I have never been so excited to be boarding a plane. Last week I made my first international trip since Covid and it was an eye-opener in many ways. Landing down in Geneva in under two hours highlighted how small...

One of the unexpected pleasures of interviewing remotely has been the chance to glance at candidates’ bookcases. A recent recommendation was John Carreyrou’s Bad Blood, detailing the multi-billion-dollar Theranos...

Years ago, I was on the team of external advisors tasked with replacing the old guard at Sainsbury’s. I knew Sara Weller, who at the time was Co-Managing Director at Sainsbury’s and had a formidable...

For me, one of the compensations for not living by the sea is the theatres in London. In the years pre-Covid, I usually spent my weekends at one of the theatres or concert halls in the West End or beyond, and there has...

“No leader should be overly focused on today’s business – great leaders set their teams up to be successful today on the work they did years and months before, and look over the horizon to prepare for the...

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of catching up with Alison Hutchinson CBE, chief executive of Pennies. Even if you haven’t heard of Pennies yet, there’s a good chance you’ll have used its platform – the...

In July last year, a Manchester restaurant made headlines after receiving nearly 1,000 applications in 24 hours for a receptionist role. The pandemic had led to a scramble for work and the number of people looking for...

From profiling inspiring figures in this weekly column to placing forward-thinking leaders into career-defining roles, one of the many joys of my job is how regularly I get to celebrate and support women. This week, it...

I have always been fascinated by how a neighbourhood can define who you are and what you do with your life. A real generalisation I know, which probably therefore, means nothing. I have not done the research on...