Women Who Lead

Women Who Lead

Hosted by: Ruth Penfold

This might be the world’s most obvious plot reveal, but it’s worth saying out loud. Workplaces are still dominated by systems and rules that reward the loudest voice in the room, the longest hours, and the toughest...

Episodes

Pancakes and Peacocks | Episode 42 | The power in collective autonomy with Kevin Goldsmith

Episode #42

Kevin Goldsmith is a brilliant human who has led engineering teams with some phenomenal organisations. He’s someone who intentionally builds his teams to try to craft an environment where humans truly thrive and I...
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Pancakes and Peacocks | Episode 41 | Why the way we do work isn't working with Steve Cadigan

Episode #41

To kick off season two,  I was delighted to host Steve Cadigan. Steve is an Author (of the brilliant Workquake), Speaker and Advisor on People, Culture and the future of work as we know it. When I first connected with...
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Pancakes and Peacocks | The Relaunch

Welcome back to Pancakes and Peacocks 🥞🦚2022 will see a little shift in focus for this podcast. The energy is still the same - to inspire people towards creating a life that feels truly joyful - but with the focus on...
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Pancakes and Peacocks | Episode 40 | Jeff Lester

Episode #40

Jeff Lester is a brilliant human living a life less ordinary. For the past six years he hasn’t spent time in one place for more than two months at a time. He also teaches yoga, and supports humans with courses that...
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Pancakes and Peacocks | Episode 39 | Nelio Rodrigues

Season #1 Episode #39

Nelio Rodrigues is a teacher of many, and has become part of the fabric of the Notting Hill community through his teaching of Capoeira. At a time where I was seeking belonging, he and his students offered me a place...
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#38: Pancakes and Peacocks | Episode 38 | Cait O'Riordan

Season #1

I count myself very fortunate to have met Cait O’Riordan on my career path (and life path). She has a big grown up job leading a lot of humans to do brilliant things as Chief Product and Information Officer at the FT,...
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#37: Pancakes and Peacocks | Episode 37 | David Kam

Season #1

David Kam is someone who I immediately became smitten with when I happened upon one of his yoga classes a few years ago. His commitment to his craft - currently one of inviting others to develop their holistic...
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#36: Pancakes and Peacocks | Episode 36 | Liz Whitney

Season #1

Liz Whitney is a leadership coach who adopts a mindset of total integrity and straightforwardness, and I love that about her. She shifted her career from one in the creative world a number of years ago, after...
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Pancakes and Peacocks | Episode 35 | Kaya Cansfield

Episode #35

Kaya Cansfield is a life force. Our energies connected in the dark when I first attended her spin classes at Psycle London after she made the leap from corporate life a few years ago (she's also since become both a...
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Pancakes and Peacocks | Episode 34 | Andrew Richardson

Episode #34

Andrew Richardson has become one of my most trusted advisors in the past few years. He recently started his own business with a couple of partners, Eka, a venture capital business focused on backing founders who are...
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Pancakes and Peacocks | Episode 33 | Alex Hersham

Episode #33

Alex Hersham is a brilliant human, he also happens to be CEO and Founder of Zencargo. We connected a couple of years ago and bonded over people geekery. He’s incredibly self aware and has been meticulous in assembling...
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Pancakes and Peacocks | Episode 32 | Melissa Coton

Episode #32

Melissa Coton is one of those magical humans whose energy dances, even when she is stationary. We met when we were both new yoga teachers, and she took the bold step a couple of years ago to leave her corporate job...
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