If we want women to feel safe, respected, and empowered within the workplace — we need to start young. Very young. The Fawcett Society’s recent article, Sex Ed Reform Must Tackle Misogyny Head-On, makes one thing crystal clear: the classroom is where the fight against misogyny must begin. Because right now, we’re failing girls. And we’re failing boys too. According
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KPMG are a proud advocate for supporting our colleagues throughout their careers. We have so many incredible women in our teams across the UK, so we wanted to take a moment to speak to Vicki Hollingdale, Senior Leader at KPMG in London, about her career with us. Vicki’s journey has taken her from a graduate position, to KPMG Australia, becoming
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As the Employment Rights Bill makes its way through Parliament, there’s a flicker of hope that real change might be coming for women in the workplace. Promising stronger maternity protections, flexible working from day one, and better conditions for those on zero-hours contracts, it’s being described as the “biggest upgrade to rights at work for a generation.” But will it
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How to Take Control of Your Career: Lessons from Tessa Grint Ever felt stuck in your job, unsure of how to move forward? Maybe you’ve been working towards a promotion you’re not even sure you want, or you feel like you’re constantly overlooked despite all the effort you put in. In this week’s Women Work Wellbeing podcast, I sat down
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Finding Balance: How to Shift from Doing to Being Life often feels like a never-ending to-do list, doesn’t it? From work demands to family responsibilities, we’re constantly doing—but how often do we just be? In this week’s Women, Work, Wellbeing podcast, I, Zoe explore the importance of finding balance in life and work between doing and being, why society rewards
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Finding Balance in a Busy World: The Art of Being vs. Doing Life can feel like a never-ending to-do list. Between work, family, and personal commitments, it’s easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of doing. But what if the key to a happier, more fulfilling life lies in simply being? Let’s explore how finding the balance between these two states
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Here’s Everything You Need to Know about the Gender Pay Gap + What You Can Do to Earn More Money The Gender Pay Gap Has Got Bigger – Here’s Everything You Need to Know + What You Can Do to Earn More Money It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Just when we thought we were making progress on closing the gender pay
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How to be Hyper Focused at work Are you constantly feeling overwhelmed, distracted, and struggling to check items off your to-do list? If so, it might be time to try a new approach – one focused on the power of “hyper focus.” Hyper focus is the ability to concentrate intensely on a single task for an extended period of time,
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Whether you work full or part time or you’re are a successful or aspiring entrepreneur, it’s all too easy to find yourself on the edge of burnout. As Zoe Haydn Jones, host of the Women Work Well-being podcast, so eloquently puts it, “our bodies are always whispering to us long before they scream.” In a recent episode, Zoe opened up
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Overturn overwhelm and improve decision-making Women can feel perpetually overwhelmed in life and career as we still take on the burden of the unpaid caring roles. However, between work deadlines, family responsibilities, and the endless stream of digital distractions, our minds are often racing a million miles a minute. But what if we told you there’s a simple practice that
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