Costing women's work

As Lucassen says, "women’s work is often overlooked compared to men’s" (2021, p. 1): I have written about this before (here), but ...

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What is friendship?

I was reading an article in the media where someone had written in to an agony aunt saying: a friend of theirs had separated from their lo...

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The motherhood penalty

Couples today are tending to delay having families until they are into their thirties... or older (Patel et al, 2024). While our modern, Wes...

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Women's work

I was reading "The Story of Work" (Lucassen, 2021) this week, encountering "Today, most people on this planet spend more than...

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Kaleidoscope Career Model (KCM)

Women make up 48% of the working population in Aotearoa, up from 42% in 1986. We are getting married later than in previous generations, at ...

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Women apply when 100% qualified - busted

A student was telling me how in past roles they would start well, but become bored. While we all enjoy a fresh challenge and learning new th...

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Women, work and automation

The issue of automation has been of growing concern around the planet for a while now. Early alarmists such as Frey and Osborne (2013) tol...

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Hiring on skill

The 'big five' US orchestras - the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, th...

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Meta-analysis on the benefits of women leaders

A group of researchers at the University of Pretoria and the University of Illinois at Chicago (Jenny M. Hoobler, Courtney R. Masterson, Ste...

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A tip for career women

Recently I read an article by Ashley Stahl, on what she has observed tends to prevent women advancing within their careers. Ashley says...

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Leadership's many guises

Becky Hammon was a US Women's National Basketball Association player, playing with the San Antonio Stars and New York Liberty. Now retir...

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Gender Diversity on Boards

Wouldn't it be great if getting a better gender mix on boards was indeed critical? But it can't be so in the eyes of those who hold...

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Political Leadership and Diversity

I just read a very interesting repost by Lesley Whyte on LinkedIn of " Things That Have More Women In Them Than Tony Abbott’s Cabine...

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Gender Diversity

Did you know that here in New Zealand, our population is made up of 51% women? This is probably not too dissimilar to many other countries...

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