Increasing diverse women’s representation in leadership is key to advancing gender justice. With more women in these roles, there’s greater opportunity to bring a gender lens to the decisions and policies that impact our future. The next generation of girls and young women will also benefit from having diverse role models and mentors across industries and sectors.
Leadership is about the team – the culture they keep and embrace, it’s about empathy for your customers, clients, employees and the communities where you do business, it’s about doing the right thing for the right reasons, being confident enough to take risks and responsible enough to think of those who your decisions and risks may affect.
“There has not been a more exciting time to be in the aerospace business since the days of Apollo over 50 years ago”
“Because you are not and you do not…learn and grow. Make friends, not enemies,” she says. “One day you will need those around you.”
“It’s time to change the leadership rules, bring equality and diversity into our leadership worlds, lead with kindness and compassion, acknowledge the power of people, and create future leaders.”
“Starting up your own business, you must have skills, knowledge, and experience; all of those didn’t apply to me in running the Manhattan Aviation business.”
“It’s on us and our generation to support and bring up the next generation of women.”
“Our USP is our client-centric service. We are local with a regional and international outlook.”
“It is a recurring theme in the wood and hardware industry that it is primarily male-dominated, therefore making my place hasn’t always been easy.”
“In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives”
“My goal is to enlighten leaders and management to embrace new ways of thinking and in turn, help to educate them and their staff to create the transformation that they were seeking but couldn’t seem to attain.”
“Throughout my career, I realized that I have developed the very special and sought-after skill of crafting unique business stories that touch people.”
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Same app, same app store, different risks if you download it in, say, Tunisia rather than in Germany.
Technology has undoubtedly contributed to global biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation.
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A Reminiscence
Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio
Evening Practice
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
-Dalai Lama
“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”
-Marilyn Monroe
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
-Mae West
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
-Maya Angelou