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In the final episode of this first series of The Rise of the Feminine we reflect on the topics discussed with guests, revisit highlights of the show, where more than 40 different experts provided wisdom and important insights informing our present and future. The main topic for the episode is the role of elders, primarily women elders. We will look at the significance of the older, wise women and the archetype of the grandmother and the contribution they have been making to the rise of the feminine. As we move away from patriarchy, the dominant culture of the last few thousand years, this show is interested in how we view women leaders who are older, and explore why we have such a problem with older women in society. With contributions from Gary Malkin, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Philippa Blackham and Janice Dolley.

Today we have five guests on our subject of motherhood exploring the cost of this to women, the lost opportunities and how a new narrative is being created about maternity leave and women returning to work. This is a great follow-on from previous conversations about the Feminisation of Business because achieving greater equality at the top of organisations is very much hampered by women leaving the talent pipeline that serves those executive positions. Taking time out for motherhood is obviously a key factor. My conversations will be with Prof Shelley Correll from the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford Universit: Indra Adnan of the Soft Power Network, a specialist in ‘new’ transformational politics, London: Andrea Vitullo, co-author of Maternity is the Master and CEO of Inspire, based in Milan, Italy: Dr Giorgia Arnaboldi, CEO Shell Germany: and finally Dr Kaouthar Darmoni, asst Professor of Gender and Media in the Netherlands.

Business is changing and if it isn’t, it seems to be in trouble. New priorities and new values are being embraced and with love, care, compassion, collaboration and valuing relationships all being embraced more widely. It really looks like the feminisation of business is starting to take place to the benefit of both men and women. Many speakers talked about a shift happening articulating how the system both needs and is ready for embracing a new version of capitalism in the 21st century, and with these new feminine values, women will be bringing more answers and providing much more important leadership. This episode of The Rise of the Feminine is a continuation of my report from the WIN Conference and we are looking at “The Feminisation of Capitalism”. With guests Kristin Engvig, Geraldine Bown,Avivah Wittenberg Cox and Raj Sisodia, I discuss workplace of the future and how feminisation will be able to fulfill the needs of these spaces.

The ancient city of Rome, now led by its first female mayor, just played host to the WIN conference, Women's International Networking, where nearly 800 women gathered from all corners of the globe. Founder Kristin Envig chose this year's theme as “Leading the Way with Beauty, Connection and Confidence”, providing 30 plus workshops and plenaries that were both inspiring and nourishing for the women executives attending. This is part one of a 2-show special report where I speak with some of the world's leading experts in future forecasting as we look ahead to how work is being transformed and the role women need to play. Speakers Keith Coats from TomorrowToday and Nigel Nicholson, London Business School, discuss how women are better equipped to lead in this new era. Susan Schachterie and Dr Kaouthor Darmoni encourage women to use all their feminine insights and wisdom, and tap into their physical feminine intelligence to bring the woman's touch to their leadership.

Just as women are finding empowerment and thriving in an era of increasing leadership by women, men are using the rise of the feminine to explore their own masculinity which for many has become out-dated and restrictive. Whether it's via coaching or men's groups, men are finding ways to understand and express themselves. Is this easier for younger generations or different cultures? This week's guests are Man Whisperer Kenny Mammarella D'Cruz reporting that men are no less frustrated at being able to find the right partner than women are. American in Paris, David Brower, reflects on how French culture brings a different masculinity to French men: and Nick Haines, founder of the Vitality Test, deconstructs his role as a father to three sons, preparing them for a new world of more open self-expression.

In the early teen years, girls are at their most impressionable age with their self identity least formed. They are very affected by messages coming from mainstream media including magazines and movies, and particularly social media via the Internet. Today our focus is this period of time when girls are most influenced by others. The Rise of the Feminine is interested in the journey that we each make as individual girls and women to the point where we wake up and we realise we have power, we have a voice and we can determine our own life path. There comes a point in a girl’s or woman's life when she understands the power she has to influence the world. In this episode of I will be discussing teenage girls and the influences that affect their self-esteem. My guests are Jane Kenyon the founder of Girls Out Loud, Sheila Single Editor in Chief of Honore Magazine, Paris and Kate Byrne, co-founder of Global Girl Media.

