by Margaret E Ward | Sep 5, 2025 | Brand journalism
Have you “girled” someone at work or in sports? This is when someone intentionally or unintentionally belittles, demeans or excludes someone using sexist language. Calling a woman “girl” or a man a “big girl’s blouse” may diminish their authority and imply they are...
by Margaret E Ward | Aug 29, 2025 | Brand journalism
Family succession dramas are bankable “popcorn viewing” for TV, film and the media as seen with Succession, Yellowstone, Game of Thrones and real-life drama in the Murdoch, Gucci and Guinness families. When the cameras turn on you and your family, though, it’s...
by Margaret E Ward | Aug 22, 2025 | Brand journalism
You’re standing on stage at an award ceremony, and the event host hands you a microphone and says: “Five years ago, your company wasn’t making money, and nobody knew who you were. Last month, you sold the business for millions to a large firm, and everyone knows your...
by Margaret E Ward | Aug 20, 2025 | Brand journalism
Women are exhausted. Not only are 71.2 per cent of women aged 15-64 working, but many with a partner and children are still doing most of the housework, cooking and looking after the kids and older relatives. There’s the emotional labour as well: the endless...
by Margaret E Ward | Aug 14, 2025 | Brand journalism
It’s lonely at the top. The burden of responsibility, the complexity of leadership and the speed of decision-making weigh heavily on a CEO. Although little research exists on this topic, a small recent Canadian survey of 106 chief executives (46 of whom were...
by Margaret E Ward | Aug 7, 2025 | Brand journalism
The age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here, whether we want it or not. And although it is already proving a useful tool for some tasks, both mundane and incredibly complex, its all-too-human biases are reinforcing discrimination against women, undermining them in...
