To launch her new book, Energetic Selling and Marketing, Lenka Lutonska will be holding an event to explore gender bias, challenge the preconceptions and blocks that women face and propose a radical rethink on how we teach women to become successful entrepreneurs. As one of Europe’s leading business coaches, Lenka is helping women to turn their passion for making...Read More

By Wendy Rowe, Director, Wolters Kluwer, TAA UK My early years in the accounting profession were spent as a junior tax assistant working in a number of compliance tax departments for Ernst & Young. In the eighties, accounting was still a male-dominated industry and back then, a set of Trust Accounts were still being prepared...Read More

Women taking leadership roles is often portrayed these days as a ground-breaking development, something achieved through relatively recent laws and strong social pressure about equality of opportunity.  It is good to learn from history. From very long ago across the millennia there have been women taking charge of nations and communities. Hence the capability and...Read More

Gender inequality and women in the workplace is a hot-button topic. Women have gained much ground in the workplace, but inequality still persists in both pay and position. With  International Women’s Day 2019, coming up on March 8th, (this year’s theme #BalanceforBetter), we spoke to some top female business leaders and authors, who have been...Read More

By Katherine Thomas ‘What do I have to do to get to the top?’ This is a question I have heard over and over again through the course of my work with talented, ambitious people who are making their way up the career ladder. As a result, over the last two years I decided to...Read More

It is my belief that personal branding can redress the balance for women in business. As someone who builds personal brands, I love spotting trends and patterns. Although my methodology doesn’t change, the approach and output can vary greatly depending on the client but one thing I’ve noticed time and time again is the questions...Read More

What do Google, Fast Company and the World Economic Forum have in common? Key innovative female leaders recognised by all these organisations and more, are featured in a new podcast that shares extraordinary career stories and advice with the aim of inspiring other women to take action. Sydney board directors and leadership and innovation advisors,...Read More

If you were asked to draw an effective leader would you draw a man or a woman? According to a recent New York Times article, numerous studies have shown that most people (women and men) will draw a man. This has led organisational psychologists to conclude that getting noticed as a leader in the workplace...Read More