Grit In The Oyster

I talk with Professor Marianne Lewis Dean of Cass Business School London about her career as well as her work on paradoxes. Why we should embrace them and how.

In this episode, Penny talks to Christina Blacklaws, President of the Law Society, about her career and the challenges for women's advancement in a profession where most of the intake is female. Fabulous advice!

I talk to Professor Ronit Kark on her research around the paradoxes women leaders face in organisations and what strategies to deploy to move from a dilemma to a paradox mindset.

Diversity. Inclusion. Unconscious Bias. What it means and how to ensure it makes a difference in your organisation. l talk to Angela Peacock Chair of PDT - specialists in this field - who shares her experience and knowledge.

Penny chats with 19 year-old Alexia Hilbertidou, founder of GirlBoss New Zealand - its mission: to close the gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths, Entrepreneurship and Leadership - and to empower confident, resilient, future-ready, young women to lead and change the world.

Navigating careers and caring - making families and dual careers work. I talk to two senior female executives about their experience of families and careers where both Mum and Dad work. The challenges, the joys, the frustrations and lots of great insight and advice. With Jivan Dempsey and Kerry Simmons.

Three interviews in one episode as I speak to three experienced senior women leaders about their careers and what advice they would give to their younger selves. With Helen Sweeney, Patricia Taylor, Dotti Irving and Penny De Valk.

Penny chats with Avivah Wittenberg-Cox about career paths for women, why they are different and how to navigate them for both individuals and organisations.

Jill Flynn, author of Break Your Own Rules, and I discuss how to change our mindsets to accelerate our success as women leaders.

Penny de Valk speaks to world renowned leadership expert Sally Helgesen about her book, How Women Rise, exploring some of the habits that hold women back in their career and how to overcome them - from reluctance to promote themselves through to the perfection trap.

Penny speaks to Bonnie Marcus author of The Politics of Promotion about how to change your mindset and skillset around organisational politics as a critical leadership skill.

Moving from being a technical expert to a leader is a challenging transition. In this podcast I talk to Dr Belinda Board, about how to approach this move to ensure we bring our existing capability to bear, while also learning new and critical leadership skills.

Making flexible working work - for you and your organisation. Three high powered female executives, Natalie Walpole and Kerry Simmons and Uzma Hamid-Dizier, talk about how flexible working gives them the careers and the lives they want. And how to do it. Produced by The Podcast Company

Two executive coaches, Mary Gregory and Deena Gornick, share their insights gained from coaching women leaders - exploring both the challenges and the opportunities. Produced by The Podcast Company.

The power of a 'strengths' approach. An interview with Sally Bibb exploring why we should focus on our strengths and how to make them work for our leadership. Produced by The Podcast Company.