Podcast – Women in Leadership: Recent Episodes
Angela Mezzetti
In each interview, journalist and broadcaster Angie Mezzetti explores current news in the diversity and inclusion area especially women in leadership. The individual’s career path to her current leadership position is often explored. Hear what challenges the guest may have met along the way and how she overcame it. You can learn what advice she can offer to both and men and women who want to see more women represented at every level of decision making in organisations, in politics, in the boardroom, in science and technology, in academia and education, in sports, in social justice, in banking, in entrepreneurship and in philanthropy.
You can hear how they how they balance the demands of private and family life with the day job. Listen as they share how they have been influenced by others and learn what inspires them in good times and bad. Guests share their Pearls of Wisdom, Best Money Advice Ever, what they are doing for the environment and ESG and their Go To Song.
Corrinne Hasson Executive Director NWCI talks to Angie Mezzetti on the Women In Leadership podcast about the need for state supported childcare and an urgent whole of society response to the issue of violence against women.
Women prioritise everyone else over themselves about everything but they shouldn't, especially when it comes to their finances so says Lorraine Cooke in this episode of the podcast. She should know as she has been advising women and men on all aspects of their finances for years and has learned how to navigate though taxes, mortgages, pensions and investments and all of the technical stuff many of us don't want to face. She has done all the exams and has the qualifications but best of all, she knows how to listen to peoples needs.
'Women's voices and skills for a future of peace' Naples 2025. In this report voices from women who attended the conference of University Women Of Europe addressed the challenges of peace building, creating safe spaces for women and recognising the contribution of women to peace efforts even when they don't make the official photographs. Hosted by the Italian University Women Graduates organisation in Naples the conference provided much food for thought from speakers and audience. This podcast is a small sample of a few of these voices but it gives a flavour of the discussion.
The pace of climate change can seem overwhelming especially as we witness hotter summers, more flooding and more natural disasters around the world. We can feel helpless. Yet people and especially women, are leading efforts in small and large communities all around the world. One such women Anna Mezzetti from Melbourne, is part of a Japanese inspired movement making micro-forests. These can provide cooler, shadier places for animals and insects even over small areas.
Helena Doyle Living The Dream Travel Business COO of 5 Star Villa Holidays is the guest. She believes in having a go and self belief being focussed and intentional in what you want in life.
It is all about the team, not silos or star leaders when it comes to getting the best out of people according to Georgina Woodstra the latest podcast guest.
Sarah Perugia talks to Angie Mezzetti and discusses the challenges women face in leadership, including imposter syndrome and micro-aggressions. She highlights the importance of leadership development, noting that 94% of people cite it as a factor in their job retention
Women Conductors of orchestras, why do reviewers comment on their costume rather than their conducting? Why do women conductors still face unconscious bias? Dr Carolyn Watson shares insights from her research, also optimism and wisdom on this podcast.
Dr Jackie Maalouf says that despite advances for women worldwide, there will always be impediments because of the pull of the motherhood and caring roles she believes. Her motherhood role however was her ignite button, she is unstoppable! She shares her Pearls of Wisdom and ideas about not setting limits for yourself. You'll be amazed what you can achieve she says in the latest podcast. Listen Now!
Nuala Walsh author of "Tune In, How To Make Smarter Decisions In A Noisy World" joins the podcast with Angie Mezzetti to discuss the importance of making better not quicker decisions when in leadership roles. Walsh emphasises the need to confront biases like overconfidence and to challenge confirmation bias. As a neuroscientist as well as a banker for many years, she has researched the whole area of whistleblowers in particular - people who were not listened to when they should have been!
Advocating for women before during and after birth is the life's work of Prof Jacqueline Dunkley Bent OBE Chief Midwife with ICM International Confederation of Midwives. She used to work for the NHS now she is working at a global level where the need is as great as ever. It takes takes courage to face those who hold the levers of power in society, politically and sometimes even within a family or a relationship. Women are at their most vulnerable when giving birth. While the ideal image we have of the pregnant mother is of the women surrounded by loving family or partner in a safe, high-tech hospital, for very many women around the world, this is far from the norm. Over 287,000 women die worldwide in the period just before during or soon after delivery and that was from a 2020 statistic*. Many because they are in third world countries or war-torn places where standards of midwifery are not high up the agenda if they exist at all. Prof Dunkley Bents mission is to have the best medical and midwife care available to every woman. "This is why health systems, ministries, governments, decision makers, policy makers, strategists, people in power, must pay attention to how we can move the dial on on perinatal mortality, that's stillbirth and death within the first 28 days of life, and how we can move the dial on maternal death so that all women have the same maternity outcomes and experiences as those who have the best." These maternal deaths she believes are a violation of human rights and must be taken seriously.
