No More Hiding

From Admin to Influential Leader: How Visibility Accelerates Internal Career Growth | Gail Pearson   As part of celebrating 10 years in business, I wanted this mini-series to reflect the full spectrum of women I've worked with — not just those I met years ago, but women I've worked with recently, where we can see just how quickly things can shift when someone decides to step forward. And that's ex...

You Don't Need to Be Perfect - The Power of Authentic Visibility | Catherine White   As part of celebrating 10 years in business and the incredible women I've had the privilege of working with, there was no way I could not invite Catherine White onto the podcast. And here's why. Catherine reached out to me back in 2019 when she was working in a housing association. At the time, most of my work was...

From Ambitious to Influential: A Real Visibility Career Story | Lucy Ndlovu I am so excited about today's episode. As part of celebrating 10 years of working with incredible women on their visibility, I knew there was one woman I absolutely had to bring back to the podcast — Lucy Ndlovu. Lucy is a strategic communications and engagement specialist, passionate about connecting policy, people and li...

How real women stop hiding to promote themselves and be more visible   Welcome to this very special mini-series for International Women's Day but not only that I am also celebrating 10 years in my business. Now, this one feels a bit special to me. Because over the next few episodes, you're not just going to hear from me - you're going to hear from some absolutely brilliant women I've had the privi...

How allyship is always a verb and allies do more with effective accountability with Teagan Robinson-Bell Today we have a returning guest on the show because she's just brilliant and I could talk to her all day about DEI, gender equity and inclusive cultures because it's her speciality! Teagan Robinson Bell has been Anchor's Diversity and Inclusion Manager since 2021 and has been with the housing a...

How to address 'banter' in the workplace for a truly inclusive culture Today we have Tim Hartley on the show.  With 20 years experience in the rail sector, Tim led the growth of GB Railfreight since 2020, as Business Development Director. He has had full P&L Accountability for the Intermodal market which has doubled in size during his tenure. He was accountable for growing revenue across the busin...

How being an ally can literally change lives    Abbie is today's guest and she is a communities and placemaking manager with 20 years of experience in social housing.  She is inspiring and passionate about supporting individuals and communities to thrive.  She uses this passion to support women both in and outside of Home Group Housing Association to realise their potential.  She hopes to widen th...

How building allies builds your inclusive culture   On today's episode we are chatting with the amazing Natalie Quilter. A diversity and inclusion specialist  Natalie is an accomplished operations and inclusion leader within the housing sector, currently leading the G15s inclusion strategy. Motivated by her own mental health challenges and being a caregiver for her mother,  Natalie uses her lived...

How accountability is the best way to build male allies in the workplace Today's guest as part of this allyship series is the incredible Josh Nesbitt.  Josh is a software engineer and technical leader based in the UK. He's been working on the web for the last 19 years, and during that time, he's worked with a wide range of clients, from indie start-ups to some of the largest organisations in the w...

Why I am talking more about men for this years International Women's Day.   In all transparency, last IWD I wasn't thrilled at the prospect of celebrating another day filled with purple balloons, cupcakes and being told to hug ourselves.  The whole thing was starting to make me cringe.  How will all this smash the patriarchy? Now this sounds crazy to you and me both because I know how important da...

  How to make sure women in midlife get the recognition they deserve with Nina Evison   Today we have our last but by no means least conversation with a fabulous woman to finish up this mini series all about the importance if visible leadership for women in housing and finishing off with a bang all about whether women in or approaching midlife and also the impact of menopause can affect visibility...

How do you know if you need a female focused leadership development programme with Alex Greenwood.   Today we are talking about those leadership development programmes that are designed to help high performers learn the skills and strategies to further their career and be the best leader they can be.  The main topic of this discussion today is whether we really need these types of programmes that...

