The elephant in the room time and time again when it comes to work and promotions is maternity leave. We need to work with businesses so they work with women and make it easy and supportive for them to come back into the workplace.
Mary PortasI think we need to embrace feminism, we need to embrace all of the gifts women bring to the workplace.
Mary PortasI really, really do believe that the future of being successful in work is going to be about embracing all of those wonderful things women bring - empathy, collaboration, flexibility - all those wonderful feminine traits we've suppressed for too long.
Mary PortasThe more we talk about kindness in business, the more we'll break through the hard structures that have defined business and alienated women from getting to the top.
Mary Portas