Once you have tasted leadership at school “you can never weave that power out of me”. When 12 years old Isata achieved the impossible and lead a change to her school’s uniform life changed for her.Isata challenges leaders to think long and hard about thei

You have ancestors and you will be an ancestors. Hinemoa Elder encourages us to think through how your ancesters stories affect how you lead, after all “the you are living representation of your ancestors all the time” . She also suggests it’s a good idea

Food plays a crucial role in motherness according to Melissa. Whose food, leadership and motherness was a big feature of the women emerging expedition for the 24 women who explored for over a year to find ‘an approach to leadership that resonates with wom

Trauma impacts your sense of self, your emotional regulation, your cognition, your behaviours, your body and your relationships. As Ayesha Mian says every single one of these will have a direct impact on your leadership.It can be your own trauma and no on

The infinite game. Once you realise that it’s not about winning or loosing but about keeping on playing, then your leadership changes. Because collaboration becomes the only option. I spoke to Ana Luz Porzecanski about how nature has formed her essence as

Here Katrina Webb puts Sarah Henry and I right , the expression she always goes back to is “your body is your barometer” . Katrina tells us that we need to listen to it. Because it is so often right! She says she meets too many leaders who are intellectua

The spiritual - or rather the sacred as Aparna Uppaluri says - has always been a deeply powerful resource to women. After all in a world where there is little else to rely on it is not a surprise. In this episode Aparna tells us why the sacred is part of

‘An accidental leader’ this is how Folawe Omikunle describes herself. Avoiding leadership right through her education, jumping into jobs because she fell in love with their cause and blind to their leadership challenges, leadership was never on her agenda

Music was everywhere in Bellagio. Sung by all, composed by Anna Kuk , played by Katya Guryeva, shared by Hinemoa Elder and Ana Luz Porzecanski and Dr Ayesha Mian, danced to by Aparna Uppaluri.Why? Surely we were there for the serious business of capturing

women leaders need female friendships if they are to survive and thrive.