Averil’s 11 tips for being a ‘strong woman’ published in ELLE UK Magazine.
Being a strong woman at work is something many of Averil’s clients find potentially challenging. Here, Averil shares practical tips for women to be more confident in the workplace which will help them in becoming more confident leaders.
Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910)
“I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.” Florence Nightingale was the first woman nurse and the founder of modern nursing. Today, ninety percent of people working in nursing are female (NMC, 2008), but when Florence was born in 1820,...
Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012)
“The future of the world relies on the education of women, and by appointing them as leaders”. Born in Turin in 1909, Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurologist of Jewish origins who received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1986. After finishing her studies, she...
Dita Von Teese (1972 -)
The innate struggle of so many women is to be recognized for their assets and not their ‘Assets’. Yet here I am, someone who has always railed against the male inability to see past breasts, admitting that I am truly, madly in love with Dita Von Teese. Yes, she uses...Ann Daniels
I was delighted to meet Ann Daniels recently. She looked fantastic in purple dress and matching high heels, in contrast to her normal working outfits on the ice. We were both shocked to discover hours had passed while we were talking. My only concern about telling her...
Teresa Graham CBE
It is with great delight that we present to you our next inspirational Wonderful Woman – Teresa Graham CBE, who will take up the position of Chair of the Women of the Year organisation in January 2011. Teresa is also possibly the best networker we have ever...
Cleopatra VII Philopator (69BC – 30BC)
Cleopatra, immortalized by Shakespeare, a lover of great men, an iconic ruler in her own right. She was the last person to rule Egypt as a Pharaoh, originally in unison with her father and then her brothers, until she eventually cemented her personal rule through her...
Claire Smith
Non Exec Director for Mott MacDonald, a firm she considers to be ‘ethical, decent, highly professional, quietly improving lives worldwide through transforming infrastructure and services. Claire retired early from the Diplomatic Service in 2007, having joined in 1979,...
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913 – 2005)
“The cup of endurance runs over, and the human personality cries out, ‘I can take it no longer’ “ (Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., 1958). December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus and a series of events is put into action...
Orlando – A Biography (Woolf)
If there’s anyone you can rely on to have created a character worth noting, it’s Virginia Woolf, and in Orlando we are not disappointed. This character transcends gender, genre and time, and goes through life experiencing it to the full, in a way the rest of us can...