by Norah | Jul 10, 2020 | Ability and Achievement, Career management, Diversity, Empowerment, Gender Gap in Leadership, Leadership, Optimising performance, Uncategorized, Women Leaders
I have some exciting news to share with you. During the COVID lock-down I put my time to good use creating a series of podcasts exploring some of my favourite chapters in my publication Me and My Mentor. You will hear me interviewing some extraordinary women and men...
by Norah | Mar 1, 2017 | Ability and Achievement, Coaching, Diversity, Leadership, Optimising performance, Personal development
Several years ago I went to one of those well-known health retreats in Queensland where one goes to detox and rejuvenate. I needed to get away from the daily grind, refresh and renew my energy levels. I spent the first couple of days rising at dawn, participating in a...
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 | 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 | Aug 20, 2015 | Career break, Career management, Empowerment, Gender Gap in Leadership, Leadership, Optimising performance, role modelling, Women Leaders, Work life integration
“Career Interrupted” – Lessons Learned as a Woman Scientist Maggie’s story Marguerite Evans-Galea is one of a number of women pursuing research science as a profession. She graduated from The University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Music, a...
by Norah | Aug 4, 2015 | Career break, Career management, Empowerment, Optimising performance, role modelling, Work life integration
Work-life balance — the impossible dream? Taking a career break is risky, whatever the reason. However, as some of the women profiled in the book Career Interrupted have experienced, returning after the birth of a child has its own unique challenges. Lucy Roland, was...
