Get What You Want

#006 Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith former CEO of Mitie Group PLC, Conservative life peer.

The first and only Asian female chief executive of a FTSE 250 company. Ruby McGregor-Smith is as driven and ambitious as they come.   

Ruby’s views on gender diversity in management have been widely reported in the press, She urges companies to select managers based on talent alone, and asserts that support and flexibility for new mothers is the key to gender equality on the boards of large firms.

In this podcast Ruby explains just what it took to excel as a female business leader and be a mum. Ruby shares her advice to help you excel and why moving jobs could be the best thing for your career.

This interview was recorded at the House of Parliament, London

You’re ambitious and want to be successful, but is it enough to succeed? 

Being a woman in business you will know it has its extra challenges, so just how do you rise above, deal with challenges head on and start to make a difference for ourselves and others? 

Just how can you get what you want and have it all?

Baroness Karren Brady CBE knows first hand just what it takes to be successful. 

Join Karren Brady every week as she sits down with some of the UK’s top female leaders and entrepreneurs as they share their story.