What Systemic Changes Need to Happen to Eliminate the Glass Ceiling
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Eliminating the glass ceiling has proven to be incredibly challenging. Despite hard work by many it remains a persistent barrier for women, business and society. Instead, gender inequity is more of a complex societal and systemic issue that will require a systemic approach with joined up thinking and a multi-faceted approach – and programs that support women are only one small part of the puzzle.
Self-improvement for women is not a strategy. Improving a broken system is.
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Women are great at becoming more self-aware and working on improving themselves so they can get further up the food chain inside their organisations.
What’s the #1 myth about gender equity?
That if we just focus on building confidence in women then everything will be AOK.
Underrepresented, underpaid, and unseen: executive women in 2022
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If I could tell the CEO 5 things about gender equity, here’s what I’d say … | CEOWorld Magazine & Amanda Blesing
In 2020 I wrote a highly popular blog entitled “If I could tell a male manager three things about how to manage your female staff, here’s what I’d say”. As you can imagine, it went off like the proverbial
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Gender (in)equity – and why we should be worried right now
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Placing 2020 in the rear view mirror where it truly belongs – best of the blog from 2020
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Gender equity and the great Aussie BBQ divide
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