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 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 | 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...
by Norah | Aug 4, 2015 | Ability and Achievement, Career break, Career management, Empowerment, role modelling, Work life integration
Why mum’s decision to go back to work is great for the kids Over the years I’ve heard several women and quite a few men fuel the fire of motherhood guilt by claiming it is better for the child’s development and well-being that mums stay home and forfeit their careers...
