Why choosing to cover maternity contracts is the ultimate in female empowerment. Stepping into someone’s shoes to cover for them doesn’t make them less committed to a role, nor does it mean they are “settling.” In fact, willingness to cover for fellow boss-ladies while they grow their families, is (in my opinion) the ultimate in female empowerment. And anyone who …
A maverick personality is one where they are wilfully independent all the time and in all circumstances. They are keen to make their mark and often blaze innovation and lateral thinking to the projects and problems that they are working on. They can sell snow to Eskimos, or coal to Newcastle. You know the sort of person. They have huge …
Which helped me learn to say F@&% it and just do me. Wholly and authentically. I’m an over-thinker with anxiety, a workaholic, an introverted-extrovert, overly confident sometimes, and fierce. Some would say these are flaws. I say they’re the reason I’m so great at what I do. Are you also different things to different people, trying to show an “acceptable” …
Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did. And she did it backwards and in heels. Women can, and do, run the business world from the top to the bottom, but it doesn’t make you popular (whether you’re a man or a woman for that matter.)
Take off the mask and show your true self Be warned, I go all out with the puns in this one! I like llamas. Yup, love them. There’s a whole al-paca of them over on my Insta. They’re the stars of my freelance work. They’re at the herd, sorry heart, of my personal brand. What you see is what you …
You look around at your team… fresh eager faces, heads glued to lighted screens, seamlessly moving between smartphones, tablets, laptops, simultaneously answering business emails, analysing results, writing reports and snap-chatting that cute guy/girl they met the other night. You feel like Methuselah… am I right? I’ll let you in on a little secret. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. But do not …