Posts Tagged ‘women leading women’
I don’t think I can do this again
16 January 2026 Hi Karyn. You won’t remember me but we had a brief exchange on LinkedIn this time last year and you gave me some great advice. I didn’t ignore it exactly but I didn’t follow it very well either 🙁 And here I am back again in exactly the same place. I have…
Read MoreHow will you prevent burnout this year?
It’s January, and despite just returning from the ‘holiday’ break, many business leaders and executives are already feeling exhausted. You might be noticing signs of weariness, of irritation, of frustration, of cynicism, perhaps of helplessness — the opposite of what you WANT to be feeling at the beginning of a brand new year.
Read MoreWhat is it that you NEED?
Hello my loves, This is Karen Brinkley from Women Leading Women Australia, here with a gentle reminder to pause and take a two-minute breather. So often, as women leading teams, businesses, and households, we reach the end of the week running on empty. The noise, the pace, the endless decisions can drown out the most…
Read MoreAre you too…?
Which “too” are you? Too old? Too young?Too bossy? Too backward-in-coming-forward?Too qualified? Too inexperienced?Too nurturing? Too aggressive?Too rigid? Too flexible?Too available? Too unavailable?Too loud? Too invisible?Too grim? Too friendly?Too busy for coffee meetings? Too lacking in networks? New research from Amy Diehl, PhD, Leanne M. Dzubinski, PhD, and Amber L. Stephenson PhD reveals that practically ANY characteristic…
Read MoreDeveloping a different style of leadership for women
The state of women in Australia: The bad news It’s not easy to get up-to-date statistics for the state of Australian women. The last ABS National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing in this country dates to 2009, and back then: Those stats are alarming in their own right, but put them in the context…
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