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The Strategic LeaderS4 09 Why are there still so few women in senior leadership? with Geraldine GallacherIf you’re wondering why the number of women in senior roles remains low despite all the progress we think we’ve made, this episode unpacks what’s really going on beneath the surface.We talk to Geraldine Gallacher - CEO, coach, author and president of the City Women’s Network - about the deep-rooted systems that continue to hold women back in leadership. She shares her wealth of knowledge, and explains the causes she sees as key to understand and address - systemic bias, cultural norms and unspoken expectations.We explore how leadership still tends to...
2025-09-0235 min
Shifting the NeedleReframing Power, Risk, and Influence in the Legal SectorThis episode, I am joined by Tamara Box, Partner at Reed Smith, where we explore the forces reshaping the legal profession: the backlash against DEI, the rise of AI, and how leadership programmes, working styles, and billable hours are shaping gender equity.We ask: are firms drawing hard lines, or compromising in the name of business?Please listen if you'd like to hear a conversation on where the profession is heading, and what it will take to lead with both principle and impact. Host: Geraldine GallacherProducer: Holly A...
2025-09-011h 01
Shifting the NeedleRethinking Neurodiversity at Work | Shifting the NeedleShifting the Needle is back! Our new episode is about ‘Rethinking Neurodiversity at Work’ with Madelaine Verchere, Data Strategy and Neurodiversity Community Co-Lead at EY. In this episode, we unpack the eye-opening results of EY's Global Neuroinclusion at Work Study 2025, an exploration involving 2,000 neurodivergent and 500 neurotypical professionals that’s redefining what success can look like in today’s workplace. With 1 in 5 of being neurodiverse, this episode highlights why inclusion isn’t optional, it’s essential.If you're a leader who wants to unlock the full potential of your team, this episode is a must listen. Learn how to t...
2025-07-1430 min
Shifting the NeedleAllyship - What's in it for the men? Robert Baker & Geraldine GallacherIn this episode of Shifting the Needle, Geraldine Gallacher speaks with Robert Baker, Founder and CEO of Potentia Talent Consulting which advises companies on becoming more diverse and inclusive. Robert is a long time campaigner for gender equality and is Vice Chair of European Women in Boards and a Trustee of UN Women UK. Robert is also part of men’s groups like the Healthy Masculinity Collective which explore the issues that men face and discuss how men can be better allies and partners for women and all underrepresented groups.
2024-05-3132 minShifting the NeedleSupporting Working Carers with Isla Thomas, Head of the Carers Network at DeloitteIsla Thomas, Head of the Carers Network at Deloitte sits down with ECC’s Geraldine Gallacher to chat about care responsibilities – the myths, the realities and what the new UK Carers Leave Act means for employee caregivers.
2024-02-1429 minShifting the NeedleThe Sandwich Generation with Yvette ForresterIn this episode of Shifting the Needle, Geraldine Gallacher welcomes friend, colleague and Chair of City Women’s Network, Yvette Forrester to unearth some of the heart wrenching challenges facing those in the Sandwich Generation. This episode takes a more intimate direction as the pair discuss Yvette’s personal journey caring for her mother with dementia, raising her ill son and balancing her career with her divorce. Yvette hopes her story will be a light to others going through similar caring, professional and personal challenges.
2023-11-0133 min
The AC PodcastCoaching Women for Systemic Change Welcome to our new podcast series: Coaching Women. In this episode, our host, Dr Julie Scanlon is joined by Geraldine Gallacher, CEO of the Executive Coaching Consultancy and author of "Coaching Women: Changing the System, Not the Person." They discuss coaching women in the context of advancing systemic change and achieving gender equality. Geraldine shares her experiences in coaching women and highlights the challenges they face, particularly in relation to motherhood, career progression and leadership roles. She reiterates her belief that it is about fixing the system, not the person, by providing coaching interventions earlier i...
2023-08-1448 min
The Business of Being BrilliantS3 E7 'Changing the system' with Geraldine GallacherI talk with Geraldine Gallacher, CEO of the Executive Coaching Consultancy, about her own career, her new book Coaching Women: Changing the system not the person, and how our outdated office cultures need to catch up with today’s workplace policies. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com.
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2022-10-3036 minShifting the NeedleWhy we need to rethink leadership development of executive women with Jennifer PetriglieriWe're delighted to welcome Jennifer Petriglieri back to our Shifting the Needle podcast to move the conversation on from 'dual-career couples' in episode 4, onto why we need to rethink leadership development of executive women, how it's not about 'fixing the women', and why marginal flexibility is a good thing.
2021-07-2124 minShifting the NeedleSharing thoughts about dual-career couples with author Jennifer PetriglieriIn this episode Geraldine chats with Jennifer Petriglieri about her book ‘Couples That Work’ and shares over a cup of coffee, some thoughts about dual-career couples. Jennifer has spent over a decade researching how people’s close relationships shape who they become professionally and personally and has also spent the past 6 years studying the lives of dual-career couples.
Featuring Jennifer Petriglieri who is an Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD and the author of Couples That Work, a book about how working couples can thrive in their relationship and careers. She is an expert in the leader...
2021-03-2928 minShifting the NeedleInclusion Nudges with Tinna C. Nielsen and Lisa KepinskiIn Episode 3 of Shifting the Needle, Geraldine Gallacher speaks with the founders of the global initiative called Inclusion Nudges, Tinna C. Nielsen and Lisa Kepinski to learn more about how we can all apply this in our daily work and lives.
2020-11-0553 min
Shifting the NeedleIn conversation with executive coaches Sam Akinluyi, Jane Storer and Jessica Rogers around inclusivity &raceWelcome to Episode 2 of Shifting the Needle, our new podcast presented by CEO & Master Coach Geraldine Gallacher aimed at D&I professionals who are working towards a more sustainable and equitable future. In this episode, we focus on an issue that has been front of mind at ECC over the last few weeks. How we work together to effect real change has always been important. However, following recent events, we have seen the focus on diversity and inclusivity, particularly around the topic of race, significantly rise up the agenda. In this episode, Geraldine speaks to three members of our...
2020-07-2440 min
Shifting the NeedleFlexing leadership styles with Harriet MinterWelcome to Shifting the Needle, a podcast by the Executive Coaching Consultancy and presented by Geraldine Gallacher. Drawing on 26 years of executive coaching experience, Geraldine explores issues around diversity, equality and leadership and invites some fascinating thought leaders to participate in conversations and share their experiences who also work in the same space. This podcast is for Diversity & Inclusion leaders who are dedicated to shifting the needle, working towards a more sustainable and equitable future.
In this episode, Geraldine is joined by Harriet Minter, journalist, broadcaster and coach specialising in female leadership, to discuss some of the a...
2020-06-2335 min
WorkLife StoriesFlexible Working and #change4goodGeraldine Gallacher, the CEO of The Executive Coaching Consultancy talks to us about her #change4good campaign. The global pandemic of COVID-19 has forced a remote working experiment on the largest scale, and like us Geraldine hopes that a positive outcome of this terrible time might be a growth in acceptance of flexible working. Geraldine explores the feedback she hears from working parents in response to her campaign and her views on the opportunities and risks presented by the current situation for real, long term change in corporate working cultures.
2020-05-1817 min