Culture can feel like a nebulous thing to explore in a workplace context. Often we default to policy folders or bold canvas prints that adorn office walls showcasing visions and values in inspiring typefaces. But what if culture is also the stuff that happens when there's no performative driver? When the optics are not the only reputational contributor? What if culture is everything - way beyond the annual 'away day', armed with post-it notes and good intentions. Culture is a

We have all these grand plans and then nature shows us who's really running the show. A covering of snow and temperatures of -8 this week left me less inclined to navigate the school run by car, so the trusty (and somewhat reluctant) hound has accompanied me on the 2 mile return schlep to drop-off and pick-up these past couple of days. At first I was disgruntled by the whole state of affairs with lots of lofty ideas of contemplation (alongside nice coffee) and planning at my

Wellbeing in the workplace is never far from the headlines and remains a key consideration for employers and HR leads. While more companies are developing wellbeing strategies to support their teams, how invested are leaders in embodying the cultures that align with this -  and being truly discerning about the congruence between words and actions? In a McKinsey Health Institute survey* of more than 30,000 employees worldwide, only 57 percent of people reported good holistic h

The self-doubt conundrum in the context of female entrepreneurship There are clusters of themes that come to the fore from chats with women who work for themselves. This is complex terrain, nuanced by tensions between roles, cultural demands and systemic dynamics. What I'm seeing is that it's easy (or the cynic in me says 'convenient' from a societal point of view), to internalise issues as individual problems, rather than consider that they are symptomatic of social, cultura

I am energised by the process of creation. It manifests as a kind of restlessness. The sense of passion and purpose that has fuelled my desire to found initiatives has always been the motivation, though (with hindsight) I see that the arc of growth and sustainability often exposed the less helpful tendencies in my conditioning. While I'm reticent to cavalierly use sweeping gender statements, I do feel there is a sense of inherited, ancestral conditioning that is often carried

If you're a fellow female founder, who has nurtured the kernel of an idea into reality - be it a solo business, non-profit or startup - you will relate to the full spectrum of experience that this elicits. At key junctures in my (albeit) eclectic career, I set up a PR agency division, became a comms consultant, co-founded a mental health charity and co-developed a thriving national partnership alongside some amazing women. Some of it was joyous and fulfilling beyond measure,

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