘we are beyond this now’ and many companies saying that they are ‘not on board’ with discussing or cascading information on Gender IQ. Saying that your boardroom will be prettier and more colourful when the day dawns that women suddenly… Continue reading Deutsche Bank CEO wishes he hadn’t said …

We are delighted to announce the re-launch of  Eve-olution’s landmark survey Women Leaders Speak Out to see if there has been progress for women in the workplace and invite you to take part. In 2003 and again in 2005 opinions were gathered from over 600 women in senior positions in the UK which provided a… Continue reading Women Leaders Speak Out Survey

Forgive me. I am going off-piste today. What I want to share with you is a thread from a social network and a chat between myself and a couple of my Mastermind buddies: Karl Whitfield and Mike Berry. Since last weeks blog about heart energy for certainty and courage in challenging times, I have been inundated… Continue reading Should you change the core of your personality for your partner?

 Both Tommy and trees enjoying success without effort!  I have studied and applied NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) for over a decade. I have been teaching, coaching and supporting the principles of NLP for over two decades. Many of those success strategies fit with what I learned from Psychology and the thousands of personal development books… Continue reading How to have success….beyond NLP

Xmas Hampers for 440 vulnerable families, personally delivered, December 23rd, 2011 Each year, for the past ten years, myself and my daughters have volunteered a day of our time on December 23rd to pack and deliver food hampers to people who are vulnerable at Xmas time. Last year we missed out on that opportunity and so this year the girls insisted… Continue reading The Secret to Living is Giving

My previous blog on ‘saying no’ prompted a few emails asking for advice on what to do about workplace bullying. It seems that the increase in stress brought about by the never-ending credit crunch has brought about an increase in unreasonable behaviour as well. Intimidating behaviour isn’t always overt and the worst kind is often unspoken,… Continue reading Workplace bullying

Most of the coaching I am doing at the moment is on time management and where women, especially, seem to struggle (sorry it is a generalisation but there is some truth in it) is in the area of saying no. Here are some suggestions: Prioritise “I’m sorry. That’s not a priority for me right now.”… Continue reading Saying No

I have had a crazy Summer with three teenagers/youmg adults starting new schools, University, new job and was reminded of an article I wrote a couple of years ago. I have copied it below for your amusement. Should I meditate or vaccum the carpets? I have been an evangelist for personal development for three decades. Yep, for… Continue reading Should I meditate or vacuum the carpets?

It has been a long, hot and busy Summer over here. Summer holidays are always a challenge for working parents and now that mine are older (and left school) I have to tell you it gets worse! This Summer I have organised a new school for my youngest to do A levels, helped my middle… Continue reading Personal power