We would expect that a better education translates into more career opportunities. Yet the numbers in Europe reveal a starkly different reality. While 46% of women complete higher education compared to only 35% of men , this achievement does not translate into leadership positions. Currently, only about 30% of senior management roles are held by women , leading us to wonder: Where do all these educated women go?
The most damaging barriers to female leadership aren’t written in policy manuals—they’re embedded in the invisible networks that determine who gets the breakthrough projects. After nearly 20 years coaching female executives and watching talented women plateau despite exceptional performance, I’ve seen how informal gatekeeping systems operate with surgical precision to limit women’s access to the opportunities that create leaders.
A few years ago, I typed a simple question into Google: How to be a great husband. What I discovered through that one Google search was more than I expected. It launched a journey. I connected with leading thinkers, therapists, financial planners, and relationship experts. They didn’t just give me answers. They gave me frameworks, language, and permission to grow into a better version of myself—not just for my wife, but for our family.
Becoming a mother is a profound personal transition — and a deeply professional one too.
Returning to work after having a child isn’t just about logistics or time management. It’s a full identity shift that reshapes how we see ourselves, how we lead, and what kind of impact we want to make.
This transition has a name: matrescence — a transformative life stage, just like adolescence,
While 70% of female students show strong interest in STEM, nearly half doubt their own abilities and over a third fear skepticism from others. A new report by Walbrook Institute London (formerly LIBF) reveals that over two thirds (72%) of young women in the UK still don’t feel like they have enough knowledge to study a degree in computer science or IT – with a mere 28% believing that they do.
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