Don’t Outsource Your Career to Anyone
Only you can find a job for yourself. An exceptionally qualified marketing manager working for a large financial institution sees change coming. The bank is going through another restructuring exercise.…
Career Transition Nightmare
You’ve found your dream job, but within six months your world turns upside down. The company restructures, leaving a trail of high level departures. Your boss leaves unexpectedly, HR informs…
Be Ready – No Job Is Permanent
We rarely think about our next next role until forced into making a choice – to stay or to move on. Last week an experienced finance executive received a redundancy…
Stop. Reflect. Act
Many of us start off a new year or new moon with the best of intentions: exercise more, save more, find a new start and job. Exercising and saving seem…
Why women need to take ownership of their reputations at work
Jane Horan was quoted in the article 'Why women need to take ownership of their reputations at work' by Catherine Fox on the Australian Financial Review. According to last week’s…
Reputational capital: Your Brand Story
How valuable is a brand? More than anyone could imagine. Organizations spend dizzying sums of money, time and talent to ensure their brand is visible and compelling. With ever-increasing choices…
Are You Guilty of Unconscious Bias?
Multinational companies operating in Asia and other foreign regions may be overlooking potential leaders by defining leadership qualities through a U.S. lens, says Jane Horan, founder of The Horan Group,…
Gender issues
Do we really need more research on gender equality or do we need to act on the research. Organisations seem to be hardwired for research, and disinclined to take action...…
Talking Equality, Thinking Inclusively
When we talk about equality, do we automatically think gender? Moving the conversation to inclusion allows us to broaden the scope and think innovatively. Diversity (and I would add, inclusion)…
Analysis Paralysis – let’s look for solutions
As the Board Room discussion heats up, why not seek solutions instead of statistics. A decade of discussion, we know the statistics but what about research supporting women in decision making roles from…
No Time For Politics…
A senior human resource manager running down the hallway huffed, "I don’t have time for politics. If this is the way things work - I'm outta here." Frustrated and upset, this manager had…
Political Savvy – not hard to master
Savvy is a critical leadership skill and becoming politically savvy is not difficult. The only requirement is a willingness to step outside your comfort zone and confront fears that may…