October 12, 2020
Progressing women – Four key Tips on Gender Inclusive Career Pathways

Progressing Women – Four key tips on Gender Inclusive Career Pathways

A major cause of the UK gender pay gap is that there are fewer women at the top. Many people think that this is a historic […]
May 11, 2020
Software Tools for Gender Diversity – How to get better results faster

Software Tools for Gender Diversity – How to get better results faster

Recently some good software tools for gender diversity have come to market to support you in creating gender balance. Have you seen them? Are you using […]
February 21, 2020
fewer women at senior levels

Why are there fewer women at senior levels?

The numbers are clear, there are fewer women at senior levels.  But why is it that women don’t seem to advance at the same rate as […]
November 18, 2019
De-bias your Advancement Process

De-bias your Advancement Process – Work Allocation

Do you really need to de-bias your advancement process? There is a very strong belief that people get promoted on merit. But is that true? Is […]
June 25, 2019
Model for recruiting women into science and technology

Recruiting Women Into Science and Technology – Great New Dutch Model

I have recently come across a great Dutch model for attracting new talent into science and technology. It has been developed by the ‘Platform for Talent […]
June 7, 2019
Create a successful women's network

How to Create a Successful Women’s Network in your Organisation

So, you are keen to create a successful women’s network in your organisation. Sounds easy, and fun, right? Just get a nice bunch of female colleagues […]
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 […]
August 2, 2018
Blow your own trumpet

The #1 tip for women on how to blow your own trumpet

Blow your own trumpet is something men somehow seem to do all the time.  They just subtly drop how brilliantly they contributed to the last design, […]
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 […]
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.
June 11, 2014
Career Success for Women, Women Leadership Programmes, Speaker for Women, Gender Diversity, Gender Diffference,

Gender Intelligent Leadership: Get men to talk, and women to take action

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?