Let’s be honest: whenever someone suggests “workplace wellness,” the first thing executives think is, “That sounds expensive… so what’s the ROI?”

If you ever want to understand leadership, don’t just watch Ted Talks, watch animals. They’ve been refining leadership strategies for millions of years, long before we built corner offices, wrote KPIs, or invented the phrase “circle back.”

Women, as well as organizations, need to start working together to break it down. It's not just about fighting against the system, it's about changing our own narratives, embracing risk, demanding support, and, above all, trusting ourselves. When we collectively start rejecting self-doubt and stop waiting for the “perfect” moment, the glass ceiling won't just crack - it will shatter.

Breaking through the bamboo ceiling isn’t easy, but it’s more than worth the effort. Leaders who navigate this challenge have the power to reshape organizational cultures, redefine leadership, and inspire the next generation of diverse leaders.

We came to realize many many years ago that pay was not really a high item in the agenda as to why staff stayed or left a job… Sure we acknowledge that few people can go to work for no pay and that all employees have expenses outside of the office that means a certain level of base pay is required. However, exiting interviews from the 1980’s first identified that pay rate was not a really high factor in peoples’ decisions to leave a company. So why did people choose to stay