by Norah | Feb 16, 2017 | Career management, Diversity, Empowerment, Female identity, Gender Gap in Leadership, Gender stereotyping, Leadership, Women Leaders, Work life integration
‘ It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognise, accept and celebrate those differences.’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author. Breekthrough Strategies was delighted to be commissioned by VicRoads to produce and publish Unfinished...
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 break, Career management, Empowerment, role modelling, Work life integration
Why mum’s decision to go back to work is great for the kids Over the years I’ve heard several women and quite a few men fuel the fire of motherhood guilt by claiming it is better for the child’s development and well-being that mums stay home and forfeit their careers...
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...
