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 thinking that we had equal opportunities…
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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 partners - a super-supportive partner or…
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 to convince people to leave home.…
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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 job online, if they have a…
How learning about transitions can help get through lockdown: Seven things you can do
Change is situational: a new ‘office’, new processes, new policies. Transition is the psychological process people go through to come to terms with new situations. Change is external. Transition is internal. Most people around the world are in the middle…
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Three ideas to connect with, and own, your personal power.
I wore one of my favourite (and expensive, designer brand) dresses to present a workshop a couple of years ago. A participant commented casually, at the airport later that evening that they liked it and asked where I got it.…
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The history of the ‘silencing’ of women and ideas for redefining power
In classical Greek and Roman history oratory was by definition a male pursuit and the deeper male voice a prerequisite. A woman who spoke publicly, if it happened at all, was, by definition, not a woman. A friend loaned me…
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A great way to kick off giving feedback
In an earlier blog I wrote about the importance of seeking feedback for your development. It’s also helpful to know how best to give feedback to those you lead. The feedback sandwich, in which the area for development is sandwiched…
Māori Women Leadership Styles
I presented earlier in September with a Māori clinical psychologist and colleague of mine, Dr Pikihuia Pomare, at the New Zealand Psychological Society’s Jubilee conference in Auckland (NZPsS). We presented some ideas on navigating race and gender in the workplace…
How to get more feedback. And yes… you really do want it.
Women can sometimes miss out on development opportunities because they are less likely to be offered feedback due to an assumption or fear that women will get emotional or upset about constructive feedback or criticism. (Tips on how best to…
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