The Right to Disconnect
Does the UK need French-style legislation to give workers the Right To Disconnect? As flexible work is here to stay, how do you create healthy boundaries between work and private life? Averil argues that it is mostly a failure of leadership to engage with...
Leadership and Resilience: Sometimes we just need the proof
There are many ways to convince somebody that changing a behaviour might be a good idea. In most cases the simple rational argument is not enough; nor are appeals to emotions or shock tactics. Usually a combination of several factors lines up and we move from...All about women – Averil interviewed by Elaine Ball, CEO of EBTM
In today’s business world, we are hearing more and more about the glass ceiling and how women are on less pay then their male counterparts. Confidence is an issue with women generally and women have more to multi task, compared to their male colleagues. Are women...
Working Families 35th Anniversary Dinner – Reform Club, Pall Mall, November 12th 2014
White Water Group supports Working Families, the UK’s leading work-life balance organisation and a registered charity. The Charity celebrates its 35th Anniversary in 2014, and to mark this occasion it threw a dinner, fittingly, at The Reform Club; the first...
Yom Kippur, forgiveness and leadership
Tonight, for Jews around the world, marks the beginning of Yom Kippur, a 25 hour fast and Day of Atonement. It is not an isolated event but rather the culmination of 10 days of preparation for the new Jewish year. Although it can be seen as a deeply sad day punctuated...