Since the pandemic there has been far greater awareness of the importance of mental health. Dr Sue Shortland reports on some actions that can be taken to improve mental wellbeing.
Sarah Rozenthuler’s career journey has been marked by serendipitous opportunities and brave decisions and reveals the power of listening, humility, and embracing the unexpected.
Growing up in an island community surrounded by family and friends, Angela Fubler, founder and owner of Bermuda’s Chatmore British International School, enjoyed her own school years immensely. In particular, she has fond memories of the care and love that her teachers showed her and her fellow students.
Karoli Hindriks was born in Estonia which was occupied by Soviet Russia and still remembers the Russian tanks leaving her town when she was eight years old. The soldiers left behind a country that was impoverished, but eager for change.
This year’s BETT education show held in London drew over 35,000 visitors and honed in on the vast potential of AI, as well as risks and positive outcomes when we opt for a human-centred approach.
The world of artificial intelligence had a rude awakening over the winter. Towards the end of January, a Chinese chatbot interloper called DeepSeek popped up and within a week was causing convulsions in stock markets and the tech industry.
With a career spanning multiple continents and industries, forging alliances and working with trade unions and governments, Gill Gordon’s journey has been one of collaboration, negotiation and teamwork. From Paris to Berlin to the United States, each experience has shaped her leadership approach and fuelled her passion for driving change.
Dr Ama Onyerinma is a dynamic global leader and the founder of Allied Empowerment which provides a consultancy service for leadership and coaching for teams and individuals. and Live Abundantly!® a not-for-profit which focuses on education and employability, gender parity, social impact and justice to build socio-economic viability.
Irina Yakimenko, managing partner and co-owner of Intermark, an award-winning relocation consultancy, has years of experience working in international affairs and managing global businesses in locations across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and worldwide.
The negative stance taken towards DEI in the United States is currently headline news with President Trump’s actions to dismantle and remove all US government staffing dedicated to DEI initiatives.
Paradoxically, at a time when the anti-immigrant message of far-right groups - particularly in Europe and North America - is gaining unparalleled popularity among voters, a growing number of voices are insisting that global movement could be the only way to prevent economic collapse in the next decade or two.
Just 41% of global employers feel they are offering enough gender-specific support
Cynthia Renaud has risen to the very top of her profession through grit, determination, hard work. She has embraced the opportunities that arose and juggled police work in the 44th most populous city in America with single motherhood. Yet she never had a five-year plan or charted out a rigid career path.
At this year’s Think Global Women conference, Dr Sue Shortland spoke about three key issues relevant to understanding EDI issues and the implications for women. She focused on equity, inclusion, and horizontal and vertical segregation.
Elaine Hery, managing partner at Eres Relocation, never intended to start her own business. In fact, if life had gone to plan, she would probably be a marketing executive or in a senior leadership role at ICI, the British multinational chemical giant where she started her career. But life—and love—had other ideas.
Dr Patrizia Kokot-Blamey is a Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, and her research interests are in gender at work. In her current research, she seeks to better understand the experiences of women undergoing IVF while working. Her broader research interests focus on motherhood, breastfeeding and women’s bodies at work.