California Dreams the Reality of Sustainable Farming Ali Cox is a farmer through and through and runs Noble West, an agriculture and food ingredient marketing company. Her husband and herself are both farmers. Ali is a fifth generation farmer, both on her mom’s and dad’s side. Her parents grew melons about 15 different varieties, also […]
Regina Mangan Liberty Blue Estate Agents and Author is the guest on the Women In Leadership podcast. She talks about the need to live by your values and make sure your actions align to those values. She also advises not to be afraid to let people off the boss if their values don't align with yours.
Dr Louise Kavanagh McBride on Challenges In NursingDr Louise Kavanagh McBride Chair of the NMBI talks about the retention of nurses and midwives, something the NMBI have as a priority. In the podcast she talks about the various challenges facing nurses and the profession in general. She also advocates for nurses to acquire microcredentials and continuous upskilling in the profession. Advocating for the patient when they are at their most vulnerable is a key part of every nurses job she believes. Dr Kavanagh McBride also stresses the importance of self care and reflective practice which is vital to the profession.
Why The World Needs More Women In Leadership Podcast International Women’s Day in UCC University College Cork was celebrated with a series of presentations and discussion on the subject of ‘why the world needs more women in leadership’. After the event, the co-chairs of Mnà UCC, Emma Connolly and Clíodhna O’Callaghan together with Dr. […]
Learning The Secret Sauce of Leadership for women. Navigating the territory of leadership for women is not easy. There are unwritten rules that are not often shared naturally with women in the workplace or in political life. Dr Melrona Kirrane DCU Business School and Andrea Dermody give a taster of that secret sauce.
Aine Murray On Balance Much to learn from France about Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Ireland’s business community has much to learn from France when it comes to diversity and inclusion according to Aine Murray President of the France Ireland Chamber of Commerce. France is way ahead when it comes to gender diversity in politics, […]
Sue Deagle talks about surviving grief and loss and even daring to thrive. "We're told in society, when you go through grief, it's this five stages, it's very linear. But no time after loss is linear. Some days you're up, some days you're down. One of the hardest things to accept is that you can't control where your emotions are from day to day. Sue talks about connecting with nature, resilience and her need to survive and thrive because of her experience in this Women In Leadership podcast.with Angie Mezzetti.
Dr Orlaigh Quinn the guest on this podcast is one of a rare breed. She rose through the Irish Civil Servant to become the Secretary General or head of the government Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment in Ireland. There have only ever been 13 women to reach this position. What is even more impressive is that she was a trail blazer with few women role models. This reason there were so few women in senior leadership ranks was in no small way due to the fact that the Marriage Bar was in place in Ireland until 1973. This rule meant that when a woman got married, she was barred from her job and had to resign her position in the public service.
Actor Katie Honan talks about becoming a successful playwright thanks to the pandemic which gave her the headspace and time to work on creating work she never quite found the time to do before. In the process of writing 'How To Fall Flat On Your Face' she also learned how to pull a piece of theatre together from the business end and how to assemble a team of successful creatives. Katie has a new fascination with neuroscience thanks to the development research for the play which explores how a fall can lead to spiraling thoughts and sweating the small stuff. Memory she says is about the future.
Sharon Rogers Ph.D is one tenacious woman who has dedicated her career to neuroscience and to finding creative ways to work with others in the search for treatments for patients with Alzheimer's.
Sharon Rogers Ph.D AmyriAD works on drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease. She has pulled together a team of dedicated mostly female leaders to work on these treatments and believes women have had to evolve their leadership style in different ways to men partly because of evolution.
"I think that that may go way back into the history of civilization. I think that by and large women we are the smaller, we're not going to survive based on brute strength and the dominant theories, what we're going to survive on is based sometimes on our ability to cajole sometimes on our ability to outsmart sometimes on a lot of different ways of handling people. And sometimes it's a matter of looking at a more dominant player, seeing what is it that they need out of the interaction. And you can't tell me that a mother with children doesn't know how to figure out how to deal with those situations where you've got a group of people fighting, and you've got to sort it out. Personally, I don't have children, so I cannot draw from that marvelous experience.