The world moves forward, society advances but are we getting any better at relationships, one of our most basic needs? This week we talked to one of the UK's top relationship and intimacy coaches, Susie Heath, looking at how vulnerable long-term relationships can become when big shifts happen in family life. When the last child moves out, a couple can be left behind to find a way forward in an empty nest. Our next guest, Renee Piane, reports from America sharing her quarter century experience as one of the countries leading dating coaches about the trend for women to spend two decades trying to be Wonderwoman then realising that they are 40, successful and still single. Finally, media ecologist Jack Myers takes our one-woman slot this week. Looking at the under 30 age group and the unique challenges, and opportunities, for this for the younger, millennial generation. His quest to find out what’s happening for boys resulted in his recently published book called The Future of Men.

This week’s episode covers the topic of Feminine Wisdom. We're going to look at the difference that women can bring when they participate in the workplace and anywhere that we can be fully represented. We also look at other environments where we can bring our wisdom and contribute what is different about the way we see the world. My first guest is Karen Wilhelm Buckley, who has been a champion for decades in the conversation of bringing feminine wisdom to corporate life. Next I talk to Betty Ann Heggie, a member of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women Hall of Fame - she’ll present our Country Report. My third guest is leadership coach Nyali Muir. She’ll talk about her coaching in feminine wisdom and how her own experience, of walking her talk and living her life in trust brought her the opportunity to coach the Kenyan Olympic team.

This week we look at Gender Economics and women's contribution to society: the key role of international policy-making organisations like the UN in making change happen for women: plus the need for more women policy makers. In our Country Report, we meet Madelein Mkunu in South Africa where we hear that women's contribution to the continent is so much more about buildings than it is about bangles and beads. Her organisation, Leading Women of Africa has developed an empowering platform that showcases and promotes women-owned businesses that are pitching to be part of creating new infrastructure. She is opening doors for women to play a bigger game and make their visions become reality, through her investment fund, and other initiatives. Finally our One Woman feature is on grandmother and retired guesthouse owner, Valerie Humphreys. She returned from an adventure holiday with an unexpected project - sponsoring a penniless porter in Uganda in his quest to be a medical doctor.

This week, on The Rise of the Feminine, soft power is at the centre of the conversation with the first guest, soft power expert and consultant, Indra Adnan. She gives her take on the subject and her thoughts on the purpose it serves in today’s world. In the Country Report, Gina talks with the founder of the WIN Conference, Kristin Engvig. She gives insight into the female experience in Norway. Norway is not only listed in the Top 12 of the soft power lead table, it’s also made great strides in female leadership and gender equality. This makes Norway a great source of inspiration and information. The final guest on this show is Phyllis SantaMaria, a woman who’s had a wonderful career working with communities in different parts of the world, starting in Guatemala and Kenya. Gina and Phyllis discuss the impact she has made and how her work from decades ago continues to inspire and empower women today.

In this episode we examine what our first guest speaker, Scilla Elworthy, a three time Nobel Peace Prize nominee says the media has not yet caught on to; a feminine intelligence, that is being expressed in new thinking and countless initiatives being taken up by women all around the world. We'll hear a report about Femme Q, the first summit on feminine intelligence that was held in Berlin this summer, and attended by Gina Lazenby. Here she met business leader Bernard Plecher who speaks about how his sleepless nights were cured when he put aside his old masculine controlling way of running his company and took inspiration from women's heart centered approach to business. Our third guest is a veteran business lobbyist who gives an insider's report on how Chancellor Angela Merkel operates day-to-day.

This episode is a special feature on the Global Woman Summit -London July 30-31- where Gina Lazenby engages with four speakers from the event. First, Gina discusses its importance with Summit founder Mirela Sula then she hears about the feminine way to run what is seen as a highly masculine business - a motorcycle scrap yard - with owner Helen Walbey. Next is a discussion of the 'Ask the Men' Panel with panellist Joe St Clair on changing masculinity and finally, Keynote speaker Prof Ervin Laszlo summarises the new paradigm the world needs and the essential role women will play. The 2 days of thought-provoking talks were headlined by Nobel Peace prize nominee Prof Laszlo who spoke of the transformation needed in the world with a movement away from the typically masculine world of 'everyone out for himself' to a global-woman led future where women everywhere are putting to work their natural disposition to care, communicate and to create family, not just local, but a global family.

In this very first episode Gina Lazenby engages with three experts in Feminine leadership. First, Gina talks to Sydney based Dr David Paul, discussing a wave of feminine leadership sweeping the world, echoed by the recent appointment of Theresa May to the Prime Minister post in the UK. In the second part of the episode, the Country Report, Gina talks to Rúna Magnusdottir who has had special insight into Iceland’s contribution to the feminine leadership conversation. In the final part, Gina talks with local chapter leader of The Women’s Equality Party in Harrogate, Yorkshire.