Writer, comedian and radio and television presenter Viv Groskop says women can be ambitious and climb to the top while at the same time helping others along the way and not losing their sense of self. 

Viv is the creator of the best-selling book and chart-topping podcast How to Own the Room, featuring guests like Hillary Clinton, Margaret Atwood, Sandi Toksvig, Nigella Lawson and Mary Portas. Now in its ninth series, the podcast has over half a million downloads, with its biggest ever audience numbers for Viv's two recent Masterclass episodes on How to Own the Zoom. In June 2020 she released the new podcast We Can Rebuild Her, a series of conversations recorded during the first lockdown exploring reinvention, resilience and change. Viv appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe for six years running and she has presented BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Review live from the Fringe. Lift As You Climb: Women, Ambition and How to Change the Story is her fifth book.