Still a Man's World?

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I have a female shiba inu who has just turned 20 months and had her first season. So interesting to observe male dogs behaviour around her especially those who hadn't been neutered. I couldn't help but compare it to meetings I have had where…

Being Strategically Selfless

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My best friend got me a book on female friendship for my birthday last year (along with a t-shirt that says 'Happy Christmas from Nakatomi Plaza' which together tell you all you need to know about our friendship!) This book is an anthology…

Everyone Can Accelerate Action

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This article first appeared on International Women's Day 2025 published by PLMR - https://plmr.co.uk/2025/03/everyone-can-accelerate-action/ Sarah Windrum is the Head of Cluster Development at MIRA Tech Park in north Warwickshire and…

Protecting My Strengths

I have always been interested in using and applying sports psychology techniques to my own experience and in particular I have often found myself looking at boxing. One of my favourite quotes is Mike Tyson’s famous “Everyone has a plan,…
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Leading Strategic Change

In this assignment I am tasked with discussing how I propose to lead strategic change. The obvious role for me to use as context for this is the company I founded, but I hope to be able to understand how to apply the same learning to organisations…
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Inspirational Dependency in Leadership

When I began the Strategic Leadership course I was conscious that as the Co-Founder and CEO of my organisation, my strengths and weaknesses as an individual were embedded in our company culture. Work with the team and an external consultant…

Interview: Mental Health & Small Business

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I was privileged to take part in an interview on BBC's national radio show Wake up to Money in January 2020 on mental health in the workplace. This was directly following a Deloitte report that highlighted the £40 billion cost to business per…
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Leading Through Uncertainty

In the Leading Through Uncertainty podcast, Jude Jennison interviews leaders from a variety of organisations on their experience of leading disruptive change, the challenges they have faced and how they overcome them. Episode 51: "Sarah…

Valuing The Jack of All Trades

I was dating a guy recently who is an electrical engineer. He came out of school in the mid-1990s and joined a YTS programme as a few of my friends did in the later ‘90s. He learnt a trade and now he’s self-employed and works predominantly…

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