In celebration of International Women’s Day this month, I was interviewed by Helen Hawkes from In The Black, the magazine for Certified Practicing Accountants (yes, I’m an accountant but I promise I’m not always boring and I no longer wear brown cardigans!)  In The Black goes out monthly to 125,000 CPAs so it was a […]

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I surveyed 200 women in leadership roles last year and found that 74% of respondents support the use of quotas or targets or both to improve female representation on boards and in leadership roles, and 47% specifically supported the adoption of quotas. I’m expanding the survey this year to include men and women and would […]

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As some of you know, I’m currently researching and collating content for our new sphinxx book on What Women Want in the Workplace, mainly because I’m quite sure that many employers really don’t know what it is that we’re looking for, what works for us and what drives us nuts!  I have to say that there […]

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It’s one of those dreary office days… my to do list is too long… the phone has just rung for the third time with another charity asking for a donation (apparently the do not call list doesn’t work for businesses?) and I have 3 articles on deadline that aren’t going anywhere.  But I’m happy! Why?  […]

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I’ve finally done it!  Yes, it only took me a year, but I’ve finally done the wardrobe declutter!  (well, that’s not entirely true – my personal stylist did it and she was brutal!) But it worked! I’ve reached my end goal: my clothes now fit in just one wardrobe and everything else is in the recycle pile. […]

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I’ve just come out of a whirlwind of activity from planning and hosting our Ascend  leadership development days for the quarter.  It’s one of those frenzied periods that we all have from time to time, working long hours against tight deadlines while life keeps charging full-speed ahead.  I know that you all know exactly what I mean, so […]

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