Elon Musk has said that workers who don’t want to come back to the office can ‘go and pretend to work elsewhere’, and they should stop ‘phoning it in’.

Draft new legislation - leaked to Spanish media outlets - proposes giving workers who suffer from severe period pain three days of optional medical leave a month, with two additional days permitted in exceptional cases.

Crazy, or long overdue?

The Top 50 employers for women 2022 have been announced…

…think again.

We discuss the Aviva AGM debacle.

This week a well known British businessman and celebrity, Alan Sugar, sparked debate when he tweeted that the new PwC summer working policy, which allows all staff to take Friday afternoons off in June, July & August, was 'a bloody joke'. Do you agree?

Someone told me “You are brave!” and as you would expect of me, I replied with a “Thanks for saying that!” and carried on my day. Then, my inner voice began asking: Am I ‘really’ brave?

By MICHELLE WESTFORT

A Battle of Words is a series where we will examine common comments that feed negative gender stereotypes and how to flip the script and turn them into meaningful conversations.

by MELISSA MCCOY

Most people often question me on how I manage to drive leadership in my organisation, Hosts International; in such competitive student/agent/school landscape where emerging beyond the competition is a challenge. It’s not easy!

By HARSHA SHIVDASANI

Frustrated when nobody listens to your ideas in a meeting? Perhaps you have been overlooked for a promotion? Are you close to that glass ceiling but just can’t seem to break through? Talane Miedaner, international bestselling author and founder of LifeCoach.com shares her insights and will answer any questions you may have on this topic during our first webinar which takes place on 29th March at 12.

Spoiler Alert: "For the most part, it all boils down to consent, communication, and the healthy processing of rejection"... intriguing, right?!

So what might 2018 have in store, particularly for women in the workplace? The National Association Female Executives (NAFE) asked people to weigh in on their predictions for the new year.

Read more about supporting each other in our professional relationships.

Lead5050 is a global professional network with a social purpose – to raise the profile of women in the international education industry and facilitate them into positions of leadership. We believe in the positive impact of women in business. We believe that when women and men work together towards gender equality we are stronger. We believe gender equality benefits men too.

As I was asked to be a mentor my first thought was: How am I going to do it? I have no time! But then I stopped for a moment and decided I wanted to help other women succeed and I must use my career achievements to reach back down and pull others up behind me – show them the way and lead them.

Melissa is an experienced Marketing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. Skilled in Military Affairs, Event Management, Media Relations, Management, and Fundraising. Strong marketing professional with a Master's Degree focused in Digital Learning from Baker University.

It’s wonderful that the gender inequality debate in the international education industry is gaining momentum. But the question on our lips right now has got to be: where are all the men?

Yves is currently the Vice President of Operations for Open Hearts Language Academy. For 10 years, at the beginning of his professional career, Yves was a Middle and High school teacher and then a Department Head with the Edmonton Public School Board in Canada. In 1991, he became President of Nacel Canada Inc. and in 2001 added to his responsibilities the role of President of CLC Inc.

We want staff members, male or female, to know that we support and encourage their ambitions as leaders. We need to ask ourselves what changes we can implement, personally and professionally, so they’ll sense that support. We also need to ask ourselves whether our professional framework allows employees to reach their leadership goals. President & C.E.O