I’m often asked whether funding or a pre-approved budget is necessary to run a successful women’s program. My short answer to this question is “yes”, and this is some of my reasoning: I’m sure you’ve all seen in your organisations or even in the community around you that those programs with the highest perceived value […]
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Do you need funding for a women’s program in your business?
Posted on 10 July 2008.
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Is it OK to show some emotion?
Posted on 08 July 2008.
Fiona Smith of the AFR writes today that “it’s OK to show some emotion”. This might be the case for men, but in my experience quite the opposite is true of women in the workplace. It’s true – emotion is becoming part of the authenticity of our leaders. As long as they are men. While a man who […]
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Keeping up appearances
Posted on 11 June 2008.
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned that when I’m not writing the SheEO blog, I’m also a farmer. True! So I’m writing this blog from the farm where I’m spending a few day away from the hustle and bustle. Partly because I’ve been off crook, partly because I’m adoring a new set of twin lambs born on […]
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Women entrepreneurs the key to economic success
Posted on 10 June 2008.
Economists have long believed that the least productive societies are those in which women are denied opportunities to join the workforce. In underdeveloped countries, women typically go without the most basic tools needed to earn a living: education, training and access to capital. Yet there is abundant evidence linking economic progress with empowered women. A […]
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“Nearly one-half of companies had no females among their executive committee members”
Posted on 06 June 2008.
The Corporate Responsibility Offer (CRO) has has a feature on a new report on C-suite turnover. IMD International Search & Consulting’s report, “The Changing Face at the Top,” looked at the changing demographics of the “C-Suite” (the Chairman/CEO and executive management team) of the Global 2000 and other influential companies throughout the world. Increases in senior management […]
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No man is an island. Nor is any woman.
Posted on 05 June 2008.
“No man is an island, entire of itself…” (John Donne, 1572-1631) And nor is any woman. Yet I see so many businesswomen trying to go it alone. Carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders. Not relying on anyone else, so she can’t be disappointed. Working twice as hard as the men around her, […]
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