When it comes to closing the gender pay gap, are organisations focussing on the wrong things? And why aren’t we making the progress we’d hoped for? Discover the hidden drivers and what we could be doing to create breakthroughs, fast.I was giving a keynote talk on Imposter Syndrome recently and in the Q&A one of […]
Flexible Working: Closing The Gender Pay Gap – Case Study With Zurich Insurance
Lack of flexible working was found in the 2019 Imposter Syndrome Research Study to be one of three hidden drivers of the gender pay gap. The increased out-of-hours commitment so often required in senior roles and the difficulty in fitting work around family was shown to disproportionately disadvantage women with school-aged children. So Zurich Insurance decided […]
What Does It Really Take To Close The Gender Confidence Gap?
I came across an article this week, published in Forbes, on how to close the gender confidence gap and increase gender equity in leadership roles. The author correctly identified that Imposter Syndrome is at the root of this. But – yet again – it’s the case of a well-intentioned man completely missing the point, telling […]
What We Need Instead Of Gender Equality To Close The Gender Pay Gap
There was a meme going round social media a couple of months ago with a cartoon of a father taking his two young children to a football match. One child was much shorter than the other and they were standing behind a barrier, which neither child could see over. The father gave his children each […]
But We Don’t Have Imposter Syndrome In Our Business!
That’s the most common response I hear from budget-holders in big businesses: that despite the results of the 2019 Imposter Syndrome Research Study, it’s not a an issue in their firm. And, of course, that might be true. But it’s unlikely. Especially if they haven’t done anything to actively spot and address Imposter Syndrome and its damaging effects on people, […]
