Why is it that so many young girls and women do not see themselves in Science? Jean Fan (winner of the 2019 Inspiring Science Award) talks about the challenges facing women in a science career. Her experience of working with high school students demonstrated how many of them dismissed the idea of becoming scientists themselves….
I came to competitive cycling relatively late but I really enjoyed it especially in South Africa where there are a great set of really well organised competitive road races. I quickly decided I was going to try and be the best I could given the constraints of also juggling work and home responsibilities. Having got…
Johannesburg – Michelle le Roux, the legal counsel of Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan found herself at the centre of a trending issue on social media this week after Advocate Dali Mpofu, representing former Sars commissioner, Tom Moyane told her to “shut up”. While Le Roux has choses to remain silent on the outburst, scores…
What is the most challenging thing about being a working Mom? The balance of responsibility of being a mother and working. What’s the most important thing you teach your daughter? Independence and confidence to believe in herself to be anything she aspires to be and most importantly to have an education, to learn as she…
Habits are a method for achieving results, they can build you up or set you down. Many of us have struggled during the recent year to hold on to the things that keep us on track with our health and wellbeing. When our routines are interrupted building back those healthy habits can just seem too…
Boitshepo Gopane is a young South African woman, a twin, mother and an entrepreneur. I first met Boitshepo as part of an entrepreneurial sponsored programme in South Africa and I was lucky enough to be her coach for this journey. What makes her interesting and inspiring is her passion for sustainability and in this case…
As a personal trainer and business coach I’m often asked how I you stick to a fitness or training programme. I’ve been considering this with the start of 2022 when often new resolutions are formed and quickly fall by the wayside. I’m lucky as I love the feeling exercise gives me post workout and I…
Today, I’m defending what I do best… Multitasking Something I’ve always been good at twirling hoops on my feet whilst juggling countless other tasks of a vastly different nature. We are told of the numerous reasons multitasking is bad and ineffective reducing the quality of work and causing stress in the process. Well, today I…
There’s a common interest from many of my coachees in commercial businesses as to how they can effectively use Agile to improve just that within their organisations. My eyes landed on an article written by Amy Edmondson professor of leadership and management at Harvard Business School entitled Agility Hacks. It resonates in the way these…