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The Benefits of Cultivating A Growth Mindset – Webinar with EmployFlex

September 22, 2020November 9, 2021adminLeave a comment

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Time to Talk about the Gender Pay Gap

August 27, 2020adminLeave a comment

Six months on from International Women’s Day I don’t think anyone would have predicted how radical the shift in how we do our work and where we do our work, would be. I certainly never imagined how quickly the world as we knew it would change
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Tough Gender Diversity Targets are Backed up by Action by AXA Investment Managers

July 8, 2020adminLeave a comment

Good news day for Gender Diversity …“With tough decisions to make, boards and CEOs need diverse teams who are able to challenge each other to get to the best outcome.” (FT.com)  As AXA IM commit action to their diversity targets by warning
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Women are more likely to be told ‘White Lies’ in Performance Reviews

June 11, 2020admincareer coaching, female leadership development, gender diversity, gender equalityLeave a comment

According to a new study by Cornell University, women are more likely than men to be given untruthful performance reviews when they are underperforming. Such ‘untruthful’ evaluations mean that women’s performance reviews are of a lesser quality and less constructive in their
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Tapping into your Flow State

June 3, 2020adminLeave a comment

This article by Kara Cutruzzula espouses the positive impact of finding ‘flow’ in our work. We have provided a summary and commentary below with link to her article.  ‘Flow’ is a positive state of mind when one becomes completely absorbed in the
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Worklife Balance, Gender Equal
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We Need to Re-imagine our Childcare System by viewing it Through a Gender Equal Lens

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020adminLeave a comment

How Covid-19 Can Provide an Opportunity to Re-imagine Childcare to better Match Modern Families Requirements Since the closure of schools, pre-schools and creches nationwide in March, working parents, especially mothers have been forced to make sacrifices and have struggled to find suitable
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Recent Guest Lecture at UCC, Masters in Women’s Studies – Topic Career & Life Integration Options

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020adminLeave a comment

This is a short excerpt from Orla’s recent lecture in UCC. If you would like further information on this topic and how it may be useful to you or your organisation, please get in touch.

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Employee Support Tip Sheet

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020adminLeave a comment

Whilst there is plenty of advice and support for organisations to deal with Covid-19’s impact on businesses, from managing resources such as Cash Flow, Restructuring of Debt to Marketing. We are focused on the support of the most valuable resource in a
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Positive role models are vital for encouraging girls into engineering and computer science

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020adminLeave a comment

Adolescence is a time when the views and opinions of peers really begin to take root, particularly when it comes to making study and career-focused decisions. Research has shown that the decisions girls make regarding STEM subjects is influenced considerably by the
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Keen Listening Skills, Authenticity, Emotionally Intelligent and brings her whole self to work…. Lessons can be learnt from this woman

April 30, 2020adminLeave a comment

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What a Difference a Year Makes to our Work Lives, Home Lives and Mental Wellbeing

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020adminLeave a comment

In April 2019 I gave a talk on Mindfulness in the Workplace at City Hall in Cork for the ‘Cork Body & Mind Experience’.  Yesterday,  I came across my notes. One line in particular struck me  “ In less than a single
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The Theory of Dislocation

April 2, 2020April 15, 2020adminLeave a comment

Feeling Dislocated ? Dislocation is defined as: “the disturbance from a proper, original or usual place” or the “disruption of an established order” We often hear the term dislocation when it refers to people or populations who have had to flee their
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Harnessing the Power of A Mentor

October 11, 2019April 6, 2020adminLeave a comment

Harnessing the Power of A Mentor In follow up to my blog series on Mentoring, this article from the FT, by Amy Bell gives solid advice on the strategy required to find and successfully work with a mentor. https://www.ft.com/content/2ce849e0-10ad-11e8-a765-993b2440bd73   If you
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Industry Third Level Mentorships

September 11, 2019April 6, 2020adminLeave a comment

Industry Third Level Mentorships   In follow on from last month’s blog on mentoring, I wanted to highlight an initiative that I am personally involved in and the many benefits of partnering with a third level institution. For industry and third level
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Mentoring and why it’s good for us all

August 20, 2019April 6, 2020adminLeave a comment

Mentoring and why it’s good for us all   Depending on the type of organisation you work for, you may or may not have access to a formal work mentorship programme. If you are not fortunate enough to be part of a
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Gender Pay Gap

July 11, 2019April 6, 2020adminLeave a comment

Gender Pay Gap   With new legislation afoot for businesses on mandatory reporting on gender pay gap, it is important to remind ourselves that whilst reporting will shine a light on the extent of the issue and the scale of the gap
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When is the best time to have children – from a career perspective?

June 18, 2019April 6, 2020adminLeave a comment

When is the best time to have children – from a career perspective? This is a BIG question! This very accessible article, from the FT is a good read for all parents. Whilst the research isn’t specific to Ireland, it corelates closely
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The Motherhood Penalty

May 6, 2019March 11, 2020adminLeave a comment

The Motherhood Penalty There are many factors to look at when we consider the impact children can have on a womans career, so much so it has led to introduction of the term “Motherhood Penalty”. The Motherhood Penalty refers to the cost
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‘Removing the Barriers to Gender Equality’ – The role of Society & Social Expectations and how it impacts Gender Equality.

April 2, 2019March 11, 2020adminLeave a comment

Part 3 ‘Removing the Barriers to Gender Equality’ – The role of Society & Social Expectations and how it impacts Gender Equality.   We all have a role to play in shaping the future In my work as a business coach to
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Business

‘Removing the Barriers to Gender Equality’ – Gender Bias Feedback Loop

March 15, 2019March 11, 2020adminLeave a comment

Part Two ‘Removing the Barriers to Gender Equality’ – Gender Bias Feedback Loop What is a gender bias feedback loop? Well, in its simplest form, it is similar to a vicious circle … Management teams continue to be male dominated, meaning there is
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