How to make sure you have the best role models for an inclusive culture with Teagan Robinson   Today's episode with have the fab Teagan Robinson who has been Anchor's Diversity and Inclusion Manager since 2021 and has been with the housing association for nearly 6 years. She has led Anchor's inclusion agenda that supports colleagues with their career goals and personal development whilst being the...

How to authentically embrace visible leadership in the workplace with Sara Roxby (WDH)   Today's episode is part of the mini series we have focusing on the importance of visible leadership for women in housing. If you are tuning in and work in the housing sector and know that there are women in your organisation that would benefit from from by increasing their confidence with visibility, raising t...

Why visible leadership should be a priority for women in housing! Today I am letting you know about something exciting we have coming up - its a new mini series I have pulled together with some incredible guests.  Its been a while since I was in your ears and I am always so grateful to get messages of how people have only just found the podcast and are binge listening to my episodes - it blows me...

Why employees feeling safe to be themselves at work benefits companies too   Today on the show as part of our inclusion at work mini series we have the fabulous Ali Bowen , who describes herself as a wife, cat mother, holiday lover, hedgehog fosterer and general wildlife enthusiast…. She recently embraced country living and her role as a Sector Commercial Manager for VINCI Facilities funds all the...

How to be better and work towards full inclusion in the workplace   Today's guest is the fabulous Mulima Muyunda - who is the Race & Diversity Lead at South Yorkshire Housing Association. She oversees the delivery of their Race Action Plan, working in an intersectional way to support SYHA to deliver on their overall commitment to equality and Diversity. She specialises in driving change at a struc...

How Neurodiversity plays an important role at work and gives companies the edge   As part of our inclusion mini series I have an incredible woman on the show today - Laura or Loz Shallcross is on a mission  for more people to understand what it means to be Neurodiverse and to make workplaces more accessible. She is a Support Team Supervisor at WDH and has worked there since 2008. Loz has both Tour...

How companies need to recognise the importance of flexible working   On the show today we have an incredible inspiring woman and that is Isobel Gunn Brown.  Isobel is ACCA qualified and has over 30 years' experience in financial services. She is a Partner at Triple Point Investment Management and heads up the Fund Finance team acting as CFO for their Listed Funds with £2bn Assets Under Management....

How your company can and should make everyone feel recognised and included   I am back with an exciting mini series especially for Inclusion Week this year which runs from 25th Sept - 1st October.  The theme this year is all about Taking Action and Making Impact , a call to action for everyone in the organisations to do what they can to make a difference for and positive impact for their colleague...

How to celebrate IWD in the workplace - there is no excuse not to! #Takeaways The impact of supporting women in the workplace Results from my interactive workshops and group programmes Why companies should be celebrating IWD 2023 Ideas for the IWD celebrations   It has been great few months with incredible guests on the podcast and I wanted to say thanks so much to each and everyone of you for tun...

Why we still need to talk about ambitious women having it all?   I am very excited to have an incredible woman on the show who I met last year.  We got talking and well lets just say we didn't stop.  So many shared passions around career progression, gender and the intersectionality's that come with being a woman in work.  Roxann Dawson is a Business Assurance Director and influential senior leade...

How important is visibility and self promotion in education? Takeaways... How important is visibility for teachers? The potential of a positive impact on education With visibility comes opportunities for individuals and educational organisations and schools With everything that is going on right now and the teachers and public sector strikes we wanted to re-release this epic episode which focuses...

138. Re-Release - Time to Lean In Rather Than Backing Out with Lauren V Davies   Couldn't resist sharing this fab episode! It was absolutely amazing to have Lauren V Davis on the show... #Takeaways We chat about personal branding.  How important it is for others to see the real you. The importance of leaning in to opportunities. Having female role models to inspire us. Tips on how to make the most...

How your company is missing out if they don't have a women's network with guest Sam MacDonald We have a wonderful woman on the show today! But before I tell you about her, I wanted to start with International Women's Day we have something new and excited planned around this year's theme Embrace Equity. So, if you are intrigued, please get in touch and I could be delivering an awesome and very impo...