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From Pluralistic India to Global Stages: Smita Tharoor on Building a Cross-Cultural Unconscious Bias Practice, Choosing Dialogue Over Hierarchy, and Leading Without Burning Out

Women Who Lead

From Pluralistic India to Global Stages: Smita Tharoor on Building a Cross-Cultural Unconscious Bias Practice, Choosing Dialogue Over Hierarchy, and Leading Without Burning Out

When Smita Tharoor arrived in London in the 1980s with a degree in English Literature and fluent English, she expected her confidence to translate. It didn't. The assumptions she encountered about her intelligence, her accent, and her right to belong planted seeds that would eventually grow into Tharoor
From "Cases" to People: Sinead Tingley on Leaving NHS Social Care to Build Serendipity Counselling York, Training Over 50 Counsellors, and Why Therapy Shouldn't Mean Burnout

Women Who Lead

From "Cases" to People: Sinead Tingley on Leaving NHS Social Care to Build Serendipity Counselling York, Training Over 50 Counsellors, and Why Therapy Shouldn't Mean Burnout

After over 15 years in social care, including experience with the NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Sinead Tingley made a decision that wasn't about walking away from meaningful work—it was about wanting to practice in a way that felt more ethical, relational and sustainable.
From First Hire at Precursor Ventures to Founding Symphonic Capital: Sydney Thomas on Raising $13.5M to Back the 99%, Creating the Black Women in VC List, and Why Early-Stage Founders Need to Get Real About Expectations

Women in VC

From First Hire at Precursor Ventures to Founding Symphonic Capital: Sydney Thomas on Raising $13.5M to Back the 99%, Creating the Black Women in VC List, and Why Early-Stage Founders Need to Get Real About Expectations

Sydney Thomas is the Founding General Partner of Symphonic Capital, a San Diego-based venture capital firm that raised $13.5 million for its debut fund to invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies "making life better for the 99%." But her path to launching her own
From Environmental Engineer to Founding Bick Law LLP: Kimberly Bick on Building a Women-Owned "Big Law Alternative," Navigating Post-Chevron Environmental Regulation, and Why She Became an "Accidental Entrepreneur"

Law

From Environmental Engineer to Founding Bick Law LLP: Kimberly Bick on Building a Women-Owned "Big Law Alternative," Navigating Post-Chevron Environmental Regulation, and Why She Became an "Accidental Entrepreneur"

Kimberly Bick is the founding and co-managing partner of Bick Law LLP, a Women-Owned Business Enterprise providing Fortune 500 clients with "Big Law" environmental expertise using flexible billing structures. But her path to founding Bick Law wasn't the result of careful planning. She describes
From Winning a Horse to 30+ Years Telling Agriculture's Story: Kenda Resler Friend on Founding KRF PR After Dow AgroSciences, Why "Everyone with a Smartphone Is a Reporter," and Building Her Third Storytelling Decade

Women Who Lead

From Winning a Horse to 30+ Years Telling Agriculture's Story: Kenda Resler Friend on Founding KRF PR After Dow AgroSciences, Why "Everyone with a Smartphone Is a Reporter," and Building Her Third Storytelling Decade

Kenda Resler Friend is the President and Founder of KRF Public Relations, an Indianapolis-based agency helping agricultural organizations, nonprofits, and businesses tell their stories. But her path to founding KRF PR in 2019 started with something unexpected: winning a free Quarter Horse named “Squirt” from Bob Evans Restaurants in
Two Daughters Take Over Their Fathers' IP Firm: Maja Modigh on the Generational Transition at Hansson Thyresson, Leading as an Engineer in IP Law, and Preserving Culture While Modernizing

Law

Two Daughters Take Over Their Fathers' IP Firm: Maja Modigh on the Generational Transition at Hansson Thyresson, Leading as an Engineer in IP Law, and Preserving Culture While Modernizing

Maja Modigh is the CEO of Hansson Thyresson AB, a full-service intellectual property law firm founded 30 years ago in Malmö, Sweden, by her father Anders Hansson (electronics engineer and patent attorney) and Lars Thyresson (attorney at law). About a year ago, Maja and Elsa Thyresson took over the
From 2 AM Talk Shows to VP of Operations at TrialX: Priya Menon on Producing 300+ CureTalks Episodes, Leading Global Operations at TrialX from India, and Why Patient Empowerment Drives Better Research

Women Who Lead

From 2 AM Talk Shows to VP of Operations at TrialX: Priya Menon on Producing 300+ CureTalks Episodes, Leading Global Operations at TrialX from India, and Why Patient Empowerment Drives Better Research

Priya Menon is Vice President of Operations at TrialX, a clinical research and space health informatics company, and Producer and Host of CureTalks, an online healthcare talk show platform where she's produced and hosted over 300 episodes on cancer research and medical breakthroughs for US audiences. But her
From Camden Council to MBE: Dr Shabnam Ahmed on Building School of Shabs, Pioneering Anti-Racism in Social Work, and Why Safety Isn't Universal

Women Who Lead

From Camden Council to MBE: Dr Shabnam Ahmed on Building School of Shabs, Pioneering Anti-Racism in Social Work, and Why Safety Isn't Universal

After 26 years shaping social work practice at Camden Council, Dr Shabnam Ahmed didn't just leave to start a business. She crystallized decades of frontline expertise, doctoral research, and anti-racist advocacy into School of Shabs, a training company reshaping how practitioners across England approach supervision, equity, and
From SĂŁo Paulo to Tampa to Founding Controller Works: Mariana Alvarez on Growing Up in a Family Business, Healing from Divorce While Building a Virtual Accounting Firm, and Why "I Understand When They Say 'I Barely Have Money to Make Payroll This Week'"

Accounting

From SĂŁo Paulo to Tampa to Founding Controller Works: Mariana Alvarez on Growing Up in a Family Business, Healing from Divorce While Building a Virtual Accounting Firm, and Why "I Understand When They Say 'I Barely Have Money to Make Payroll This Week'"

Mariana Alvarez, MSA, EA is the founder and CEO of Controller Works, a virtual outsourced accounting firm serving small to mid-size family-owned businesses in Tampa and beyond. But her path to building Controller Works came after enduring a challenging divorce that dismantled her family and forced her to
From Condé Nast to LoveReading and brave&bold: Deborah Maclaren on Building Two Purpose-Driven Businesses, Donating £100K+ in Books to UK Schools, and Why Purpose Is Your Competitive Advantage

Women Who Lead

From Condé Nast to LoveReading and brave&bold: Deborah Maclaren on Building Two Purpose-Driven Businesses, Donating £100K+ in Books to UK Schools, and Why Purpose Is Your Competitive Advantage

Deborah Maclaren is Chief Executive of LoveReading and LoveReading4Kids, and Co-Founder of brave&bold, a female-focused consultancy providing fractional expertise to organizations. But her path to building two purpose-driven businesses came after nearly three decades in media and publishing, where she started at Condé Nast, and
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