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Exploding the Myth of the Unlikeable Female Executive
When executive coaching women, we sometimes hear shades of concern from women wondering: – “Will I become less likeable as I grow in my career?” Many professional women fear that becoming more...
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The Holy Triumvirate: Why it Takes 3 Women on Boards to Make a Difference
Frequently, I meet women on boards who feel excluded from socialising and even from some decision-making discussions. The presence of just a single woman often means male colleagues notice her gender...
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Book Reviews on Killer Communication
There’s nothing worse than feeling like you haven’t been heard at work that’s why this month we’re focusing on three very different books to improve your workplace communication. Women are known for...
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Who’s Your Mama? Female Breadwinner and the Backlash from Male Fox Pundits
According to a new Pew Research Centre analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 4 in 10 US households with children under the age of 18, include mothers who are either the sole or primary source...
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Metric Based Succession Planning can get More Women on Boards
A company culture that embraces gender diversity manifests itself primarily in two areas – succession planning and measuring results to reinforce progress. Focussing on any single factor, while...
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Is Superwoman Global? Professional Women in India versus the West
Over last several decades, women have globally begun stepping out of their traditional ‘domestic’ roles and participating more in the public sphere. However, there has been little progress in the...
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Kim Perdikou of Juniper at the Saltire Foundation – From Paisley to Silicon...
Kim Perdikou, Exec VP of the Silicon Valley tech firm Juniper, recently led a discussion for the Saltire Foundation in an all-female roundtable. The afternoon was engaging, interactive and...
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Book reviews on Finding Balance as a Working Woman
As the summer holidays approach many working women will be struggling to balance their time between their career and their family. So I thought this month, I’d share some of my favourite books on a...
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Why Warren Buffet Thinks the Smart Money is on Women… and Men who Get on Board
When I work with Boards on how to do inclusive leadership better, I’m often met with one of two reactions. The first is that incorporating women is threatening when there are so few positions at the...
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What Sally Krawcheck Knows about Resilience
Last week I attended the We Own It Summit in London, about increasing women’s participation in high growth entrepreneurship. Sally Krawchek, who Fortune magazine called ‘The Last Honest Analyst’...
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To Quota or Not To Quota, that is the Question
I recently asked Helena Morrissey, CEO of Newton Investments and Founder of the 30% Club, what she felt should happen if the targets for women’s representation on FTSE100 Boards – 25% by 2015 go unmet....
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3 Reasons Young Men Know the Smart Money is on a Working Wife
As the progress of working women sweeps the globe, men are becoming more accepting of changing gender roles today. Today’s young men are not threatened by better educated and higher earning wives In...
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Helena Morrissey: Dragging Heels on D&I – What Message Sent to Investors?
Diversity – of thought, perspective skills and experience, is invaluable when it comes to making the right decisions. Helena Morrissey, CEO of Newton Investments and Founder of the 30% Club, talked in...
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Sharing Housework is Rare but Benefits Men
According to a newly published European Social Survey, men in Northern European countries whose female partners did most of the housework were more likely to experience conflict than those who took on...
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Book Reviews – Fiction for Female Breadwinners
If there is ever a month for slowing down and relaxing with a good book, it’s August. You may be on holiday, enjoying the extra daylight hours or things may be quieter at work. Wherever you get your...
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5 Top Tips for Working Mothers Travelling with Kids
With conferences, seminars and client meetings taking place all over the globe, professional women often have to travel to take their career forward. One European client of mine, brought her...
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Progress for Women on Boards Stalls
Women now account for 17 per cent of all board directorships in FTSE 100 companies a figure that has not shifted in the last year at all. This lack of progress over the last 18 months is dismal,...
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Man Vs Women or Growing Class Divide?
The on-going discussion on the rise of female earners is missing a main point. This isn’t just about women earning more than men; it’s about the widening gap between the wealthy and the working poor....
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Women on Boards – 3 Top Reasons It Changes the Atmosphere
Who hasn’t worked with a diabolical boss? It’s often said that people don’t leave companies, they leave bosses. Terrible managers have a trickle-down effect: they bring down the quality of employees’...
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Book Reviews; Favourite Feminist Classic Reads for Female Breadwinners
I thought this month, I’d share some of my favourite feminist classics that helped spark the revolution for modern women. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi. This...
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