by Norah | Sep 11, 2015 | Career break, Diversity, Gender Gap in Leadership, Women Leaders, Work life integration
Nine Clever Quips To Combat Sexism At Work People may say shocking or inappropriate things that humiliate us intentionally or unintentionally and often we are lost of words. We may slink away or lose our cool, only to think of the perfect retort hours later. No...
by Norah | Aug 20, 2015 | Career break, Career management, Empowerment, Gender Gap in Leadership, Leadership, Optimising performance, role modelling, Women Leaders, Work life integration
“Career Interrupted” – Lessons Learned as a Woman Scientist Maggie’s story Marguerite Evans-Galea is one of a number of women pursuing research science as a profession. She graduated from The University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Music, a...
by Norah | Aug 4, 2015 | Ability and Achievement, Career management, Diversity, Gender Gap in Leadership, Merit, Women Leaders
Why merit based selection can sabotage your diversity strategy We hear from many employers that they hire or promote people based on merit. Presumably this means the best person gets the job. Really? Then why are women consistently overlooked for top leadership...
by Norah | Jan 29, 2015 | Ability and Achievement, Career management, Conflict resolution, Mediation, Optimising performance, Women Leaders
Hey Michelle, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore! You met Michelle in my December blog (“When coaching isn’t enough”). She is a young, high potential sales representative working for a large pharmaceutical company who loves her work and wants...
by bts_mobile | Aug 6, 2014 | Gender Gap in Leadership, Women Leaders
THE GENDER GAP IN LEADERSHIP – ARE WOMEN UP FOR IT? “I don’t think that in my lifetime there will be a woman Prime Minister.” – Margaret Thatcher (1971) – Prime Minister of Great Britain (1979 – 1990). This paper reviews contemporary research and...
by bts_mobile | Aug 6, 2014 | Gender Gap in Leadership, Women Leaders
WHAT LEADERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GENDER BIAS Do Women Lead Differently? In Oct 2012, our then Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, made her now famous “misogyny” speech, where she quoted Tony Abbott’s opening: “What if men are, by physiology and temperament, are more...
