Leadership

I write on an evening spent with my 77 year old mother in hospital where she's recovering from a stroke. Yesterday when I visited she was furious. A nurse had said to her she might never get back the full use of her right arm.

Apparently there's an issue with women being heard at board meetings. They need to find ways to get their voice heard'. So said my husband over a cup of tea after reading the latest research on why there aren't more women on boards.

My headmistress at school used to say ‘If you can imagine yourself achieving something you probably will’. It sort of stuck with me over the years and has led to some bold choices in my life.

Lessons from a dear friend and mentor who left us too young. Servant leadership, Bono and Bruce Springsteen.

Do you ever have those days when you just feel cross? How a reset and change of mind can shift how you feel.

I'm sitting over dinner discussing the challenges of work and life with my mentor and he pauses, looks me in the eye and says Sacha, you need to kill some puppies. Now, like many of you reading this, I am a dog lover. What did he mean?

I've always been fascinated with change; how we can adapt how we are to create something better, more powerful.

Following my last post on diversity I’ve been reflecting on how this translates into my day to day life as a leader at work. How does it change how I am, who I am?

A theme in my work over the last few years has been around diversity of thought. How it is bringing together different perspectives that creates space for better thinking. Because no one will ever see the world as I see it and I will never see the world as someone else sees it.