Have you heard the one about the woman driver?
A friend joked recently, via Facebook, about women and parking. My knee-jerk reaction surprised no-one who knows me; I issued an immediate challenge to a ‘reverse-off’ the next time we meet. Which I will naturally win. I have parked ambulances in London, stretch limos in Toronto and 18 wheeled tractor-trailers in Texas. So why am [...]
Do they know it is International Women’s Day?
I don’t know much about the history of International Women’s Day and I must say up until last year I had never so much as given it a second thought. So what happened last year? Well I got an unexpected call from a company called Prowse asking if I would join them and other women [...]
Real Networking doesn’t necessarily SHOUT
I had a whale of a time working with some seriously creative people who formed part of a business-to-business advertising agency back in the 90s. The guiding light of the company was the CEO, a delightfully ‘mad’ Finn who turned out to be one of the most frustrating, annoying, stretching and empowering employers I’ve ever [...]
Setting up on your own – it’s not as scary as I thought!
This is my first blog and I have found it difficult to choose a topic on which to write about, I know I won’t have much problem stopping once I’ve started – I can talk for England! But wanted to write something that would appeal to others and that I could draw on my own [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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