A few years into running TPC, I found myself back in a classroom. Not as the person leading the session, but as a student in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women programme, sitting alongside founders half my age, taking notes like it was my first job all over again. Part of me resisted it at first….

Somewhere in my forties, I did something that made a few people in my own circle raise an eyebrow. After spending most of my career in HR and executive search, I said yes to becoming Chief Commercial Officer of a power and hospitality solutions company. UPS systems, backup power, hotel GMs, none of it had…

A few years into executive search, I started noticing a pattern that had nothing to do with resumes or salary bands. Every time a client called me to replace a “non-performing” senior leader, I’d sit through the debrief and hear almost the same story. Smart person. Good track record on paper. But somehow, the team…

A few years ago, I left a stable, well paying corporate job to start something of my own with no safety net, no big brand name behind me, and no guarantee it would work. Everyone around me assumed I’d feel free the day I walked out. Free of a boss, free of targets set by…