Finish the year …
November! The crazy four weeks before we head into our end-of-year celebrations, close-out; and in the Southern Hemisphere, our summer holiday period. It feels like the year accelerates in this final month, as leaders push for results and delivery on annual outputs. As a client recently commented - ‘six months...
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Leadership Lessons from an Iceberg Lettuce
Unless you have been hiding under a rock somewhere, you will no doubt be aware of the disastrous 45 days of Liz Truss’ leadership. You will also be aware that the Daily Star newspaper in the UK launched an experiment on the 14th October and asked who would last longer...
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A Time of Tricks and Treats
October is a month that ends with Halloween - a celebration of tricks and treats, fears and phantoms. As we rapidly approach the end of the year – which seems to accelerate as we work towards both the close of the calendar year and, in the Southern Hemisphere, our summer...
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When Your Passion Becomes Your Purpose
I believe that passion is one of the key ingredients to success. When you have a fire burning inside you to do what pleases your heart and nourishes your soul, the Universe conspires in your favour. Suddenly you have the urge that compels you too push through any of the...
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Springing
The first of September is officially spring in the southern hemisphere. Regardless of how chilly it still is in some parts, there is a sense that we have made it through. It is a day of blue skies and blossom as we celebrate making it through a winter that has...
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#The future is equal and inclusive
Women’s Month in South Africa is wrapping up. Social media has been full of events centred on women’s wellness, women’s leadership, unconscious bias, women as entrepreneurs, women’s role in tech, women in science, women breaking the mould. All of this is important. Important in that girls and women - even...
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Are you going to be an Ally for Black Women in the Workplace?
Black women are making great advancements in the workplace. This tells me that options are becoming available to women that are dedicated to pursuing their dreams. Yet we’re seeing a varied amount of black female leaders demonstrating that the road to success is diverse and riddled with challenges. Despite efforts...
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The Female Career – ACTS to build a deliberate and intentional path
Fragmented, side roads, pot holes, unexpected twists turns and dead ends. When I consider my own career that’s how much of it looks in part due to the many roles of motherhood, being a trailing spouse, changes in career direction and multiple shifts in the world of work. And when...
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Are we ready for Men to be Primary Caregivers?
Did you hear the one about a CFO of a listed company who scheduled her caesarean so that the birth of her baby would not interfere with the release of the company’s annual results? True story. She took two weeks off after the birth then handed the baby over to...
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Women’s Wellness – Health as our real wealth
By Elaine Seale-McKend I have always been passionate about wellness, long before it became such a popular and necessary concept. My background in professional sport taught me that applying certain conditions – exercise, nutrition, hydration, periods of rest and recovery - could systematically build success. As far back as the ...
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An honest piece on authenticity and self-acceptance
By Aviva Baran- Rothschild I say ‘Yes!’ when I mean to say ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ when I mean to say ‘No’! It keeps life simpler when you respect that person in front of the mirror. When you don’t conform, but consciously go with your own flow, or dance to the...
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Singing the same – and new – songs
By Ednah Khosa It’s been decades since the women of 1956 walked the streets protesting against oppressive apartheid pass laws. Interestingly, we are still singing the same songs. Maybe not entirely the same … perhaps with a different tune? Things have shifted and progressed in some ways. And so this...
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