March 24, 2016
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
February 24, 2015
You, as a manager, can break someone’s day and make their day. Feeling valued by their supervisor in the workplace is key to high employee motivation and positive morale, both for men and women. However, did you know women may need a different approach than men?
September 13, 2014
We all know that men and women are different. We also do see them behave differently at work. But have you ever considered using this difference in how you lead your team? Have you ever stopped to think about what this difference is, and if you perhaps needed to flex your style depending on gender?
June 11, 2014
If you, like me, have ever sat through a meeting with mainly women you will almost certainly have wondered when they were going to stop talking and get down to action. Whereas men seem to do first, women seem to take time to get into action. Have you ever noticed that?