Adventures of a Working Woman

Founder Alldens Lane I've have had a rich and diverse international career to date, starting out two decades ago in the UK working as an international development practitioner and a management consultant with an international consulting organisation. My career geographic focus has always been Africa, and I have worked in nearly 20 countries across the continent.

I am absolutely certain this is the moment for women to Take The Lead! And I am excited beyond words to be launching our first fully online women’s leadership certificate course starting October 2.

You see, no matter how great things are in any moment, they always change.
The better you are at changing and really embracing change, the easier it will be to get farther in life

I would love to leave a legacy of company that outlives me, a team of staff that have developed beyond their own perceived
potential and a world that is more financially savvy than when I entered it

As far as my career goes I have no regrets, I have taken every opportunity that was presented to me and move always forward. I don’t believe I could have done things at a slower pace; it’s just not in my nature as I am very passionate

I started Funky Goddess in 2011 and was featured on the Irish version of Dragons Den. As a solo parent I had no money to start up so I opted for an investor. Unfortunately after the program aired the investment didn’t materialize so I continued on, and kept using social media as my main marketing tool, jumping on any publicity opportunities I could get via radio and TV so I could get the business noticed!

When I reflect on my entire life I am stunned at how fast it has sped by, and I am amazed at how much I have been able to accomplish, including being a wife and mother of four talented, high responsible human beings. . I am humbled by the incredible number of brilliant, talented people that I’ve had the privilege to read about, work with, become acquainted with, and befriend. Most importantly, I am in awe of the amount of knowledge that exists in the universe, both known and not yet discovered. I am resolved to never stop learning, and my ultimate goal is to continue to improve myself, to help others, and to stay engaged in meaningful work……forever.

Over the years I have made several contributions to various business committees, working parties, European business forums, writing for trade journals etc; as well as chairing a large User Group which included blue chip organisations such as the BBC, Mercedes Benz, Motorola, BT and Shell UK.

While life for the working woman has improved dramatically in the last 40 years, there are still plenty of challenges we face in juggling work and family.

I have been an individual with many interests. The truth was not the fact that I could not focus on one thing, but I saw much excitement and fulfillment in life. I have always been passionate and I have always followed my heart. I always enjoyed thriving instead of just surviving.

In 1998 I formed my own IT Consulting company. My future was looking very bright and secure. By 2000, I was
earning a 6-figure income, working part time from home and life was wonderful.

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined." - Henry David Thoreau It took me years to realize I was an entrepreneur. I'm the daughter of Depression Era babies, who were very careful to color inside the lines and abide by society's rules.

My obstacles in the past were time, as I was raising my 3 children. My biggest obstacle now to being an entrepreneur is
working capital that would allow me to expand my business in a more timely manner with less stress.

We each have our own definition of success. The uber important thing is that we define that for ourselves. NOT
someone else’s definition...we must be sure it’s our own!

My role has gone through different phases here at ITV. Initially I was shaping and scoping the function, what our offering was going to be, what technology we were going to use and how we were going to communicate to our candidate market

Director, Legal Department ING Bank NV THE JOURNEY OF A LAWYER A new beginning? Mine is what you might describe as the life of a nomad: born in Russia, shuffled around a couple of other countries, to finally settle in yet another (where I graduated from school and attended university), only to uproot again for a move to London.

Hi, I am Sylvia Lafair, President of Creative Energy Options , Inc., White Haven, PA 18661 USA. I began my career as a family therapist and expected to follow this path, well, just about forever. I loved the action of working with that whole complex group of individuals who did not necessarily "choose" to be involved with each other, and yet there they are.

My name is Jone Bosworth and that is one of the questions I asked women in 36 U.S. States for my upcoming
book, The Flight Patterns of Superwomen. I’d love to hear your answer!
If you ask my family about my adventures as a working woman, they’d laugh and say, “Oh, Jone, she keeps
learning and learning--no telling what she’ll be when she grows up.”

My background has always been in business. I did my MBA in Marketing from the University of London. My father was
my early inspiration; he was an entrepreneur with his own international removal and freight forwarding business. When I
was very young; at six or seven, I started accompanying him on business trips. He attended business conferences annually,
each hosted in a different country. They lasted five days and he would take us in a big family group

My name is Paula Ruane, Bio Energetics Practitioner and run my own business based primarily on helping
the busy, working female of the species.
This is my third career – I have had many jobs and interests but my first business was an interior design
company in Chelsea. My husband, aged 35, had a heart bypass during that time when our 3 children were
under the age of 5 so I switched and trained as a mortgage broker and set up my second business.

I have been through a great deal of adversity in my life. I have lost a child, experienced domestic violence, been homeless twice (with children), been separated from my children and have had to start life all over again on re-locating to the UK. I
started my business with savings from benefits, and at one point, I couldn’t afford a desk, so I worked from my bed! I

I arrived at the place I am today by asking a question when I was 10 years old, why am I here on earth? This question led me
through a journey of self-exploration; discovering who I am and my purpose for being here. When I went to college at Boston
University School of Fine Arts I learned one of the most important lessons in life – make sure you love what you do

As I approach my 64th birthday, I realise my life and my career as a woman are just coming to fruition and expanding
to my fullest potential as a ‘silver veteran’. As I look back in order to assess my life, I feel young at heart and see a
future with hope and optimism. My life is opening up to new opportunities and new roles are unfolding. I wish now to
give back my wisdom to others.