No More Hiding

How allyship is always a verb and allies do more with effective accountability with Teagan Robinson-Bell

Today we have a returning guest on the show because she's just brilliant and I could talk to her all day about DEI, gender equity and inclusive cultures because it's her speciality!

Teagan Robinson Bell has been Anchor’s Diversity and Inclusion Manager since 2021 and has been with the housing association for nearly 6 years. She has led Anchor’s inclusion agenda that supports colleagues with their career goals and personal development whilst being their authentic selves and supports residents to live lives that allow them to thrive in later life. Her ethos is that everyone’s voice should be heard and that cognitive diversity allows organisations to provide great places to work and provides the best outcomes for customers.

On the show today we are focusing on the importance of male allyship - the actual behaviour and difference that men can make in the workplace and beyond.  We chat about the things that can stop them doing more such as power imbalances in the workplace or this lack of self awareness about the privileges they hold. But ultimately if we can't focus on it being a moral obligation to challenge bias and discrimination - which we all hope would be the standard set, we can still link this to money and impacting the bottom line from a commercial point of view.  Listen in as Teagan shares some great advice and tips on how to deal with banter and how we can make sure that there is accountability for all allies especially those in more leadership positions. Let us know what you think and what you will be doing about it!

Connect with Teagan

• https://thefixpodcast.org/episodes/laura-bates-everyday-sexism-project/ | Laura Bates on her Everyday Sexism Project
• Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men | book by Caroline Criado Perez
• Women Don't Owe You Pretty | book by Florence Given
• We Should All Be Feminists | book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility and build more allies.

Get the White Paper > ‘Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women’s Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

LinkedIn: Business Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/no-more-hiding/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/gemmastow.bsky.social

How to address 'banter' in the workplace for a truly inclusive culture

Today we have Tim Hartley on the show.  With 20 years experience in the rail sector, Tim led the growth of GB Railfreight since 2020, as Business Development Director. He has had full P&L Accountability for the Intermodal market which has doubled in size during his tenure. He was accountable for growing revenue across the business by over 50%. Tim led sales activity across all market sectors.

He ran the HR function, Marketing, Public Affairs and Communication as well as Chairing the technology review group. Prior to joining GB Railfreight Tim had a career in Management Consultancy and has advised senior leaders in Rail and Infrastructure sectors around the world.

 Today we are talking to Tim about his thoughts and experiences on the importance of male allies particularly in more male dominated industries ; do boys clubs still exist and how do we really challenge banter in the workplace to ensure a truly inclusive culture - listen in and let us know what you think about our discussion today

Connect with Tim 

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Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility and build more allies.

Get the White Paper > ‘Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women’s Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

LinkedIn: Business Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/no-more-hiding/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/gemmastow.bsky.social

How being an ally can literally change lives 

Abbie is today’s guest and she is a communities and placemaking manager with 20 years of experience in social housing.  She is inspiring and passionate about supporting individuals and communities to thrive.  She uses this passion to support women both in and outside of Home Group Housing Association to realise their potential.  She hopes to widen the scope of the women's network to engage and support as many women as possible.

Today we talk about those allies that really made a game changing difference to her life and how this has helped shape her own leadership style. Let us know what you think.

Connect with Abbie

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Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility and build more allies.

Get the White Paper > ‘Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women’s Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

LinkedIn: Business Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/no-more-hiding/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/gemmastow.bsky.social

How building allies builds your inclusive culture

On today's episode we are chatting with the amazing Natalie Quilter. A diversity and inclusion specialist 

Natalie is an accomplished operations and inclusion leader within the housing sector, currently leading the G15s inclusion strategy. Motivated by her own mental health challenges and being a caregiver for her mother,  Natalie uses her lived experience and specialist knowledge to support employees both within the sector and beyond.

She partners with organisations ranging from small to global enterprises – delivering impactful talks and workshops on topics in the ED&I and wellbeing realm - specialising in supporting carers in the workplace. Natalie has also authored impactful case studies for the National Housing Federation, CMI and Carers UK, and earned recognition from Investors in People, Working Families, Reward Gateway and recently was named Unpaid Carers Ambassador of the year 2024.

Listen in to hear more about Natalie's own experiences of how allies have shaped her career progression and the powerful and often life changing impact that they can have on individuals.

Connect with Natalie 

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Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility and build more allies.

Get the White Paper > ‘Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women’s Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

LinkedIn: Business Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/no-more-hiding/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/gemmastow.bsky.social

How accountability is the best way to build male allies in the workplace

Today's guest as part of this allyship series is the incredible Josh Nesbitt.  Josh is a software engineer and technical leader based in the UK. He’s been working on the web for the last 19 years, and during that time, he’s worked with a wide range of clients, from indie start-ups to some of the largest organisations in the world. His work spans from hands-on projects building large platforms to leading some of the best-performing teams in the industry.

Alongside his work as a consultant, he also runs an internationally recognised conference called All Day Hey!, which brings people from all over the world to the heart of Leeds to learn, inspire and share stories. Which I can highly recommend attending!

We chat about why allyship is important, the threat to DEIB initiatives, calling BS on excuses, how to be a better one - and how to create a culture that makes it more accountable and less performative.

Listen to this fab conversation where Josh shares some great actions you can start taking today.  Let us know what you think.

Link to Josh's event we mention;

https://heypresents.com/conferences/2025

Link to connect with Josh;

https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-nesbitt/ 

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Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility and build more allies.

Get the White Paper > ‘Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women’s Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

LinkedIn: Business Page https://www.linkedin.com/company/no-more-hiding/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/gemmastow.bsky.social