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Women and Leadership: How to be More Like Michelle (Obama) and Less Like Donald

I’ve always admired Michelle Obama for her combination of warmth, intelligence, groundedness and courage. If you love her too the good news is that you can channel your Inner Michelle…

How Aston Martin are putting women at the heart of their business strategy – interview with CEO Andy Palmer

I was recently invited to be on the judging panel for the Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Award alongside Andy Palmer, CEO of Aston Martin. I was impressed by what he…

What you can learn from Grayson Perry about being yourself

The other week I had the good fortune to meet leading British artist (and notable transvestite) Grayson Perry, at a talk he gave on mental health for social enterprise Talk…

Developing Women Leaders Through Leadership Embodiment

Women’s leadership coach Liz Rivers finds working directly with the body is one of the most powerful ways to enable women to become confident, inclusive, visionary leaders. An article published…

How to handle a difficult conversation gracefully

Are you putting off a tricky conversation with a colleague that you know you need to have - but are dreading? I recently heard that the 3 main things that…

When to STAY in your comfort zone: lessons from my meeting with TED speaker Susan Cain

"You need to get out of your comfort zone”. How often do you get told that by well meaning colleagues? Frankly, it’s become a cliche. Of course you need to…

Men championing women in the computer games industry – my interview with Dave Parkinson of Sony Interactive Entertainment

The games industry is full of geeky boys in their bedrooms playing violent games, right? That's what I used to think. In fact, women now make up 50% of games…

Are women selling themselves short at work?5 powerful tips for your next negotiation.

Negotiation is something professional women do every day and you probably think you're pretty good at it. I'll bet you're great at representing your clients, team or organisation - pulling…

Are you suffering from Post Brexit Stress Disorder? 3 guiding principles for leading in uncertain times.

It’s less than 3 weeks since we woke up to the news that Britain had voted to leave the EU and you are probably still grappling with the aftershocks of…

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