Womens Leadership

Life shrinks or expands according to one’s courage— Anais Nin I find this to be true. The above quote is also very much devoid of context. I coach primarily women, knowing that all women — and to the greatest extent BIPOC women — face structural disadvantages to upward mobility. …

The Circles bring together diverse leaders who are protecting forest, water and biodiversity health across Africa for collective learning and support. And incredible possibilities. We held our first Women’s Leadership Circle! 🎉 The Circles are part of our newly launched Center for Gender, Equity, and the Environment (CGEE). The CGEE’s…

I was honoured to speak at TEDxLondonWomen in February 2023 at Sadler’s Wells. More on the experience itself to follow soon, but in the meantime, here’s what I said… EDIT 08/03/23: The talk recording is now live! Have a watch and let me know what you think. (Be kind..!) …

Part I Becoming aware of She was never an ordinary woman. She lived her life in full from the very beginning. Even being a child she was capable of getting everyone’s attention by expressing her vivid inner beauty in simple songs or poems, clumsy dances, and amateur but joyous acting. As a child, she was…

When I first started coaching in 2019, I thought I would be a career coach helping millennial women advance in the workplace. I was going to help women get promoted! Lean in! Cultivate their authentic leadership style! Deal with imposter syndrome! …

An alternative take on women being told to not take things so personally — What do we even call this place we find ourselves? We used to say these were “interesting times” and used words like wild, unprecedented, and surprising. Then it moved to “disruptive” and we started to use words like rising, woke and allies. Now I hear us talk about “profoundly disturbing”…

Globally, women experience some of the harshest challenges in wartime and the climate crisis while simultaneously remaining caretakers to their families, communities, and the Earth. Zainab Salbi is a humanitarian, author and media host who has dedicated her life to empowering women on the frontlines in conflict zones and climate…

Recently, I posted an article explaining Collaborative Confidence, a term I coined and a method I use with the women leaders I coach. It’s also the subject of a women’s leadership book I’m writing due out in early 2023. Collaborative Confidence means, “I’m responsible for my own confidence and I’m…

The girlboss era is over, and that’s a good thing. But instead of rejecting ambition, what if we reoriented it? — One of the most vivid memories from my youth is the day I got my SAT scores. I had taken them as a junior, so I’d have time to repeat them if I wasn’t happy with the result. But as I stood in front of the mailbox and ripped open…