You do spend a lot of time realizing that you can't go in and dominate all situations, you have to find a better way and the best way to make that successful is find a way we're just pretty much everyone can come out feeling like they didn't lose much.
On leadership style Sharon Rogers believes that you don't have one leader out front, taking all the glory. "You bring everyone from your team up on the celebration float with you and celebrate together. I saw that leadership in action when I was quite young, in the industry and I watched this person lead that way and I watched the accomplishments of the team. I always always kept that in mind that no team is any better than the people who are really slugging along and they're making things happen.
Dr Rogers shares her Five Pearls of Wisdom, her advice on managing personal finances and her go to song Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way'.
Let It Grow, Let It Grow That is the key message from Marah Curtin in this podcast. There is no point keeping your hard earned money in cash when it could be working for you. It might feel comforting sitting in your bank account or worse under the mattress but you have to think of […]
Sara Phelan Chair Bar of Ireland says Equitable briefing really means equality across the profession of barristers. She talks about the new Equitable Briefing Policy of the Bar of Ireland in this podcast
Wise Counsel Sabrina Shaheen Cronin Sabrina Shaheen Cronin is not your typical lawyer. She is also a musician and actress who takes the job title of counselor very seriously and literally. “I always say if you don’t have difficulties, will then you won’t grow, you won’t know what true growth is and hard lessons can […]
Women in the post Covid World. What has changed in the workplace, in the home and in the wardrobe? Discussion from Women In Media Ballybunion 2022
Three Hs that matter to women. The first of two podcasts from Kilcooley's Country House Hotel Ballybunion the home of Joan O'Connor's Women In Media Conference.
Susan Hunt Stevens – Leading Sustainably Susan Hunt Stevens is CEO of WeSpire a technology company that runs employee engagement campaigns using proven behavioural science techniques. Younger employees in particular she says are purpose driven and think about the ethics and integrity of the organisations they work for. Environment Social and good Governance principles ESG […]
Catriona Gleeson CEO of Women For Election says men or women don't have to be up in Dublin for the sake of it. "There's actually an opportunity to represent your community nationally, but remaining within your region reasonably, the practical things that can be done in terms of length of meeting times, notice around meetings, and the efficiency of meetings, the chairing of meetings, particularly within local government, it doesn't have to be the way it always has been if it's not efficient."
The Citizens' Assembly is strongly calling for change, and not just change at the margins, but big changes in our system to make it more gender equal. Catherine Day Chair of The Citizens' Assembly on the Women In leadership podcast
There is also a fear of wealth destruction by taking risk. Investing for long term takes a bit of thinking about Seonadh Johnson believes. "The temptation is often to leave the excess liquidity in cash because they think it's safer. But actually really understanding and compartmentalizing the different parts going okay, well, if I need this in the next year or two, yes, keep it in cash. But if you don't need it for five years plus, then really thinking about trying to get a better return than nothing on it is something to explore.
Dr Joanne Kenney Champion of Women In Research Dr Joanne Kenney is one of the Co Directors and leaders of WIRI, Women In Research Ireland, with Dr Susan Fetics. They are an innovative group who support women and minorities in research and academia in Ireland. WIRI provides support, advocacy and networking and learning opportunities for […]
Rachel Hussey Gender Equality is Everyone’s Business When Women Thrive, Everyone Thrives Gender equality is now a serious business matter and one that both business men and women are on board with. “It’s really important to remember, this isn’t a zero sum game, we’re not saying let’s promote the women at the expense of the […]
In Rwanda It is pretty phenomenal to see what can happen when you allow women into the ranks of leadership.
"This is in the ether this is in the atmosphere and this is what we women are up against when it comes to being seen, being heard and taken seriously as credible high level influencers.' Dion Johnson on Women In leadership podcast
McAdam believe we all need our tribe around us. We are not born having the right people to turn to. We need others with similar experience to share our vulnerability with and to build up our confidence. It is good to have like minded people around us, McAdam believes. Women are great at networking and connecting women with other useful contacts or sharing their experience and useful learning in entrepreneurship and it can be a lonely journey otherwise.
