diversity

"You can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm ......"

"You can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm ......"

"You can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm ......"

....an influential and persuasive person, with real value to add to the conversation.

Not quite how the Bee Gees had it in their 'Stayin' Alive' original soundtrack, but a real eye-opener to us all at the 'WondrousWomen@Work'© event in London recently.

Although we were a group of experienced professional women (and a man too!), we each learned very specifically how our own physical entry into a standard business meeting room created a wide range of perceptions in the minds of the others in the room. 

From a man who knows quite a bit about success...

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"If you want your company to operate with wisdom, with care, then women are the best"

So said Jack Ma at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. As a man running a company that delivered 61% revenue growth last year, serving 488 million customers, he knows what works and what doesn't.

Diversity of thought is essential to an organisation's economic success.

Listen to his excellent Q&A at Davos here