How My Daughter Gave Me a Sense of Belonging, and Changed My Life
Content warning: This article discusses suicide, grief, and trauma. I didn’t grow up dreaming of leadership. I grew up dreaming of safety. By 18, I’d already lost my only parent and faced homelessness. I knew what it meant to survive. What I didn’t yet know was what it felt like to belong. I was born […]
“You Can’t Just Give Someone a Job Because They’re Poor”? Funny…That’s How It’s Worked for the Rich for Generations!
“You can’t just give someone a job because they’re poor.” Can’t you? Because for decades, jobs in government, law, finance etc have gone to people whose dad played golf with the hiring manager. Whose uncles “knew someone”. Who were always in the right room at the right time. No one called that discrimination, it was […]
The £30k hire or the £10k investment? Most leaders know the answer. Most systems make it impossible.
Would you rather spend £30k on an external hire, or £10k to develop someone already in your business? 95% of I asked said they’d prefer to develop and promote people internally. I expected 100% to be honest. And yet I’ve been part of enough conversations and I suspect you have too, to know that when […]