Annie Scranton Booking the best Annie Scranton books guests for TV radio and media events. She has gone from working in network TV in the US where it was her job to find guests and experts for TV shows to now getting people onto shows. She has nearly a decade of experience as a TV […]
Tamara Gillan CEO Wealthiher Network Tamara Gillan is the CEO of the Wealthiher network, an entrepreneur, change-agent and champion for female empowerment and equality. As a single mother Tamara has had to fight for her own success and passionately believes women’s needs deserve to be recognized. On the podcast she shares her wisdom and her […]
Bernadette Phelan Instilling Urgency in Sustainability. We need to focus on 2030 she tells the Women In Leadership Podcast
Presenteeism no longer an option in COVID times. Niamh Dunbar's research with Irish female leaders
Prof Linda Hogan Sustainable Leadership in Difficult Times Has there ever been a time when ethical leadership has been more needed? From sustainability, to climate change, the management of the pandemic and of course trusted sources of news, ethics and integrity are being seen as vital now in our changed world. In this podcast we […]
Noelle O’Connell on Championing Change Noelle O Connell is the Executive Director of the European Movement in Ireland and in the podcast she talks about the importance of Ireland’s involvement in the European Union and about the current challenges of COVID19 and preparations that are underway as we face Brexit coming down the line rapidly. […]
Karen Ni Bhroin Assistant Conductor Winston Salem Symphony is the guest on the podcast. She shares her story so far and talks about taking risks and investing in yourself and always having a backup plan.
Focussing on the Big Picture Dr Michelle D Cullen is a familiar name to anyone who follows equality and particularly gender equality initiatives and issues in Ireland. Dr Cullen is a Managing Director in Accenture in Ireland and has been involved with the Women On Walls initiative with colleague Eithne Harley. This began with artists […]
The Critical Mass and Voice of Women Is A Necessity Frances Fitzgerald MEP is tired of waiting for social change, that will benefit women and children and families. The crisis she says in this Women In Leadership podcast, gives us a new opportunity to rebuild the economy in a more equal and greener way. “People […]
Naysa Mishler Cutting Through Red Tape in COVID19 Staying true to real leadership values
Emily Foges Listening and learning from clients. "There is no point in crashing about if you haven't really listened and really understood."
Answer that call. The world needs more feminine leaders to find their voice and be visible be the change.
Kermit the Frog used to sing that âitâs not easy being greenâ. According to Sarah Blake of Earthology though, it is easier than you think. Staying positive, starting small but dreaming big, not getting overwhelmed is what is important. That and being resilient, when you meet resistance or when you get knocked back, getting up [â¦]
This Women In Leadership podcast episode has a terrific guest for you Patricia Bradley, a trailblazing executive paving the way for women and minorities on her quest for diversity and inclusion in the healthcare industry.
Always and Never 20 truths for a Happy Heart This week’s guest on the Women in Leadership podcast is Lisa Shumate who has written a book for the younger generation on guiding principles for life called ‘Always and Never, 20 Truths for Happy Heart’. One of her main lessons is about resilience, getting up after […]
JOURNALISM MATTERS Áine Kerr COO with Kinzen Áine Kerr, Chief Operations Officer with start up Kinzen, believes journalism is changing rapidly (again) and that we have to start asking why people need journalism, if we are to engage readers, viewers, listeners and especially millennials with news they can trust. Áine is the guest on this […]
Women Inequality and Media Work Women’s Voices and women’s stories are still not getting aired at the same rate as mens. This is what comes through in Dr Anne O’Brien’s new book ‘Women Inequality and Media Work’. Women only get a small percentage of airtime according to Dr O’Brien. “Globally women get about the mid-twenty […]
Women Who ‘Shine’ in Training and Development Joyce Walsh and Pam Skerritt Pam Skerrit and Joyce Walshe ‘shine’ when it comes to inspiring people in their workplaces. Both women are featured in this podcast and are award winners from the 2019 IITD National Training Awards. Unknown to each other, they boeach chose Take That’s song […]
Working Quietly Against The Machine Have a listen to the podcast right to the end and you will get the meaning of the headline, it relates to Marisa’s Go To song that helps get her motivated in the morning. Dr Marisa Ronan is MD of Psynapse Europe a Diversity and Inclusion consultancy with a mission […]
Lorraine Hariton A Catalyst for Change “The world is changing and rapidly but sometimes old patterns are hard to change,” so says Lorraine Hariton the new CEO of Catalyst.org on the latest podcast from Women In Leadership. As an organisation Catalyst is working to change the culture and environment in workplaces – to make them […]
