Want flexible working? You’re not alone

I recently wrote a cover piece for Financial Times Executive Appointments about the mismatch between rising demand for flexible hours/location and job vacancies advertised as flexible. Recruiters and managers are failing to keep up! The piece is available to read...

Welcome to my new site

Welcome to my updated and refreshed website. The old one did very well in withstanding  the test of time, but this new one is much more flexible, which is a good thing. As you’ll see, it has the same look about it, but with new features and lots of links, as well as...

Work? You can go your own way

There are as many ways to get work done as there are workers. Read my TCB Review column from spring 2014 about why it’s time companies did some joined-up thinking about the future of work and how to manage the new workforce.

The meaning of success

Society, as reflected by the media, measures success by celebrity status, wealth or power. But women leaders see it in rather different terms, according to a new survey. In particular, success for them is about staying true to your values whatever you do, and being in...

Time to watch our language!

Tomorrow’s Company, the London-based sustainability think-tank, recently surveyed around 200 people working in large organisations, chiefly in financial services, the legal profession, and utilities. It asked who was selected for promotion, whether the process was...

“She’s a girl, but she has brains”

Diversity is only as effective as the way we talk about it. The language we use can reflect long-held and often unconscious assumptions. We need to dust it off, examine it thoroughly and give it a makeover. My TCB Review article published in summer 2013....