by Norah | Aug 4, 2015 | Ability and Achievement, Career management, Diversity, Gender Gap in Leadership, Merit, Women Leaders
Why merit based selection can sabotage your diversity strategy We hear from many employers that they hire or promote people based on merit. Presumably this means the best person gets the job. Really? Then why are women consistently overlooked for top leadership...
by bts_mobile | Aug 6, 2014 | Gender Gap in Leadership, Women Leaders
THE GENDER GAP IN LEADERSHIP – ARE WOMEN UP FOR IT? “I don’t think that in my lifetime there will be a woman Prime Minister.” – Margaret Thatcher (1971) – Prime Minister of Great Britain (1979 – 1990). This paper reviews contemporary research and...
by bts_mobile | Aug 6, 2014 | Gender Gap in Leadership, Women Leaders
WHAT LEADERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GENDER BIAS Do Women Lead Differently? In Oct 2012, our then Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, made her now famous “misogyny” speech, where she quoted Tony Abbott’s opening: “What if men are, by physiology and temperament, are more...
