Blog - Madeline McQueen

Lifestyle / 03 June 2026

Five Questions That Change Everything

I’ve been coaching women in leadership ranging from Director to C-Suite for a long time now. Over 200 sessions analysed, patterns noticed, and patterns confirmed. Across all of it, what I know to be true is that transformation rarely comes from a framework, a model, or a five-step plan. It comes from a question that […]

Lifestyle / 07 May 2026

The Women Who Burned Her

She told me the truth in our session, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it. She said, “Madeline, I’m not very good with the whole women’s empowerment thing. I never really had it for myself.” This is a woman who’s spent twenty-five years in senior corporate roles. She’s been promoted, head-hunted, and trusted with multi-million-pound […]

Lifestyle / Work / 28 April 2026

Reclaim Your Direction: On Visibility, Shrinking, and Getting Back in the Room

Somewhere along the line, I shrunk myself. That’s why I’ve been thinking so much about visibility and reclaiming our direction. Working on myself and putting myself in rooms that help me grow and stretch my thinking is super important to me, which is why I joined the amazing Denise Nurse in The Scale Room, a […]

Lifestyle / 11 April 2026

When You Choose Your Leadership Growth First

30 women stayed the course. These women are all leaders in a global advertising company, all finding their way through what can feel like treacle. These are women who decided that they were worth the time investment to work on themselves. Believe me, they are women who are run ragged with constant demands on their […]

Lifestyle / 08 March 2026

She’d Been Waiting for Permission Her Whole Career.

She came to me because she’d been watching me for over a year. Watching my content. Reading my posts. Listening to my talks. She told me later that she’d started a message to me at least three times and deleted it every time, because she wasn’t sure she deserved the help. I want you to […]

Lifestyle / 02 March 2026

They Said It Was Progress. Then They Took It Back.

I remember the conversations in 2020. Every single organisation I was working with suddenly wanted to talk about women. About inclusion. About equity. About “doing better.” There were town halls. There were pledges. There were budgets appearing from nowhere for women’s networks and leadership programmes and keynotes about the gender pay gap. I was getting […]

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