women executives

Three tips for maintaining your equanimity at work

Maintaining your equanimity, composure and internal sense of balance is a skill than anyone can develop. I call it a secret weapon of the successful who seem to be able to navigate their way through an office environment that is studded with booby traps and minefields cunningly disguised as work colleagues; from the hypochondriac who …

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How To Ask For and Get A Payrise Using The Kiri Waiata Green Method: Kiri Waiata Green Interview

Kiri Waiata Green is not your conventional business and life coach. Professional qualifications aside this remarkable lady has a God given and unique gift to help her clients find their voice (literally). If you are one of the silent majority who struggles to ask for a payrise or promotion and feel you have hit a …

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Do You Have The Brains, Brawn and Mindset To Be An Entrepreneur: Carol Roth Interview

In these challenging financial times, President Obama is encouraging Americans to lift the economy and restore the stocks of this proud nation by reinventing themselves as the new wave of can do entrepreneurs. Great if you are cut out for it and have the appetite for calculated risks, a bright idea and the stamina of …

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Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 4)

So, you have arrived at a position within your organisation that has some degree of autonomy and responsibility. In fact, you now lead a team of individuals, with unique talents. Your boss has handed you a brief that requires your team to deliver on an important project on time and on budget. You know that …

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Endometriosis and the Career Driven Women

Below is an article by Melissa Meyer of www.cureendometriosis.com Melissa has written a personal blog about endometriosis and her own research and discovery on healing. I am sure most women can relate, so if you are interested in finding out more, drop by Melissa’s site for a read. Endometriosis affects 1 in 7 women around …

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Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 3)

If my 2 previous posts have seemed less than optimistic, let me assure you that there is hope (for us all!). Below is an article by Professor Ginka Toegel the Director of Strategies for Leadership Program, International Institute of Management Development, Switzerland. Companies are not setting themselves these targets out of some generalized notion of …

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Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 2)

Just in case you are wondering if there is still a stigma attached to being a woman and aspiring to executive and management roles, please read the article below. I would be very interested to hear your thoughts Maternity leave will kill your career, recruitment companies warn women By Jane Hansen The Sunday Telegraph, September …

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Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 1)

If you think 21st century women have it made as top flight executives, Chief Executive Officers and the ultimate holy grail of governance as Chairman of the Board of a multi national corporation, think again. Male captains of industry have been fortunate to have so many outstanding male examples to model as they ascend the …

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