BOOKS
Published Works
Bridging academic rigour and practical leadership, each book offers evidence-based strategies, first-hand research, and insights from global leaders that you can put into action immediately.
Take the Lead
How women leaders are driving success through innovation
Futureproof your Career
The essential guide to building an agile leadership approach in the 21st century
Championing Women Leaders
Beyond Sponsorship - accelerating women into leadership roles
Succession in Asian Family Firms
How migration shaped successive generations in South Asian family businesses
Take the Lead
How women leaders are driving success through innovation
Only 26% of leadership positions in business are occupied by women. This book explores how we can close this prevailing gender gap — offering practical strategies on how you can Take the Lead as a business leader.
Combining academic rigour with corporate expertise, this book features first-hand research and interviews with female leaders within global organisations to offer the strategies and insights that will propel you to success.
From managing conflict and building confidence to growing your network and shaping your career, Take the Lead offers the strategies and inspiration you need to boost your leadership skills and establish yourself as a successful and influential changemaker.
REVIEWS
A much-needed manual, mixing inspiration, wisdom and practical tips. Take the Lead is a vital book for any of us seeking to advance our careers, with courage and creativity - and without losing sight of ourselves and our values.
Isabel Berwick
Financial Times
A remarkable ode to women's empowerment, and it could not be more relevant today. This book is a call to action, an invitation to dare, an encouragement for change.
Jean-Paul Agon
Backed by rigorous research and insights from women leaders on six continents, this book offers practical advice to succeed in uncertain circumstances through creativity and self-reflection. An invaluable guide for aspiring leaders.
Leadership cannot rely on theory alone. It needs to translate into behaviour, decisions, and measurable impact inside organisations.
Futureproof Your Career
The essential guide to building an agile leadership approach in the 21st century
This book discusses the key elements you need to build an agile leadership approach to your career, with insights from global contributors on navigating the rapidly changing world of work.
- Have you considered what your career will look like in the next decade?
- How will emerging technology impact your role?
- How agile is your leadership in navigating uncertainty?
- How is re-skilling essential for your relevance and renewal?
These questions, and many more, are explored in depth, generating frameworks for how you shift gears in your career. With insights from global organisations including the Bank of England, Cisco, EY, Facebook, Google, Mattel, and UBS.
REVIEWS
An enjoyable and refreshing take on major trends and changes that leaders must successfully embrace if they are to ensure that they succeed in their career. This book provides thought-provoking insights, research and advice that all leaders should actively consider.
Helen Gordon
The authors set out a compelling vision for a more people-centred, impact-led approach to navigate the 'next normal'. So much in here resonated with me, and has been missing from other leadership books.
Gwen Hines
An inspiring and highly energising read which enables us to take stock of where we are, and where we want to go in our careers.
Championing Women Leaders
Beyond Sponsorship - accelerating women into leadership roles
Why is championing different from sponsorship — and how does it accelerate women into leadership roles?
Using a framework to explain the barriers facing women in the workplace, readers will have a better understanding of how leaders can champion women into leadership. With examples from leaders across the world and practical exercises, readers can put the knowledge into action — immediately.
REVIEWS
This is the book I wish I had had when young. The issues, the evidence and great actionable ways to move on, and great case studies. A book for my organisation and a book for my daughters. Indeed, the book for all of us women to read to take control of our own lives.
Professor Dame Sally C. Davies
I really welcome this timely book. We need to acknowledge that mentoring is not enough. To achieve a genuine shift in organisational behaviours we need women to break through in larger numbers, and faster. This book lays out the evidence as to why championing is a vital part of the process.
Dr Michelle Harrison
A can-do message. An accessible, positive shot-in-the-arm to those striking out on their chosen path, those who may temporarily have lost their way, and to those companies and organisations keen to harness the full potential of their combined workforce.
Succession in Asian Family Firms
How migration shaped successive generations in South Asian family businesses
This book examines the history and survival of family businesses in the South Asian Diaspora from an international perspective — exploring the forces that have shaped multi-generational businesses across cultures and continents.
- How has the experience of migration shaped successive generations in family firms from the Indian sub-continent?
- What role does community play in providing social capital for the growth and prosperity of businesses?
- How do family members navigate social and cultural challenges as generations integrate in new countries?
Drawing on the experiences of family businesses in the UK and Kenya, this book answers these questions and provides insights into successful multi-generational businesses — and the leadership decisions that sustain them.
Book Chapters
Gendering Emotions in Organizations
My chapter, co-authored with L. Martin, is titled "Love and duty: introducing emotions into family firms." It is published in the book Gendering Emotions in Organizations (edited by Patricia Lewis and Ruth Simpson), which was released by Palgrave Macmillan.
Time, Change and the Psychological Contract in Team Entrepreneurial Companies
I wrote Chapter 10: Formalizing Relationships? in Time, Change and the Psychological Contract in Team Entrepreneurial Companies by Lynn Martin, Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Charlotte Carey & Srikanth Susrani Reddy, published in the International Handbook of Entrepreneurship and HRM Edward Elgar Publishing
