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Launch of “Career Interrupted”

by Norah | Oct 18, 2015 | Career break, Career management, Diversity, Empowerment, Gender Gap in Leadership, Leadership, Merit, Optimising performance, role modelling, Women Leaders, Work life integration

Launch of Career Interrupted – How 14 Successful Women Navigate Career Breaks. What a night! On the 15th October Herbert Smith Freehills generously hosted the official launch of “Career Interrupted – How 14 Successful Women Navigate Career...

The Bystander Effect – the tyranny of doing nothing

by Norah | Sep 13, 2015 | Bullying and harassment, Culture, Discrimination, Diversity, Leadership

The Bystander Effect – the tyranny of doing nothing Earlier this week The Age published the findings of an independent survey by The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons on bullying and harassment. The report was commissioned after a senior surgeon, Gabrielle...

Nine Clever Quips to Combat Sexism at Work

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...

How merit based selection can sabotage your diversity strategy

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...
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Excerpts from Career Interrupted

Average superannuation balances of women are 42.1% lower than those of men

Excerpts from Sideways to the Top

Gender bias is about culture and an environment of inclusion ... I feel frustrated as a leader and dissatisfied with the progress we have made ... I know it’s a leadership issue and I know we don’t have the answers ~ David Thodey, Managing Director of Telstra, 2011 ~

Articles

How organisations can take their investments in new executives one step further

Why the best executives can derail?

Are women good leaders?

Why mindset counts in the success of an organisation?

Posts

  • Me and My Mentor Podcast Series
  • The Best Things to do When You’re Between Jobs
  • Four good reasons why you should take more notice of introverts
  • Unfinished Business – 11 Voices of Success at VicRoads
  • Meet Margie and how she encountered the post-truth world of the older worker
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