I 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… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
I really, really do believe that the future of being successful in work is going to be about embracing all of those wonderful things… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
When you meet people at dinner parties, you'll ask what they do and it might be a woman who'll say: "Oh I used to… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
I don't want to be Sheryl Sandberg and 'Lean In', I don't want to lean in like a guy. I want to be more.… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
Balancing your ego is the most important thing, because success fuels ego - and that is not easy sometimes. When you're in the public… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
The elephant in the room time and time again when it comes to work and promotions is maternity leave. We need to work with… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
The more we talk about kindness in business, the more we'll break through the hard structures that have defined business and alienated women from… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
I think we need to embrace feminism, we need to embrace all of the gifts women bring to the workplace. — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
Success is a balance thing, it's about work and play together, so we need to work on how we embrace that. The conversation we… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
Because of the financial crash, we've lost trust in these big businesses that were led by a linear ambition to reach the top by… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
I have a responsibility to lots of people in my life. I have three children, I'm a wife, I have 60 staff and lots… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
When I first went on TV, to make you look like a successful woman you had to be ball-breaking. I remember looking at these… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
I get up because there is just so much out there and you just don't know what's going to happen, that's the great thing. — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
