Current Work

Everywhere I go I am hearing that performance management is key in the current climate. Many of our clients are under-going radical change and dealing with cut-backs/downsizing/merging or, at the very least, planning a new future with a more values based culture. To address this need I am using the next few weeks to bring… Continue reading Women leading perfomance management – rule number 1

I was asked for my ‘expert’ opinion for a Sunday Times article that ran last weekend on why so many women are opting to take the redundancy money and run. If you would like to see the piece which includes expert opinions from myself, Sarah Churchman who is Head of Diversity at Price Waterhouse Coopers… Continue reading Expert opinion in the Sunday Times

I was at a celebration event last week for the completion of the first cohort of emerging women leaders to go through a groundbreaking programme at one of our High Street Banks. I was touched and honoured to be presented with a bottle of champagne in thanks for my part but the real cheerleader is… Continue reading Leading or surviving?

You may have noticed that I didn’t blog last week. We had a very scary Bank Holiday in our family. My 18 year old daughter had a totally unexpected seizure and nearly lost her life. Thank God she is OK. This kind of incident makes you re-calibrate everything in life and I was floundering for… Continue reading Women Leaders need an Organisation that supports them as women

Michelle Obama made only one speech during her trip to London and that was at a girls-only, inner-city school, its pupils, of whom 20% are the children of refugees or asylum seekers, speak a total of 55 different languages and 92% of whom are from a black or minority background. And then, carefully, using personal… Continue reading Michelle Obama inspires girls to become women leaders

I have recently been doing research for my new book and have been shocked and delighted to discover that much of what we always knew to be true (intuitively) has, in recent years, been verified by Scientists as Biological differences. I am talking, of course, about the differences between men and women. We have joked… Continue reading This is a human issue not a gender diversity token issue

I have just completed another extraordinary 2 day event with women leaders from the UK and Europe and an enlightened man from Italy. Everybody gained new distinctions and created a new peer group of high flying A players (ordinary people doing extraordinary things) We – women in leadership – had a blast! We nailed the… Continue reading The trouble with being ‘right’

Hello everyone Some of you noticed that I didn’t publish on Monday as usual. Internet was down – sorry! As it is nearly the weekend I wanted to share this with you: The power of love and a reminder, for those who have been through my programmes, that communication is only 7% words. Enjoy and… Continue reading Nothing to do with Women in Leadership

International Women’s Day has been celebrated since in the early 1900’s. Each year on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate their achievements. It is also a time of reflection as Governments, organizations and individuals ask themselves what the women’s movement has achieved globally. I was listening… Continue reading International Women’s Day

There has been so much bad press on senior men in Financial Services that I think it only fair to say a few words to add some balance to the debate. Gender Diversity affects everybody. Yes, that’s right – senior men as well. I laugh when I hear that Gender is only a strand of… Continue reading What about men in Leadership?