Can Women Have Career Success and Babies?
Posted on February 9th, 2023 by Jane
Can women have career success and babies? Women are given so much gratuitous advice when it comes to being a parent, that I was initially loathe to address the topic of women, careers and babies. However, it is an issue that comes up regularly when I’m coaching professional women, so here are my career tips on the baby dilemma. Full disclosure: I have two children both born in the days when maternity leave was not an option. Career Success and
Did You Know a Nod Can Be Gender Biased?
Posted on February 6th, 2023 by Jane
Yes, a simple nod can be gender biased. Well, when I say gender biased, I mean that it conveys a different meaning when the nod comes from a man or from a woman. There are a lot of differences in communication between men and women. Broadly speaking, business communication, and ‘rewarded’ styles of communication have evolved from men’s style of speaking. We women were not around to be influential. There is a fascinating book, Duels and Duets – Why Men
A Definition of Feminism- What’s Yours?
Posted on December 6th, 2022 by Jane
What’s your definition of feminism? Rebecca West “I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute.” Rebecca West, “Mr Chesterton in Hysterics: A Study in Prejudice,” The Clarion, 14 Nov 1913, reprinted in The Young Rebecca, 1982. Dame Rebecca West (nee Cicely Isobel Andrews) was an English journalist, novelist and critic. Kenneth Tynan,
So, transgender women cannot be feminists? I beg to differ.
Posted on December 3rd, 2022 by Jane
I know I am about to step into murky waters filled with unseen hazards but….I’ve been asked several times what I think about the topic of transgender women, particularly in relation to my business, so here it is. Can transgender women be feminists? Apologies if I get the terminology wrong; I’m not an expert in this field, and this not an academic treatise. It’s from my heart. (I first wrote this in 2016 but my views have not changed significantly,
Women on Boards – OK But Could Do Better
Posted on November 10th, 2022 by Jane
A casual glance at the latest figures released in this report from Cranfield School of Management might suggest things are improving for women on boards. The numbers of women on boards have continued to rise. Women now account for almost 40% of directors on FTSE 100 boards and 39% on FTSE 250 boards, more or less meeting the new Women Leaders Review targets However, as we women well know, there’s many a slip twixt cup and lip. Look closely, and
Femageism – The Myths and The Reality – 2
Posted on November 1st, 2022 by Jane
Another in my series of articles looking at the myths versus reality of Femageism. Older women are less capable than their youthful counterparts? Wrong..
