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Another Small Win Against the Gender Pay Gap
With the passing of the Equal Pay Amendment Bill on 23 July 2020 New Zealanders working in female-dense professions will have a clearer pathway for pay equity. It is another step towards addressing systemic…
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Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit, Who Gets Ahead, What Gets Done?
People have different conversational styles, influenced by the part of the country they grew up in, their ethnic backgrounds and those of their parents, their age, class, gender and so on. Deborah Tannen, is…
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Another Reason Why Women Need Pockets
I distinctly remember one day, turning up at a meeting with meeting paperwork, tablet and phone, piled in one hand; coffee, swipe-card, and pen in the other hand; water bottle wedged under my elbow;…
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Want to be Like a Boss in Meetings? Follow the Girl Guides’ Motto and ‘Be Prepared’
I used my Swiss army knife twice today. I bought it over 20 years ago and I love it. It’s so versatile. I was never a Scout though, but my father and daughters were.…
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Resistance to Change is a Myth
Change is afoot. There is a lot being written these days about the impact of Covid19 on changing the way we do business. But what of the human component of change. We can easily…
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The Great ‘Nice Girl’ Hoax
I was sitting around an outdoor firepit on a still night with two of my favourite women this weekend and we were talking. We talked about how being duped when we were young into…
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How to Have Both a Partner and Career Ambition
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, in her HBR article “If You Can’t Find a Spouse Who Supports Your Career, Stay Single”, states that professionally ambitious women really only have two options when it comes to their personal…
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Seven Things to Consider When Leading Through Change
People responsible for planning and implementing change often forget that while the first task of change management is to understand the destination and how to get there, the first task of transition management is…
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Doing Your Best and Being a Mess
I want to promote ‘close enough is good enough’, ‘good enough is good enough’, permission over perfection. The shift to a virtual working world (for those privileged enough to be able to do their…
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