Female leaders

For decades, leadership looked a certain way – decisive, assertive, unshakably stoic. Power meant control. Authority meant distance. Success meant sacrifice. But something is changing. Across boardrooms...

By the time January arrives, the decisions have already been made. While leadership teams focus on forecasts, budgets, and strategy decks, many senior female leaders use the year-end pause to...

Stepping into leadership for the first time can feel both exciting and unsettling. Suddenly, expectations rise, visibility increases, and self-doubt may quietly sneak in. Especially for women leaders...

Motherhood is one of the most life-changing transformations a woman can experience. It reshapes not only daily life, but also how you see yourself and the world around you. At its core, it is an...

Embark on the transformative journey of closing the gap between your current life and your aspirations. This article guides you through a process of self-assessment, debriefing your current state, and...

You can walk into a room with a decade of experience, a sharp strategy in your head, and your talking points polished to perfection… and still be misread in under a second. Not because you’re...

When Sadé was honoured as a Business Elite’s “40 Under 40” Honoree in Sydney, the recognition represented far more than entrepreneurial excellence. It celebrated a woman whose journey, from her Zimbabwean...

Leadership doesn’t always begin in conferences or corner offices. Mine began in a workshop and barefoot in a garden, watching my father craft blades from red-hot steel and my mother teach quiet lessons...

We’re well into the 4th quarter of the year, and if you work in high-pressure, ultra-competitive environments, stress is practically a job requirement now. You have to tighten all the loose bolts and...

Do you ever feel like you're racing from one achievement to the next without really seeing what you’ve accomplished? Another milestone checked. Another goal hit. Another project wrapped. But no pause...

If you've been there, you know the road to reinventing oneself is hardly a straight journey. It is a winding course for many women in business, especially for those who work in corporate environments...

You remember the moment, don't you? It might have been after the last meeting, closing the massive deal, a new client, or getting the promotion you spent five years chasing. You should have felt triumphant...

Loneliness is no longer just a private ache. In 2023, the World Health Organisation formally recognised loneliness as a pressing global health threat, one that impacts not only emotional wellbeing...

Leaders need off hours outlets but not off record risks. Every leader needs an outlet. The role is demanding, the pressure unrelenting, and the expectation to remain composed can feel isolating.

There is a quiet exhaustion that lives beneath the surface of so many women’s lives. It does not come from weakness or lack of ambition, it comes from caring too much, too often, for too many.

Turning fifty didn’t just feel like a milestone for me, it felt like a spiritual launch. This decade arrived like a divine announcement: “Daughter, the refining season is over. Step into the world and shine.”