by Norah | Apr 18, 2016 | Ability and Achievement, Career management, Empowerment, Female identity, Optimising performance, Personal development, role modelling, Women Leaders, Work life integration
“We are not meant to be perfect. We’re meant to be whole.” Jane Fonda. We have all come across the perfect stereotypical mum or career woman. Perhaps she is the perfect stay-at-home mum you meet at the school gate, as you drop your child off, hurried and late as usual...
by Norah | Feb 19, 2016 | Career management, Diversity, Female identity, Gender Gap in Leadership, Gender stereotyping, Leadership, Women Leaders
Flexible work hours don’t work for men – welcome to a mother’s world! Bain & Company recently published findings of its joint report with Chief Executive Women that women are more likely to benefit from flexible work arrangements than men, who are less likely to...
by Norah | Feb 8, 2016 | Ability and Achievement, Diversity, Empowerment, Female identity, Gender stereotyping, Neuroleadership, Personal development, role modelling
Barbie’s had a make-over – does it really matter? It is the 1960s. I am six years old and have just put my Barbie dolls away very carefully in their box, like a good, obedient and satisfied little girl. Today, I may not recognise my old Barbies. I have got so many...
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...
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...
