Getting heard in meetings
Meetings are key forums for making your influence felt and establishing yourself as a leader (potential or current). Yet women and people of other underrepresented groups often struggle to be […]
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Career & leadership
Wisdom from experience female and diverse leaders on reach your career potential and taking an inclusive approach.
How to ensure your strategy has 'implementation muscle'
When is a strategy considered successful? Imagine having paid to visit an art gallery and you are greeted by a few rooms full of well-below standard works. Accompanying each of […]
How to overcome blockers in the workplace
Blockers in the workplace are challenging, frustrating and draining! Dealing with “blockers” in the workplace is a pervasive challenge, causing considerable frustration among professionals. According to UGM’s Personal Influence at […]
Fiona Hathorn's Top Tips for Career Success
Fiona Hathorn, our co-founder and CEO, shares her advice on realising your career goals – based on global research findings, combined with her personal experience building a successful career in […]
Your Career Map
Building a successful career is something that rarely ‘just happens’. Proactive and life-long career management is a key factor to success – particularly for those from under-represented groups. Our Career […]
Are You a Leader or a Manager?
Do you understand how to think strategically, oversee change and/or manage a diverse team innovatively and collaboratively? Fiona Hathorn, our co-founder and MD, considers leadership & management and how both […]
How to ask for a pay rise
Equal Pay Day signifies the day in the year that women effectively stop earning, relative to men. Or put another way, in comparison to the average man on a full-time […]
Navigating a crisis need not compromise quality
Article by Fiona Hathorn, CEO and co-founder Women on Boards network Why the Covid-19 crisis could lead to enhanced decision-making We all had to react and adapt fast as the […]
Securing a Board Position - 5 simple Steps
Finding a board appointment that suits your interests, skills and geography takes patience, determination and effort. Women on Boards is here to help. Our focus is to encourage, inspire and […]
Think 'BlockBusters', Not Snakes & Ladders
Making decisions in uncertain times. Julie and Malcolm are both Women on Boards’ Ambassadors and deliver our Getting to the C-Suite Leadership programme Based on a webinar with Julie Ashworth […]
How to bring strategic thinking in to your organisation
Fiona Hathorn, CEO of Women on Boards UK, shares her thoughts on how to bring strategic thinking into your organisation – whether you’re a non-executive director or a senior leader. […]
How Can Women Make the Transition to Leadership?
Julie Ashworth, CEO of Broadreach leadership consultancy and Women on Boards Ambassador. For years there has been talk of a ‘glass ceiling’ for women, where they are not reaching the […]