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 | Feb 9, 2017 | Career management, Diversity, Empowerment, Female identity, Leadership, Women Leaders, Work life integration
Margie had just received some news that would rock her world. After 25 years in one organisation, rising up through the ranks from a fledgling graduate to a senior executive, she was unexpectedly dismissed. Like a house built on poor foundations, she felt her career...
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...