“Women just aren’t aggressive enough to make it to the top”. HBR article on the delicate art of being perfectly assertive
Posted on 24 July 2010.
Who hasn’t heard that before? Or how about the contradictory comments about female managers being too bossy or domineering? Assertiveness is a difficult skill to master. Who has sat quietly in a meeting feeling the discussion was missing something, and not spoken up? Or perhaps wildly overcompensated afterwards, either in the “I told you so” […]
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Women directors ‘will improve results’ – sphinxx SheEO Jen Dalitz quoted in The Daily Telegraph
Posted on 23 July 2010.
The Diversity Council has launched a campaign for organisations to be early adopters of the new ASX guidelines – as reported in The Daily Telegraph and News Limited syndicated papers today. sphinxx SheEO Jennifer Dalitz was called on to comment, and said businesses were doing themselves a disservice by not putting women into board positions. […]
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Brush up on your mentoring skills, for no cost and very good cause with the Smith Family Mentoring program
Posted on 23 July 2010.
If you are looking to practice or improve your mentoring skills, or to give back to the wider community then I can recommend the Smith Family Mentoring Program. It’s undeniable that mentoring is one of the make or break factors in a career. The right mentors can help you to accurately gauge your skills, and […]
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Is over-confidence all bad in a manager? Does it improve a CEO’s focus and investment on innovation? Findings here.
Posted on 22 July 2010.
Over-confidence sounds pretty bad to me. Perhaps because I know your confidence doesn’t see the results you expected, you feel so foolish. Or perhaps because I’ve seen managers turn solid progress into feeling like a failure by setting ambitious but ultimately unachieved goals. But this blog has some interesting findings on how over-confidence can actually improve […]
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MEDIA RELEASE: Work-life balance not priority for advancement of women – new sphinxx survey reveals
Posted on 21 July 2010.
MEDIA RELEASE: Work-life balance not priority for advancement of women – new sphinxx survey reveals: sphinxx (www.sphinxx.com.au), the network for senior women in business recently polled 264 women in mid to senior positions who attended the sphinxx Ascend events for women in leadership in order to determine the development needs and experiences of women in […]
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Are you more likely to leave a job if you get promoted? Can low self esteem cause you to quit a good job? Link to a great blog
Posted on 21 July 2010.
Getting a promotion, a raise or a large bonus can be such a rush, not to mentioned an often much deserved validation for all your hard work. But I found this blog that shares findings from the University of Texas, Psychology Department that had some interesting findings on the correlation between self-esteem and earnings. Check […]
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