100 Days To A Younger Brain Dr. Sabina Brennan has good news about staving off dementia and adding an extra two healthy years to later lives. ‘100 Days To A Younger Brain’ Maximise your memory, boost your brain health and defy dementia’ is her new book about brain health. It is an activity based programme […]
Martina Fitzgerald Martina Fitzgerald RTE’s Political Correspondent talks about the progress women politicians have made in Ireland as well as their struggles in this podcast. She also talks about the stories she uncovered from talking to the women she interviewed for her book ‘Madam Politician’ some of which had never been aired before. The interviewees […]
Getting Real About Sustainability ALI SHERIDAN Sustainability Lead for IKEA Ireland In this episode of the Women In Leadership Podcast, Ali Sheridan talks about why caring for the environment is really important for women in their shared roles as leaders in society, in work and in the home. She talks about how she is putting sustainability into […]
Put Your Hand Up! Helen Carroll is the new Head of Communications and Partnerships with Business to Arts in Ireland and she is the guest on this episode of the Women In Leadership podcast. Helen is a ballerina, a musician and has a brilliant business head too. She is carving out a career for herself […]
Global Ambitions for Irish Woman Joan Mulloy Joan Mulloy is a solo sailor from Mayo on the west coast of Ireland. She’s on top of her game, having done some serious races in the sport – like the Figaro last year where she was the first Irish woman to complete this race. She’s gearing up […]
Time to Enlist Men as Sponsors Doctor Shawn Andrews says if we are to improve the position of women in the workforce and in society, we have to enlist the support of men in senior roles. In this podcast she says we need men to be intentional about their actions. “They need to be active […]
Theresa Siaw is Director of Business Development at OMNI Healthcare and she also focuses on various philanthropic elements in the neighbourhood of Humboldt Park Chicago her home town as well as internationally. She is the guest on the podcast and talks to Angie Mezzetti about 1. Having faith in yourself and letting go of fear. […]
Linda Smith On Maximising ‘Kick Assets’ Linda J Smith is on a mission to empower women to use their ‘kick assets’ which they are not doing at the moment she believes. She has just published her book ‘Smashing Glass and Kicking Ass: Lessons from the Meanest Woman Alive.’ She wears the title of ‘Meanest Woman […]
Courage, Cyber Space and Carousel Edel Creely on the Women In Leadership Podcast The multi talented Edel Creely of Trilogy Technologies and President of Ibec is the guest on this episode of the Women In Leadership podcast. She talks about internet security, cyber crime and GDPR as well as Ibec as the voice for Irish business […]
Lessons in Leadership in 7 Songs from the Women In Leadership Podcast with Angie Mezzetti Music is one of those things you can tap into in your head to change your mood. If you are in a tight spot, or in a new or difficult situation, you can galvanize yourself to face into it by […]
Align yourself with people who can help you Kelly Roach is a business coach from USA. She is a former NFL Cheerleader and has boundless energy when it comes to fitness. She also has her own podcast and has published a book called Unstoppable about the 9 Principles of Unlimited Success in Business and In […]
Listening, Learning and Calling it Out Leading woman Carol Andrews of BNY Mellon and the 30% Club Lead in Ireland, is the guest in this episode of the Women In Leadership podcast and she is a leading light when it comes to advancing diversity and inclusion. As well as being a savvy business person, she […]
The WoW effect in the workplace requires relentless focus, relentless measurement. These are some of the key pieces of advice Clodagh Hughes of Motive8 has for organisations who want to do more than pay lip service to gender diversity in the workplace. “You need to do a diagnostic on your business first, to see how […]
Eimear Caslin says the business world is learning to work with women going on maternity leave and particularly coming back from leave and she sees how this is working to the employers’ advantage. “I look back over my career and I have had three maternity leaves over a career of 23 years, so two years […]
Why We Can’t Wait for Change It is going to take 180 years if we want to wait for gender parity, according to Sandra Healy Head of Diversity and Inclusion at DCU. Sandra is one of many women in leadership in Ireland today who is not prepared to sit around and wait for that change […]
Women For Election wants to get #morewomen into Irish politics. Bridging the gap, getting women from ‘being busy in the background’ to ‘going on the ticket’ when it comes to election to office, is what women for election is all about. In the podcast Niamh Gallagher co-founder of the organisation with Michelle O’Donnell Keating, talks […]
Suzanne Anderson of ‘Mysterial Woman’ is the guest on this podcast. Suzanne is a psychologist, executive leadership coach international speaker and co-author of ‘The Way of The Mysterial Woman: Upgrading How You Live, Love and Lead.’ She believes we have to break free of limiting beliefs that we as women are somehow ‘not enough’ and […]
