Lisa Thibodeau

In our culture of “Top 30 under 30” and “20-something disruptors,” it’s easy to internalize the idea that success has an expiry date. But Helen Hirsh Spence is living pro…

I remember the day I got the message that made my stomach drop.  A former colleague reached out asking if my partner and I were still together. Instantly I knew some…

If you have successfully secured a corporate board seat, the next step in your journey is to take on a leadership role within the board. However, just like in your profes…

In March 2024, during a girls’ weekend in California, Deb Thon noticed something unusual: spotting. It was light. Inconsistent. Barely enough to be sure it was happening …

When my kids were very young, I spent three hours a day commuting to work. By the time I arrived home, I was exhausted. But the day was far from over. I rushed to pick th…

For Charity Williams, the dream of standing on an Olympic podium didn’t start on the rugby field – it started on the gymnastics mat. As a child, she envisioned herself fl…

I’ve worked in more than one environment where the hardest dynamics weren’t with men, but with other women. Women who saw other women as competition. Women who undermined instead of collaborated. Women who treated another woman’s success as a threat.

My focus was on the kind of leadership the world tends to recognize – the kind that comes with a title and an office. Getting more women into those spaces mattered. It still does. However, it is only part of the picture. My work with CARE Canada showed me another part of a much larger picture.