"I have lots of thoughts and ideas...I just get really nervous about speaking up in meetings, especially with senior people". How many times have I heard that?! My goodness me. It's something that comes up so often and it makes me really sad! These incredible women, not sharing their brilliance because they are frightened of the consequences of what they say. And what makes it even more infuriating? When someone else then says what YOU were going to say, then gets the cre

It was 2005, my contract was coming to an end and I was looking for a new job. I had managed to get an interview with a Bank for a trading desk assistant role and so far the interview had been going very well. Until that moment. “Sooooo” the Desk Head asked. “You did accountancy at university” My stomach sunk… "Urm yes, a module of it” (Inside voice saying 'which I didn’t pay much attention to, disliked with a passion and avoided most of my lectures'). My palms started to

Enabling confidence in women isn't about addressing a weakness, but releasing the strengths and bringing out the deepest level of potential from the female brains in the organisation, catapulting your success. The more the junior women look up to see their senior female colleagues step into their confident, authentic selves, they themselves will feel empowered to do so. Read more about why #Confidence is such an important part of your organisation's Gender Equality Strategy i

We often feel like Confidence is about being puffed up and pompous, when in fact, Authentic Confidence is about being REAL. You don't have to strive for this, you can find it by just letting go and looking inside you. See how in my latest article published in @ThriveGlobal today: https://thriveglobal.com/stories/want-to-get-true-authentic-confidence-today-try-letting-go/ By letting go, you free up the energy to be creative, playful and real. It’s permission to shine, with t