I am super chuffed at having been invited to talk to the CIPD Kent community of HR professionals today. I think it went well, I managed to not end the meeting unexpectedly at any point which is a win in my books at least. I’m so grateful for the people who gave up their time … Read more
I’ve got a problem with the term “empowering women”. I don’t have a problem with women feeling empowered, natch. But if you look at the definition of “empower”, it’ll normally involve giving something to someone. Giving them the power. So, “empowering women” to me means women need to be given power. As if. We don’t … Read more
I was 100% indispensable. One. Hundred. Percent. What I didn’t know about the business wasn’t worth knowing. I was the one everyone came to, to find out the ins and outs of that thing that happened 5 years ago. My head was the Google of our business and I just knew they needed me. Couldn’t … Read more
We have been so conditioned to doubt ourselves. We start out our career believing that we can do anything, nothing is going to hold us back. We’re going to work hard and we’ll be rewarded, and because we’ve already worked hard through our education we know we’ve got what it takes. We just know that … Read more
