I’ve watched it happen too many times. A woman invests in another leadership course. She adds another certification to her LinkedIn profile. She reads the books, attends the workshops, refines her pitch. And she’s still waiting for the opportunity that...
I used to think leadership meant having all the answers. I believed that showing uncertainty was weakness. That admitting mistakes would cost me credibility. That the path to the top required performing flawlessly at every turn. Then I watched what happened when...
The pay gap widened last year. For the first time in six decades. Women working full-time earned 81 cents for every dollar paid to men in 2024, down from 83 cents in 2023. Men’s salaries increased 3.7% while women’s earnings stayed flat. After decades of...
Emotional intelligence outperforms IQ in predicting leadership success. Research shows emotional intelligence accounts for 25% of performance variability in executives, while women score 86% higher in emotional self-awareness. Organisations still promote based on...
For the first time in twenty years, women have lost ground in the C-suite. Regression after two decades of incremental gains. In 2023, women’s representation in C-suite positions dropped from 12.2% to 11.8% across publicly traded U.S. firms. Everyone agrees...
Networks decide who leads. That’s measured reality. Research analysing 9,000 connections among 1,600 global leaders found that women remain systematically excluded from the influential core. Even at the highest levels, women leaders stay peripheral in network...
