July 7, 2020
Changing Corporate Culture One Woman At A Time

Guest blog – Changing Corporate Culture One Woman At A Time

This is a guest contribution by Rina Goldenberg Lynch, Founder & CEO of Voice At The Table. Rina is also the co-founder of The Big Fish Academy […]
February 11, 2019

Do We Really need Women Leadership Programmes?

When I work with clients I regularly get invited to engage men in gender diversity. Typically they have already started a women’s network or women’s leadership […]
May 9, 2018

Six Step Model to Achieve Gender Diversity and Organisational Change

Organisations that are keen to achieve gender diversity and organisational change typically start the easy way. They start a women’s network or get people trained in […]
March 24, 2016
Gender Differences at Work

The Surprising Facts about Gender Difference at Work

It’s still not easy to talk about gender difference at work. When I talk about gender difference the debate can get heated. Senior women typically don’t […]
January 13, 2016
Career Success for Women, Women Leadership Programmes, Speaker for Women, Gender Diversity, Gender Diffference,

Manning Up – A Great Strategy for Career Progress of Women?

Career progress of women is often linked to behaviour. Women are told to just be more confident, aggressive, ask for what they want and broadcast their […]
November 12, 2015
Career Success for Women, Women Leadership Programmes, Speaker for Women, Gender Diversity, Gender Diffference,

The Gender Pay Gap – Should you Just Negotiate More?

I am sure you have heard the stories in the media about the gender pay gap. What does it do to you? Does it make you […]
October 31, 2015
Career Success for Women, Women Leadership Programmes, Speaker for Women, Gender Diversity, Gender Diffference,

How to Gain Confidence to Speak Up and Boast about your Achievements

As a career woman you know that you should speak up, and you know that you should broadcast your achievements. You know that you should not […]
October 5, 2015
Career Success for Women, Women Leadership Programmes, Speaker for Women, Gender Diversity, Gender Diffference,

Managing your Boss – for Women

Do you often feel that no one sees what you are worth? That you work hard but just no one seems to notice? That what you […]
September 18, 2015
Career Success for Women, Women Leadership Programmes, Speaker for Women, Gender Diversity, Gender Diffference

Does Speaking Up Really lead to Career Success for Women?

We have all heard it before. We need to be more confident, have more self-belief, speak up, lean in and take our place at the table. […]
June 24, 2015
Career Success for Women, Women Leadership Programmes, Speaker for Women, Gender Diversity, Gender Diffference

How Negative Feed Back Can Advance Your Career

Interestingly women do get different feed back than men. Somehow it’s okay to give a woman critical feed back on her personal performance, whereas men get more constructive feed back, often more focused on the job. This wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t that many of us take that feed back very personal too.
June 12, 2015
Career Success for Women, Women Leadership Programmes, Speaker for Women, Gender Diversity, Gender Diffference,

Five Ways to Make Women-only Networking Effective

Do you need to network with men or with women? Perhaps you are one of those people who hates networking with women, or perhaps you just don’t enjoy networking at all, whether it’s with men or women.
May 21, 2015
Career Success for Women, Women Leadership Programmes, Speaker for Women, Gender Diversity, Gender Diffference,

Neuroscience, Thinking and Career Success for Women

Male and female brains are different. It may well be that some of the career success of women is dependent on those differences. Perhaps your career success is build on your capabilities as a ‘big picture thinker’ or you should use that capability more to build a successful career.
April 27, 2015
Career Success for Women, Women Leadership Programmes, Speaker for Women, Gender Diversity, Gender Diffference,

The Best Career Advice for Women – Ignore the Advice

There seems to be some sort of unwritten rule that it’s OK to give a woman career advice and personal feedback, whereas it’s unheard of to do the same to men. Recently, research was published that women tend to get personal critiques in their performance reviews, and men tend to get constructive feedback.