The choice between prioritising a career over children is something that working mothers have to face down everyday. Women have been battling this problem since forever so let’s dive in head first. Picture this. A working mother who is constantly juggling between her demanding career and her beloved children. She’s overwhelmed, stressed, and […]
I am baffled by the push of certain leaders to try and force their employees back to the office. There are tons of research showing that employees are more productive when given the autonomy and flexibility with where they work but lately, one leader after another, all of them men by the way, have come […]
Yesterday I had to attend an event in central London. For some bizarre reason, I got the time wrong and realized on my drive to the train station that I was running about 30 minutes into my contingency and that with the slightest of hiccups, I would be late. Luckily this wasn’t a speaking engagement […]
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything – Warren Buffett A working mother without boundaries is a woman in perpetual crisis. I say this because the role of a working mother requires you to be responsive to multiple highly demanding stakeholders. To […]
Let’s say you want to increase the representation of senior females in your organisation perhaps because your funders are asking for it so you set that as your strategy. You get the management consultants in, powerpoint slides are produced, action plans are hatched, townhalls meetings are convened and the new strategy is plastered all over […]
I was recently invited by Black Women in Europe® podcast to talk about my professional expertise as a black woman in Europe. May you find it inspiring and insightful. Listen to it on Spotify. Warmest wishes,
An elite athlete, Clarisse Cremer, hoping to become the first woman to sail around the world solo, was dropped by her sponsors Banque Populaire, because she took time out to have a baby! This is 2023 and still, organisations feel they can behave like women are not fit for purpose after they get pregnant. To […]
“Everyone dies but very few people live” – Des Brown I have suffered the loss of two friends and my beloved dog in the past year alone. To say I am having an existential crisis will be an understatement. Death is an inevitable part of life. We all have to face it at one point. […]
As someone who is all about parenting, how we teach our children to measure personal success is very important to me. Our society considers someone successful by how wealthy they are in the form of their money, property, and investments. However this very narrow measure of success is problematic and leads people to compromise their […]
Last week, the chancellor proposed some changes to childcare in the UK with a vague implementation date. Working parents are once again left buckling under the weight of bringing up the next generation. This should be a shared social responsibility as we all benefit from having a next generation! I am no economist but here […]