Shifting the Needle

Former Team GB boxer and European gold medalist Lesley Sackey and founder of Fight Forward, talks about her journey to success which is a powerful testament to resilience, reinvention, and purpose. Lesley shared her unconventional path into boxing, discovering the sport in her twenties and quickly rising to elite level despite early setbacks. Through boxing, she developed a deep understanding of d...

What does leadership really look like inside one of the most high-pressure institutions in the country? In this episode, Neil Basu, a former Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations for the Metropolitan Police Service and national lead for Counter Terrorism Policing from 2018-2021 discusses his book 'Turmoil: 30 Years of Policing, Politics and Prejudice', sharing hard-earned lessons fr...

This episode, I am joined by Tamara Box, Partner at Reed Smith, where we explore the forces reshaping the legal profession: the backlash against DEI, the rise of AI, and how leadership programmes, working styles, and billable hours are shaping gender equity. We ask: are firms drawing hard lines, or compromising in the name of business? Please listen if you'd like to hear a conversation on where th...

Shifting the Needle is back! Our new episode is about ‘Rethinking Neurodiversity at Work’ with Madelaine Verchere, Data Strategy and Neurodiversity Community Co-Lead at EY.  In this episode, we unpack the eye-opening results of EY's Global Neuroinclusion at Work Study 2025, an exploration involving 2,000 neurodivergent and 500 neurotypical professionals that’s redefining what success can look...

In this episode of Shifting the Needle, Geraldine Gallacher speaks with Robert Baker, Founder and CEO of Potentia Talent Consulting which advises companies on becoming more diverse and inclusive. Robert is a long time campaigner for gender equality and is Vice Chair of European Women in Boards and a Trustee of UN Women UK. Robert is also part of men’s groups like the Healthy Masculinity Collective...

Isla Thomas, Head of the Carers Network at Deloitte sits down with ECC’s Geraldine Gallacher to chat about care responsibilities – the myths, the realities and what the new UK Carers Leave Act means for employee caregivers.

In this episode of Shifting the Needle, Geraldine Gallacher welcomes friend, colleague and Chair of City Women’s Network, Yvette Forrester to unearth some of the heart wrenching challenges facing those in the Sandwich Generatio n . This episode takes a more intimate direction as the pair discuss Yvette’s personal journey caring for her mother with dementia, raising her ill son and balancing her ca...

We're delighted to welcome Jennifer Petriglieri back to our Shifting the Needle podcast to move the conversation on from 'dual-career couples' in episode 4, onto why we need to rethink leadership development of executive women, how it's not about 'fixing the women', and why marginal flexibility is a good thing.

In this episode Geraldine chats with Jennifer Petriglieri about her book ‘Couples That Work’ and shares over a cup of coffee, some thoughts about dual-career couples. Jennifer has spent over a decade researching how people’s close relationships shape who they become professionally and personally and has also spent the past 6 years studying the lives of dual-career couples. Featuring Jennifer Petri...

In Episode 3 of Shifting the Needle, Geraldine Gallacher speaks with the founders of the global initiative called Inclusion Nudges, Tinna C. Nielsen and Lisa Kepinski to learn more about how we can all apply this in our daily work and lives.

Welcome to Episode 2 of Shifting the Needle, our new podcast presented by CEO & Master Coach Geraldine Gallacher aimed at D&I professionals who are working towards a more sustainable and equitable future. In this episode, we focus on an issue that has been front of mind at ECC over the last few weeks. How we work together to effect real change has always been important. However, following...

Welcome to Shifting the Needle, a podcast by the Executive Coaching Consultancy and presented by Geraldine Gallacher. Drawing on 26 years of executive coaching experience, Geraldine explores issues around diversity, equality and leadership and invites some fascinating thought leaders to participate in conversations and share their experiences who also work in the same space. This podcast is for Di...