Newsletters for Executive Women

Here you'll find our collection of leadership newsletters — thoughtful, practical insights written to support your growth as a woman in leadership.

Each edition offers guidance on real-world challenges, strategies you can apply immediately, and reflections designed to strengthen your confidence, clarity, and impact.

Browse the archive to revisit past editions or catch up on the ones you missed.
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Welcome to our newsletter library

Each edition is crafted to inspire, guide, and equip you for the realities of leadership.

Dive in to discover practical tools, reflective insights, and the kind of grounded wisdom that supports sustainable success.

How do I get them to back off?!

May 16, 2025 Hi, Karyn. I need some help with a very needy team member please. I feel like my boundaries are pretty good and communication in my team generally is great but this woman is driving me quietly nuts and I’m running out of strategies. Half the time she’s waiting for me in the…

How can I manage a crazy workload?

June 27, 2025 Hi, Karyn. I’ve been following your posts for a while and I know you write about burnout. I’m not there yet. But sometimes it feels like a real possibility. It doesn’t seem to matter how organised I am or how early I get started, sometimes I just can’t get on top of…

Is it fair to always accommodate working mums?

June 13, 2025 Karyn, help! I’m finding this situation tricky to handle, mainly because I can understand both sides of the conflict. I have a large mixed team although there’s a small majority of women. Coming up to school holidays I always start hearing the whingeing from single women about the mothers in the team:…

How to stop procrastinating and get #&%t done!

May 30, 2025 Dear Karyn I saw a post of yours a while ago about procrastination and I was sure I’d saved it but now I can’t find it. I know procrastination’s a pretty stupid thing to get stuck with and I’ve tried a range of different strategies. I really like ‘the one thing’ concept…

How do I battle the sexism? (#notallmen)

March 14, 2025 Hi Karyn, saw your feisty post about men not standing up to male violence. I work in a heavily male-dominated industry with some really terrific men (bosses, colleagues and clients). But still, stuff goes on and it’s as if they don’t even see it. If I acted, yelled or bullied the way…

Uh-oh. Is this a frying-pan-into-fire scenario?

February 28, 2025 Hi Karyn. As you know, I’m about to start a new role that I’m really excited about. It’s aligned with my values and will give me both the stretch and the recognition of my expertise I didn’t have in my old job as well as an opportunity to make a huge difference…

How do I step back without falling back?

October 11, 2024 Dear Karyn I know I’m burning out (thanks for your masterclass. I think!). I hear all your great advice about carving out time, negotiating more realistic expectations with my boss etc etc but honestly, how can I be sure doing all these things won’t just give him the message I’m not up…

READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR LEADERSHIP?

If you’ve found yourself nodding along as you read these newsletters — recognising your own challenges, frustrations, hopes, and ambitions — you’re not alone.

Executive women are carrying extraordinary responsibility while navigating pressures that traditional leadership programs don’t address.

Maybe you’ve felt the weight of high expectations, the exhaustion of being “the reliable one,” or the quiet ache of wondering if there’s more to leadership than pushing through.

These insights aren’t just ideas on a page. They’re the starting point for real, sustainable change.

If you're ready to develop your confidence, strengthen your leadership presence, navigate complexity with clarity, and build a career that feels authentic (not draining), personalised support is available.

You don’t have to figure this out on your own — and you weren’t meant to.

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