7 leadership lessons from a fabulous role model
Posted on 24 September 2008.
Last week members of our group mentoring program Take the Lead were treated to perhaps the most content rich session we’ve had in the 12 months the program has been running: Avril Henry sharing leadership tips from her 30 year career spanning line management to senior executive roles to becoming one of the world’s foremost experts on […]
Posted in Blog0 Comments
The power and the passion of leading
Posted on 15 September 2008.
‘Power’ is an interesting concept. For me it conjures up many connotations, positive and negative. But mostly negative. I’m not sure why that is; perhaps it’s the many abuses of power I observed in my 15 years working in finance and consulting. One thing I know from the women’s forums I run is that most […]
Posted in Blog0 Comments
Social stigmas and stereotypes
Posted on 09 September 2008.
A couple of months ago I was participating in an interview with an academic from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management on the experiences of executive women. Kelvin, the interviewer, asked me whether as a woman leader, I’d experienced any social pressures or stereotypes that had impacted my decisions on parenting, work or both. Or […]
Posted in Blog0 Comments
What pushes your buttons?
Posted on 26 August 2008.
Last week my favorite newspaper column featured a story of how one bank is tackling its gender imbalance at the top. A head of diversity and inclusion has been appointed and a forum for 300 of the bank’s executive women was convened to signal a commitment to change the bank’s gender profile. Sounds like good […]
Posted in Uncategorized0 Comments
7 success strategies for advancing and retaining women
Posted on 19 August 2008.
Last week I chaired a conference in Melbourne on advancing and retaining women in firm. Amongst the line up of speakers were members of the accounting, legal, engineering, automotive and banking sector, all of whom spoke about the programs and initiatives they are running to assist in promoting diversity and developing their female talent. The […]
Posted in Uncategorized0 Comments
Little Wins for Working Women
Posted on 06 August 2008.
Have you ever felt like you’re juggling so many things you can’t possibly be doing a good job of any of them? In the women’s forums I run for organisations and community groups, this theme emerges every time. Women talk about the challenges they face being the significant minority in their leadership team; of personal […]
Posted in Uncategorized0 Comments