It’s 2015, it’s all about equality for everyone. Yey! Calling all women, calling all women, equality; what does it mean to you? I’m a CEO of a company that invests in women all over the world. But right now what I do doesn’t matter too much. More so I want to talk about the glass… Continue reading The Glass Slipper pt2
Month: October 2015
The glass slipper
It’s harder than I thought to write this blog. Firstly my parameter was to write about my experiences of getting ahead in my business and secondly, how that was for a women, especially in a male oriented business. TWITT is raising a very valid point. Women in I.T! Wonderful, I’m all for a women in… Continue reading The glass slipper
Gender in Recruitment
Recently, I was talking to a friend who was building a senior IT leadership team to report into a female IT director and I asked how many of the nine roles had gone to women. The reply was “none” followed up by “there were absolutely no female applicants”. We both rolled our eyes out of… Continue reading Gender in Recruitment
Go Fish
When I started my previous job as an IS Contract manager one of the first things I was given was a book called Fish and it told a story about people working in a fish market and how they worked and were productive on a day to day basis. The key to all this was… Continue reading Go Fish
Be more dog
Do you want to be more dog? like the O2 advert ask you to be. Do you want to be more Fish? Eagle? or even, do you want to be more Male? What does it really matter what you are, as long as you are happy. The concern is that the corporate world demands a… Continue reading Be more dog
Hang On, Who Wears The Trousers?
There’s an old quip that states that behind every successful man is a surprised woman. I suspect its lasting power comes from the more than sneaking suspicion by men that it is true; and the certain knowledge by those that love them that it absolutely is. In the Arabic world, the husband is seen as… Continue reading Hang On, Who Wears The Trousers?
Come with me down the rabbit hole
Do you ever follow a path and wonder where it will take you? Like Alice, I’ve followed many Rabbits down their little holes and into their warrens but not really understood why. I needed to go on a journey of discovery I suppose to understood what made me tick, what was right for me, and… Continue reading Come with me down the rabbit hole
Do you want to build a snowman?
Yes. Like Olaf I want the impossible. I want to build a snowman in Spring and Summer and have it survive. I want to be the person who dares to be different, to push boundaries, and make the impossible possible. However, building that snowman is not just about negotiating the problems with weather. It is… Continue reading Do you want to build a snowman?
I’m mad and I know it ….
Today is mental health awareness day and in a report back in 2013, shows that women are 40% more likely to develop mental illnesses than men. Why is this? Do women really develop more mental illnesses than men or are we more prone to visit our GP and or talk about our issues. When people… Continue reading I’m mad and I know it ….
Who Knew the Bear Could Dance?
Once upon a time, back when the Dead Sea was still only sick, women usually had extremely defined roles in the work place (when she was acknowledged and employed out of the home at all). She was probably single (many offices would not employ married women). She was likely in an administration or ‘grunt work’… Continue reading Who Knew the Bear Could Dance?
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