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A real leader, and former Navy SEAL Commander, speak from the heart
Former US Navy SEAL commander gives the commencement speech of a lifetime and teaches us 10 lessons about what it really means to lead, to love and to live well. What starts here changes the world… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70
Warren Buffet asks women to stop holding themselves back
It’s time to stop the self-criticism and get out into the world ladies, according to the Oracle of Omaha https://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffetts-advice-to-women-2013-5
Gender imbalance is a leadership problem, not a women’s problem
More and more companies are waking up to the fact that women’s talents need to be appreciated and cultivated by leaders. Avivah Wittenberg - Cox, CEO of 20-first, one of the world's leading gender consulting firms, took at look at the issue in the Harvard Business...
Eight billion to one – the odds that men make it to the top on merit alone
One of the world’s greatest investors – Warren Buffett – is bullish on women. He calculates that the chances that the men on the US Supreme Court made it there on merit alone – before admitting Sandra Day O’Connor – are 8 billion to one....
Cracking the glass ceiling more than just a numbers game at Irish accountancy firm
The Irish Times recently took a look at progression rates in the top four Irish accountancy firms and found that, despite the number of women entering the profession, very few make it to the top. Professional women with children keep their heads down and think their...
Women failing to be given a chance to dive into Irish boards
Women failing to be given a chance to dive into Irish boards Company boards in Ireland continue to lag behind their European counterparts when it comes to gender diversity according to recent research from Bloomberg. Fewer than one in five on boards are women and this...
Success for women has a cost says Dame Stephanie Shirley
Eighty-year-old British entrepreneur Stephanie ‘Steve” Shirley thinks young women today want to have it all but they’re not willing to pay the piece. Read what she thinks here and then let us know what you think....
What’s brand journalism and can it work for your company?
Forbes magazine's Jayson DeMers was watching a news drama recently and it make him think of the new ways that brands are marketed. Maybe you actually need a journalist on the marketing team? "After watching The Newsroom recently, I’m getting more excited about...
Great leadership isn’t about you
Leading others isn’t about issuing orders and making checklists, it’s more about inspiring others and mucking in wherever needed according to theHarvard Business Review:...
Is Lego’s girl problem a management issue?
Lego girls, the toy-makers attempt to attract more girls to using their products, backfired in spectacular fashion. This year, they introduced female scientist action figures but is management doing enough to understand its customers?...