I was sitting around an outdoor firepit on a still night with two of my favourite women this weekend and we were talking. We talked about how being duped when we were young into thinking that we had equal opportunities to our brothers and could do whatever we wanted to do, created a sense ofContinueContinue reading “The Great ‘Nice Girl’ Hoax”
Tag Archives: Ambition
How to Have Both a Partner and Career Ambition
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, in her HBR article “If You Can’t Find a Spouse Who Supports Your Career, Stay Single”, states that professionally ambitious women really only have two options when it comes to their personal partners – a super-supportive partner or no partner at all. Sadly, her conclusions are backed by research. Commonly, men can beContinueContinue reading “How to Have Both a Partner and Career Ambition”
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!”
BREAKGLASS COACHING 