TCS Podcast Episode 34: Lead like a woman!
Welcome back to the TCS podcast! In episode 34 of the podcast, I'm starting a series on "leading like women". Here, I'm chatting about what characterizes women's leadership, and how to embrace it to lead authentically and powerfully. This podcast refers to...
Leading like women: Redefining leadership as working women
During a workshop I had the pleasure of leading on working with purpose, most of the women in the group listed the same or similar strengths. Among these, were innovation, creativity, effective crisis management, to cite just a few. As we looked at each other, we not...
Hyper-sensitive? How to turn your hyper-sensitivity into an asset at work
Do you get overwhelmed when you have a lot to do in a short amount of time? Do you feel the need to take breaks during busy days to get some relief? As a child, were you perceived as “shy”, sensitive or introverted by your famiy and friends? If you’re reading the...
Dear Working Mom, It’s OK not to be OK: Maternal Depression is Not a Weakness
Dear Working Mom, I know most days you have too much on your plate to think about your mental health! As you furiously work through your to-do list, lugging the kids from one appointment to the other, often not getting enough sleep as you make up for work and...
3 Ways People-pleasing Negatively Affects Your Career (and What to Do About It)
Do you have the tendency to put others’ needs before your own? Do you feel like in order to gain acceptance, approval and even love from others, you must bend over backwards for them? Or do you overly focus on others more than you do on yourself? If you’ve nodded...
Why Gender Inequality is Bad Business for Women’s Mental Health…
If you’ve ever experienced stress, anxiety or even depression from experiencing or being exposed to gender-based violence or discrimination, you’ve experienced some of the psychological effects of gender inequality. Indeed, gender Inequality is not only bad for...
Dear Working Mom, You Don’t Have to Get it Right
“Girls, I know it has not been easy as I have tried to navigate the challenges of juggling my career and motherhood. And I fully admit that I did not always get the balance right. But I hope that you have seen that with hard work, determination, and love, it can be...
The “She-Tax”: How tax policy is fueling gender bias
As you file your taxes every year, have you ever wondered if there is an element of gender bias embedded in the tax policy? As a Certified Public Accountant and a working woman and mom, I’ve often asked myself the question. And if you have, then you definitely are on...
TCS Podcast Episode 32: Spring cleaning time for gender equity at work!
In this episode, I discuss the world of work changing for working women and mothers with the advent of the pandemic and the numerous challenges it has brought on... Through this episode, we chat about how the workplace was not made with women and mothers in...
It’s Spring Cleaning Time for Gender Equity at Work…
Someone once said, in order to remove the dirt and unwanted substances from a rug, you have to shake it. So it is of society. It often takes a hard shake to first uncover, and then remove the deep inequities and inequalities plaguing our ways of life and work. To...