Banking On Women Radio Documentary If Lehman Brothers had been Lehman Brothers and Sisters would we have had the financial crisis? This documentary asks what can Ireland learn from international research and changing practices to ensure the banking sector will survive into the future. The opinion and experience of various expert contributors is looked at […]
Jennifer Davis is the guest on this episode of the Women In Leadership Podcast. She is the Chief Marketing Officer with Planar a multi million dollar technology enterprise based in Portland Oregan in the United States which was recently taken over by a Chinese company Leyard so her experience of that transition is enlightening as is […]
Gillian Harford of AIB on Diversity Initiatives Gillian Harford heads up human resources planning and strategy in AIB and this is an exciting week for her as several initiatives she has been working on to improve equality and fairness in the bank are launched. Top of the list is two weeks paid paternity leave for […]
‘What we treasure we measure,’ is the motto of Dr Anne Laure Humbert who is a senior research fellow at the Global Centre for Gender and Leadership at Cranfield University in England. She is an expert statistician who analyses complex sets of data to see what is really going on and to analyse the effectiveness […]
https://vimeo.com/161458030 Click this link to see the film WiSER All Changed Women had to be off campus by 6.30pm, there were restrictions on women academics applying for fellowship, there was no maternity leave and in 1968 chaperones were appointed for the first women scholars on campus. These are some of memories recalled in this […]
Prof Beate Sjåfjell brings a whole new insight in the real meaning of ‘sustainability’. A Professor of Corporate Law and an expert on sustainability and business law at University of Oslo she is fearless when it comes to taking on big issues and corporate lobbyists. In this podcast she talks about the role of diversity […]
Dame Ann Dowling, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge, recently addressed a gathering in Trinity College Dublin on the topic of ‘Diversity and inclusion: a value proposition for engineering’, on the invitation of WiSER Women in Science and Engineering Research. She spoke to Angie Mezzetti […]
Most women are great at advocating for others but when it comes to advocating for themselves that is a different story. So says Esther Weinberg of the Mindlight Organisation. Esther talks about strategies for women who want to have successful careers in any organisation but especially in the Media, film and TV industries on the […]
“We’ve done Diversity the wrong way round, we started with the women,” according to Sandra Ondraschek-Norris Senior Director with Catalyst. “Women know the issues. A lot of companies have unwittingly created groups whose approach to diversity is to bring groups of women together to tell women what they already know.” Catalyst is a leading nonprofit organisation whose […]
Monique Svazlian Tallon joins us from the US to talk about what she has learned about leading gracefully. It is the title of her new book ‘Leading Gracefully – a woman’s guide to confident, authentic and effective leadership’. It claims to offer a new roadmap for women who want to take their career to the […]
Mary Carroll is Vice Chair of WITS Ireland -Women in Technology and Science. Mary is a mechanical engineer now working with companies to improve their diversity policies and training especially in the area of unconscious bias. Companies need to get the best from their workforce and there is a battle on to retain good women she […]
Margot Slattery CEO of Sodexo in Ireland says Letting Go of your expectations of yourself and opening yourself up to the unexpected is one of her three pieces of career advice to both women and men. “When you let go of your expectations of what you think you are going to be and how it […]
Women are much more ‘purpose oriented’ in work by about 10% according to a survey by Arthur Woods of Imperative. “Women are really driving the conversation that work is more than about a paycheck and a promotion”, work can be a source of fulfilment and work can be a means of helping other people. In […]
DUWGA is the Dublin University Women Graduates Association (Trinity College). Last Autumn DUWGA under the Presidency of Marion Courtney McKillen hosted the 2015 Irish Federation IrFUW Annual Conference. The DUWGA AGM is on this Saturday 23rd January in Trinity so we thought we would share one of a series of short interviews here to reflect on […]
Professor Nancy Hopkins of MIT visited WiSER at TCD to talk about ‘Stemming the Leaky Pipeline The MIT approach’. She had some valuable recommendations based on MIT’s experience in redressing gender imbalance which you can hear in this interview. One of the things she said was that the problems faced by women in science and academia will […]
Independent Consultant Veronika Hucke from Germany talks about how women’s networks can work to improve employee engagement. Veronika was a guest speaker at Women Empowerment Forum in Brussels 2015. Veronika is currently researching women’s networks and you can read more about her and her work on this website www.di-strategy.com Veronika is also on twitter at https://twitter.com/HuckeV
