by Anne Wilson | Jul 26, 2022 | Gender Equality
In a previous post, How to improve your career with one magic word, I explored the challenges of women taking on more than their fair share of non-promotable tasks (NTPs). Investing too much time in these activities can negatively impact on your career progression....
by Anne Wilson | Jul 19, 2022 | Gender Equality
Female employees are conditioned to be agreeable, to avoid conflict and to be helpful. That is why, when it comes to requests to undertake additional work tasks it can be hard to refuse. It feels uncomfortable and counter-intuitive when we are so often used to saying...
by Anne Wilson | May 17, 2022 | Gender Equality
Universities love a meeting – I cannot even begin to count the hours I have spent in them. They are so routinised that most of us just turn up, inured to the hours they take of our time and treat them as business-as-usual. Yet meetings provide great...
by Anne Wilson | Mar 29, 2022 | Gender Equality
What progress is your employing organisation making in terms of gender equality? Now companies are required to publish this information publicly, the data should be easy enough to find. For most, it’s a resounding ‘could do better.’ If employers want...
by Anne Wilson | Mar 22, 2022 | Gender Equality
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day was ‘Breaking the Bias…removing those barriers in the workplace that would enable women to flourish. Significant energy has been invested in how women can ‘fix’ their deficits,...
by Anne Wilson | Sep 14, 2021 | Gender Equality
Have you ever been drawn to the title in a job you’ve seen advertised but then read on and decided not to apply? If so, it’s possible the advert contained gender-biased language which put you off. Mind your language! Our unconscious biases makes this an...
