Forbes magazine have said the most important leadership skill in 2023 is being ‘human’. However, what does this actually mean?

I have recently been coaching a group 6 women leaders in a global asset management company to explore what human leadership means for them.

Every management course I have attended has placed a strong emphasis on effective time management as being key to being productive: To be efficient, we are told, you need to maximise your time.

I tried this. I put in the hours, got my head down, managed my time well, but it still didn’t feel enough. I had no more time to give. After all, time is finite.

There is a dominant theme I speak to women about: letting go of self-doubt and making peace with being enough.

My inner critic created judgement, disapproval, and fear. Causing overwhelm, little joy and stress.

Happy International Women’s Day

On this celebrated day I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am Charlotte a thirty seven year old mum of two young girls; respectively five and one years old.

I would describe myself as an over thinker, recovering perfectionist, with an inner critic that has finally been silenced.