Lynda Barnes is the Managing Director of 360 Search in Baggot Street in Dublin and they are a specialist recruitment company who work and focus on senior appointments in life and pensions, general insurance, reinsurance, property and captive markets. I first met Lynda a few weeks ago when she was a guest speaker at a Connect […]
Petronela Zainuddin of Good Morning Creativity is a woman on a mission to awaken the innate creativity in us all that tends to get stifled particularly in the workplace. She does workshops for companies and conferences and several of her exercises will literally get you thinking outside the box. In this news podcast she talks […]
There’s Something About Catherine Catherine Guy is the only woman to head up one of Ireland’s Top Ten law firms. She is not the first and won’t be the last but she is unique at the moment. ByrneWallace has almost 50:50 female to male ratio though all its leadership teams and Catherine believes that this […]
Women In Leadership at# FEWomen15 Brussels met Paola Ottonello Policy and Communications Assistant, Gender Equality in Sport, European Commission In this short podcast Paola talks about the EU Commission’s Policy The 4 Stategic Actions on Gender Equality Main areas of action Decision Making How there is a need to get more women in key positions on […]
Louise Glennon is Women In Leadership Officer with the National Women’s Council of Ireland. In this episode of the podcast she says we need to get ‘game changers’ those women in existing leadership positions to leverage their position and to show that the issue of quotas and targets for gender equality in leadership roles is […]
“You have to want a sense of adventure, the Naval Service needs well qualified technical people.” It is obvious just be listening to her that Lieutenant Commander Mary Elizabeth Lane of the Irish Naval Service loves getting up in the morning and going to work. “It is a challenging responsible interesting job you won’t find […]
Brid Horan is on the Steering Committee of 30% Club Ireland. She is a non executive director at FBD and DCU and is Former Deputy CEO of the ESB (the Electricity Supply Board) and has had an impressive career which she talks about in the podcast. She has always been an advocate for women and […]
Vivienne Jupp is Chairman of CIE and is also on several other boards including the Irish Hospice Foundation. She has had a terrific career with Accenture and was the first woman director in Accenture in Europe before going on to hold a global role. Vivienne is never afraid to ask the awkward question whether it […]
Julie O Neill a proud Wexford woman, is former Secretary General of The Department of Transport in Ireland and a board member of both Ryanair and Permanent TSB. Julie is a terrific example of authentic leadership and of leading in a way that values feminine characteristics like emotional intelligence without being too ‘girly’. Julie learned to […]
Females make great leaders and operators. So says Niamh Bushnell the new and first Dublin Commissioner for Startups. Female entrepreneurs in Dublin she says are very calm and collected, very focused, knowledgable about their business and they are taking risks. She started her first company in her mid twenties. Niamh says she would have loved to […]
Julietta N.Fierro is an astrophysicist and full time researcher at Mexico’s National University UNAM. In this podcast she talks about her life and her science work in outreach and has plenty of advice for women especially women scientists. I spoke to her after her talk when she spoke to women scientists last week in Trinity […]
Bullying and Harassment advice from Margaret Considine of EQUITA Consulting ‘Jawdroppers‘ are those comments that women sometimes face in the workplace. They are usually offensive and totally inappropriate in the workplace or learning environment. The reaction of the person on the receiving end is often one of stunned shock at the audacity and rudeness of […]
Unconscious Bias is something we all have, yes even you! Unconscious Bias is our way of categorising people automatically without our even thinking about it. For example we may think of men as leaders in traditional male roles and of women in traditional female caring roles, and we ascribe certain attributes to women as typically […]
Danuta Gray features in this podcast from Women In Leadership. It was recorded in 2014 as part of the ‘Leading Women’ Radio Documentary funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Her advice to both men and women on developing their careers and stretching yourself outside your comfort zone when it comes to leadership, is very […]
In this interview Táiniste Joan Burton TD she talks about gender diversity and women in leadership and how nice it would be to see more women engaged at leadership levels in politics and in society in general. She talks about the particular challenges women face in politics and in society and says there is nothing […]
Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Angie Mezzetti hears from ‘Leading Women’ in Ireland about what it takes to make it through the glass ceiling and investigates what’s stopping women from making it to the top, first aired in July 2014 on Newstalk. Shownotes Host: Angela Mezzetti Guests: Joan Burton, Patricia King and many […]