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Confidence is about recognising the unique skills and talents that you have and how you use them - intentionally and contextually. It's self-awareness coupled with an awareness of others. We interviewed Emma Sharpe, Legal Strategy at Takeda and Claire Debney, Legal Strategy at Shire as part of International Women's Day 2019. We wanted to understand the role confidence has pl...

Taylor Root is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2019. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Whilst we all know that gender parity within the workplace has improved over the past decades, we all also know that there is still a long way to go. We would like to join the discussion and be part of ...

I don’t play safe as I prefer the excitement and challenge of trying, even if I fail. We interviewed Sheila Fahy, PSL Counsel at Allen & Overy as part of International Women's Day 2019. We wanted to understand the role confidence has played in her career. How do you define confidence, particularly in the workplace? Confidence is an inner belief in your ability to attempt/ach...

It’s important to ‘feel the fear’ sometimes when you move to something outside of your comfort zone or not a ‘traditional’ route. Don’t always ‘go safe’. If nothing else, learn from it. We interviewed Ruth Daniels, General Counsel at Global as part of International Women's Day 2019. We wanted to understand the role confidence has played in her career. How do you define confi...

We interviewed Rupa Patel General Counsel, Exterion Media as part of International Women's Day 2019. We wanted to understand the role confidence has played in her career. How do you define confidence, particularly in the workplace? Confidence is a feeling you have inside. How we show confidence externally, is ensuring that we feel confident internally. I do this by using kno...

I find that immersing myself in doing the job and learning something new is an enormous help and confidence-builder. ​ We interviewed Jacqui Marshall, Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs at Sony Pictures Entertainment as part of International Women's Day 2019. We wanted to understand the role confidence has played in her career. How do you define confidence, particularly...