The Queen Bee – Born or Elected?
The Queen Bee concept is something we are all familiar with. Broadly it means a dominant woman who is thought to sabotage the work or success of other women to ensure her own continued dominance or seniority. The image arises frequently in male-dominated industries where there are said to be very few spots open for women. ...
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Looking at the “Numbers”
A few weeks back I asked all of you to get to "Know Your Numbers". I asked you to count the number of women sitting in key roles versus the total number of key roles in your organization. My primary intention was to make you aware of the number of women leading your company. I suspect there are many of you ...
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Equal is Equal
Equal is Equal. To me, it is a simple principle. Women and men should have equal rights, and equal pay, have equal representation at work and in government, bear equal domestic and childrearing responsibility. We should be equal in the eyes of the law and equal in the minds of the one another. International ...
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The “Problem” as I see it.
Anyone who knows me will know that I prefer the direct route. I prefer to get to the root of the problem and fix it rather than to work around the periphery treating the symptoms. This is why I started “Heels on The Floor”. There are so many different initiatives working to fix different problems with gender ...
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The Numbers
There are five people in this photo. Three of them are women! Unusual shot to capture on most trading floors - lets see if we can change ...
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