When Networking is about life and death…
This week I went to see the excellent play A British Subject at the Arts Theatre in London. It’s a classic tale of miscarriage of justice and forgetting inconvenient truths in the name of realpolitik . It is based on the true story of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a Leeds...When Networking is about life and death…
This week I went to see the excellent play A British Subject at the Arts Theatre in London. It’s a classic tale of miscarriage of justice and forgetting inconvenient truths in the name of realpolitik . It is based on the true story of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a Leeds...Flexibility and Talent
This week, clients have told me two things that have occurred in their businesses. Either could make a considerable change for women. Here’s the first: A certain bank recently canvassed its employees on the topic of flexibility. Interestingly, when the results were...Building your resilience
You are going to face tests and challenges throughout your life. Building up your resilience is best done when life is relatively stable so it becomes a way of life and you are equipped if difficulties do come. Here are some, thoughts, behaviours and attitudes to...
Happiness
It’s time for the soft launch of my downloadable book 100 Lessons in Happiness – part of the 100 Lessons series. Lessons in Happiness” This was a real experiment for me – to take profound lessons from positive psychology and turn each into a 100 word concept ...Where are all the women?
At White Water Women, we are spending a lot of time and energy working with women to help them reach leadership positions in the corporate world to ensure more balance, stable representation of diverse views. Then we got to thinking. Some women find that corporate...Who will carry your coffin? – The story of Jorge Da Costa
Actually there are two contrasting stories: it starts with one of my clients delivering his philosophy on work-life balance – “I know it is not my work colleagues who will carry my coffin, so it is important I devote fair time to the special people in my life”. I have...
When Keith is in Flow…
I have spent the last few late nights devouring Keith Richard’s autobiography: Life. Keith is the real thing and as a post-war narrative of UK-US politics and social evolution, Life is both unique and hugely entertaining. I am not the first one to pick on this: The...