Career acceleration, Culture, Gender diversity, Leadership, Performance
As I looked around the boardroom table, I noticed once again the lack of diversity in the leaders assembled. It isn’t that those present are not talented: they are. It’s not that they’re not well-intentioned: they are. It’s just that affinity bias remains...
Gender diversity, Inclusion, Leadership, Performance
Lately I’ve been discussing the need for a fresh look at ‘imposter phenomenon’ and how helpful it is. An alternative explanation for it is identity threat, feelings of threat and anxiety that are evoked when your demographic identity is in the minority – for example,...
Coaching, Gender diversity, Inclusion, Increasing effectiveness, Influence, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Power, Productivity
…..and why we need to increase our comfort with reasonable doubt and modesty. Our fascination with Imposter Phenomenon (IP) seems to be part of our preoccupation with confidence as a critical component of leadership. That’s what makes it doubly challenging for...
Gender diversity, Inclusion, Leadership, Purpose
Diversity and inclusion is being championed by today’s most successful businesses, but there are consequences for those simply using it as a trend to boost their bottom line. With something of an explosion in the growth of diversity and inclusion over the past year,...
Gender diversity, Inclusion
Helen Reddy’s inspiring feminist anthem ‘I am woman’ was a clarion call to many women; she was a role model of strength and courage. It is however insupportable that we should think that feeling invincible is enough. There’s no shortage of...
Career acceleration, Gender diversity, Inclusion, Unconscious bias
When the revelations of #metoo caused a storm in Hollywood, and raised the lid on the mind-numbing extent of sexual harassment women experience at work, I caught myself thinking how lucky I was. At no time during my career had I been forced to have sex in return for...