Waiting for the tap on the shoulder is not a good career move

According to the most recent research the advancement of women in the workplace has, at best, stalled. So what can organisations do to get back on track?

This issue of how women are perceived in the workplace is regularly oversimplified. Perhaps the best example of this is the concept of the ‘double-bind’.

The language we use has an enormous impact on how we are perceived. There are many ways we can diminish our message without ever realising it.

Last year during a radio interview on International Womens Day (IWD), the host asked me ‘So when is it International Mens Day?’ It was a glib, throwaway comment but it serves to underline one of the biggest misconceptions about gender equality