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… — 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 work but I'm only a housewife now." They'll put down what they've achieved, like raising kids. You want to say to people "well you're just a wonderful human, just because I have my gob on the… — Mary Portas Copy Share
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
