by Christine Marlet | Aug 26, 2025 | All, Gender Equality, Women in Entrepreneurship, Women in Leadership
Last week, a conversation left me quietly unsettled. A fellow advocate for women’s empowerment voiced a perspective I’ve heard before—one that places the weight of progress squarely on women’s shoulders. “We’ve lost our grit,” she argued. “We’ve internalized society’s limits instead of fighting back.” Her words echoed a subtle but pervasive narrative: If women aren’t thriving, it’s because we aren’t trying hard enough.
At the same time, Michelle Weston’s powerful blog resonated deeply. She named the gaslighting many women feel as the “crisis of men” dominates headlines while female executives still battle for basic recognition. “Inclusion isn’t selective,” she reminds us. Yet the implication lingers: Should women step back so men can catch up?
by Christine Marlet | Aug 18, 2025 | All, Women in Entrepreneurship, Women in Leadership
What if I told you that getting dressed is one of your most strategic decisions?
Every day you make important decisions: About your team, your business, your time, your family….
But when was the last time you decided how you want to be seen? Not from the demand, not from the duty. But from purpose.
Because yes: dressing is also a strategic decision.
It’s not about fashion. It’s about Mindset & Purpose
by Christine Marlet | Jul 3, 2025 | All, Gender Equality, Women in Entrepreneurship, Women in Leadership
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.
by Christine Marlet | Apr 23, 2025 | All, Women in Entrepreneurship, Women in Leadership
The corporate playbook sold us a lie: that success is a straight line upward, measured in promotions and paychecks. But at 40+, you’ve earned the right to rewrite the rules. Midlife leadership isn’t about climbing – it’s about curating. Like a master gardener pruning an overgrown tree, you now discern which branches (roles, goals, relationships) bear fruit and which drain vitality.
by Christine Marlet | Mar 20, 2025 | All, Women in Entrepreneurship, Women in Leadership, Women Input in Digitalisation, Women Input in STEM
If there is an area in which innovations are inserted in the social sphere, it is the legal world. Three pioneers in Spanish law, Clara Campoamor (1888-1972) , Mercedes Formica (1916-2002) and María Telo (1915-2014), faced problems that had existed for centuries and introduced changes with the aim of eradicating them in a sustainable way in space and time, creating value for society, so it can be said that they were true social innovators.
by Christine Marlet | Mar 19, 2025 | All, Gender Equality, Women in Entrepreneurship, Women in Leadership, Women Input in Digitalisation, Women Input in STEM
The new study, ‘Women Founders in European Deep Tech Start-ups’ reveals that women founders in the field receive less total funding compared with men founders. According to the study, women
are underrepresented in deep tech start-ups, with less than one quarter (24%) of deep tech start-ups created in 2022 having at least one woman in the founding team. 7,165 start-ups founded since
2010 were analysed as part of the study using the Dealroom database (a global provider of data and intelligence on start-ups and tech ecosystems) across 37 European countries.
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