The idea of networking prompts anxiety for many of us. And yet it is so important. You have to build relationships no matter what industry you are in. Lois Frankel author of Nice Girls Still Don’t Get the Corner Office says that by the time you need a relationship it’s too late to build one.ContinueContinue reading “7 Ways to Make Networking More Enjoyable”
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Why Work? Part 3: Its Good For You!
Working is good for you too. I left this to last, to Part 3 of 3. Do you do that? Think of others first? Leave yourself to last? That’s what nice girls do. I didn’t mean to. I didn’t notice until now. This is one unconscious bias that regularly trips me up. Kindness, generosity, andContinueContinue reading “Why Work? Part 3: Its Good For You!”
Why Work? Why 50:50?… It is Good For Your Relationship
Last week I wrote about how, when it gets tough blending both work and family, we need to connect with the reasons why we are working. The reasons for working are different and personal and ideally, values-based, but it can help to also know that you are doing a good thing for you, your partnerContinueContinue reading “Why Work? Why 50:50?… It is Good For Your Relationship”
Why Work? Why 50:50? … It’s Good For Your Kids
Often mornings before work are a pressure point, where the tensions between home and work are front and centre. On those morning when we rush to get ourselves presentable and our kids ready and delivered to childcare or school our best laid plans can get derailed; kids are sick, there are no clean socks, hairContinueContinue reading “Why Work? Why 50:50? … It’s Good For Your Kids”
The ‘Best’ Leadership Books are Written By…?
You may have already noticed that relatively few books on leadership are written by women. And not just books for women but leadership books for everyone written by women. I was searching Blinkist (a great app which provides bite-sized summaries in text or in audio of over 2000 non-fiction books and used by over 6ContinueContinue reading “The ‘Best’ Leadership Books are Written By…?”
Fantastic Podcasts for Women, Work, and Leadership
One of the keys to sustaining ourselves while navigating through our days carrying the added baggage of gender bias at work and in our wider lives, is to get active support from our women friends and peers and wider village. My ‘Village’ includes diverse groups of friends, family members, other school-parents, professional bodies, networks, andContinueContinue reading “Fantastic Podcasts for Women, Work, and Leadership”
How Power Can Operate in a Workplace
I was reading the Power Threat Meaning Framework published the British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology and authored by Lucy Johnstone, Mary Boyle and others the other day. Find it here if you’re interested. I was struck by how the examination of power relationships in the Framework’s perspective of emotional distress, unusual experiences and troubled orContinueContinue reading “How Power Can Operate in a Workplace”
Role Models for STEM Careers: Four Ideas to Inspire the Girls in Your Life
We all know that women are underrepresented in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) and great efforts are being made to encourage girls to participate. The challenge is even greater when their well-meaning school doesn’t also take a critical eye to the issue of gender and unwittingly undermines said efforts. The other day myContinueContinue reading “Role Models for STEM Careers: Four Ideas to Inspire the Girls in Your Life”
To Take the Minutes or Not To Take the Minutes. Six Strategies to Skirt Around Interfering Gender Biases
Women get asked more than men, and volunteer more, to do undervalued and time consuming tasks at work especially the ‘office housework’. One perhaps easily overlooked example of office housework is taking the meeting minutes. I was asked to take the minutes at a meeting recently where there was no admin resource. Now I acceptedContinueContinue reading “To Take the Minutes or Not To Take the Minutes. Six Strategies to Skirt Around Interfering Gender Biases”
Welcome BREAKGLASS Coaching
Two years ago… … I found myself crying in anger in the car on the way to work listening to a podcast about the state of women’s rights in the world. This was not the first time. The thought was clear….I need to get back to doing more for women. My purpose has always beenContinueContinue reading “Welcome BREAKGLASS Coaching”
BREAKGLASS COACHING 