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Happy International Women’s Day 💪🙌🏻

https://hbr.org/2011/09/never-ask-does-that-make-sense

Never Ask ‘Does That Make Sense?’ Just as a chef is attuned to the subtleties of flavor and trends in the culinary arts, a presentation coach is attuned to the subtleties of language and trends in the communication art. One trend I’ve noted recently is the expression, “Does that make sense?” often used by a speaker during a co...

Today is International Women’s Day and we are celebrating all women, in all their diversities. It is a day to recognise how far we’ve come towards gender equality, yet how far we have left to go.

Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to reach their goals. It can be even harder for wāhine Maōri, Pacific women and women from ethnic communities who face multiple biases. Knowing that bias exists is simply not enough to reach equality; actions are needed to .

Alex Chadwick, Acting Deputy Commissioner from the Te Kawa Mataaho Workforce, Employment & Equity team, says:

📢 “I will break the bias by leading change to the system, not to women.”

No one person is solely responsible – change to the system is evermoving. Breaking the bias can only be achieved through collective effort.

So today, let’s celebrate and reflect on those that fought before us, getting us to where we are today. Yes, there’s still a long way to a go – but if we each lead change to the system, not to women, we too can .

For International Women's Day and Women's History Month, we are celebrating women on the move throughout the decades. Driving and riding have been central to the development of women’s independence and identity – breaking down stereotypes, helping them to break free and march forward. Join us all month as we take an exciting ride through the history of .

“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish” - Michelle Obama ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Wise words and we are firm believers of this at Pure Fiji...after all, we are a woman-owned company and 85% of our staff are women. We also support rural women with community-based businesses. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
No matter who you are or where you live there is no limit to what you can accomplish 👩👩👩

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6_pru8U2RmM

The whole working-from-home thing — Apple The Underdogs are back, navigating their new normal with lots of unknowns but one reliable constant: Apple helps unleash their creativity and productivity ev...

Calling all professional artists and creative practitioners in New Zealand – you're invited to register your interest in the Creatives in Schools programme in 2021!

Creatives in Schools gives you the opportunity to work with a school or kura to design a creative project for delivery over 8–20 weeks. Projects can include visual arts, dance, drama, and music, as well as filmmaking, game design, fashion design, spoken word, ngā toi Māori such as raranga and whakairo, Pacific arts including contemporary and heritage arts, and more.

Creatives will be paid for their time with students and ākonga.

Great article from three of my previous lecturers! I’m also starting to write a piece about this....If you have been working from home and keen to be interviewed can you please email [email protected]