The Women’s Olympics
The Lord Davies Report may have galvanised us last year, but it’s the Olympics that have moved women – and gender diversity in sport – forward in giant leaps this year. While Team GB has astounded us with their medal-winning prowess, the major theme of London...Quotas – 100% women
Businesswomen in Saudi Arabia have proposed a women-only city so that career minded women can have the privacy accorded them by Sharia customs. Creating 5,000 jobs, this will give women greater independence while observing gender separation at work. There will be...Sponsorship – the new holy grail for women?
Definition: SPONSORSHIP – a more intensive and higher-stake form of mentorship We’re now 9 months on from Catalyst’s ground-breaking report on Sponsorship. Sponsoring Women to Succeed (Catalyst – November 2011) argues that the only way women can reach the C-Suite is...A career, a family, or both, what do women want?
Listen to Averil taking part in the discussion in the Global Russian Radio Service- the Voice of Russia.
Heroes share need for resilience action
This month we divert our gaze from the Olympic flame (briefly) to focus on the all-important subject of survival – business and personal… Economists will tell you that the number of bankruptcies is a lagging indicator of recovery: businesses run out of cash...
The Queen versus Maslow: a Royal Lesson in Leadership
After a long weekend of Pomp and Circumstance, flotillas and fairy cakes, old rockers and royalty, Queen Elizabeth II emerged as a leader who had stayed true to herself and her values while also managing to change sufficiently with the times. Her promise 60 years ago...
The Queen versus Maslow: a Royal Lesson in Leadership
After a long weekend of Pomp and Circumstance, flotillas and fairy cakes, old rockers and royalty, Queen Elizabeth II emerged as a leader who had stayed true to herself and her values while also managing to change sufficiently with the times. Her promise 60 years ago...
The Olympic flame burns
Enthusiastic leadership trumps pessimism. This week the Olympic flame was lit by the rays of the sun and it started its journey around Greece; this in effect marks the beginning of the Games season. A reassuring symbol of stability and international influence in a...
The Olympic flame burns
Enthusiastic leadership trumps pessimism. This week the Olympic flame was lit by the rays of the sun and it started its journey around Greece; this in effect marks the beginning of the Games season. A reassuring symbol of stability and international influence in a...