‘The World Needs More Women in Leadership Mnà’ UCC IWD 2024

International Women’s Day in UCC University College Cork was celebrated with a series of presentations and discussion on the subject of ‘why the world needs more women in leadership’. After the event, the co-chairs of Mnà UCC, Emma Connolly and Clíodhna O’Callaghan together with Dr. Lee Ann Burke the Mnà Treasurer, recalled highlights of the IWD event in UCC.  They are terrific women and recalled the messages they took from the morning and are well worth a listen.

Learning the Secret Sauce of Leadership

Learning The Secret Sauce of Leadership for women. Navigating the territory of leadership for women is not easy. There are unwritten rules that are not often shared naturally with women in the workplace or in political life. Dr Melrona Kirrane DCU Business School and Andrea Dermody give a taster of that secret sauce.

Marah Curtin It’s Your Money So Let It Grow

Marah Curtin Director of Client Engagement and founder of femolutionist talks about women and investing in this podcast with Angie Mezzetti.
The biggest investing mistake that women make isn’t over trading or overconfidence or panicking during downturns, or any of the other behavioral mistakes that tend to trip up investors, our main issue is simply not investing at all.

Susan Hunt Stevens on Leading Sustainably

https://media.blubrry.com/womeninleadership/mc.blubrry.com/womeninleadership/Susan_Hunt_Stevens_Poscast.mp3?awCollectionId=31529&awEpisodeId=9601829&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Business&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=IE&aw_0_azn.planguage=en-ie&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Fwomeninleadership.ie%2Fcategory%2Fpodcast%2Ffeed%2FPodcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:54 — 95.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | RSSSusan Hunt Stevens – Leading Sustainably Susan Hunt Stevens is CEO of WeSpire a technology company that runs employee engagement campaigns using proven behavioural science techniques. Younger employees in particular she says are purpose driven and think […]

Caitriona Gleeson

Caitriona Gleeson – Getting Women Elected

Catriona Gleeson CEO of Women For Election says men or women don’t have to be up in Dublin for the sake of it.  “There’s actually an opportunity to represent your community nationally, but remaining within your region reasonably, the practical things that can be done in terms of length of meeting times, notice around meetings, and the efficiency of meetings, the chairing of meetings, particularly within local government, it doesn’t have to be the way it always has been if it’s not efficient.”

Seonadh Johnson Three Pots Philosophy

There is also a fear of wealth destruction by taking risk. Investing for long term takes a bit of thinking about Seonadh Johnson believes. “The temptation is often to leave the excess liquidity in cash because  they think it’s safer. But actually really understanding and compartmentalizing the different parts going okay, well, if I need this in the next year or two, yes, keep it in cash. But if you don’t need it for five years plus, then really thinking about trying to get a better return than nothing on it is something to explore.

Dr Joanne Kenney Assistant Prof DCU Psychology Department

Dr Joanne Kenney – Champion of Women In Research

https://media.blubrry.com/womeninleadership/mc.blubrry.com/womeninleadership/Joanne_Kenney_Phd_1.mp3?awCollectionId=31529&awEpisodeId=9251439&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Business&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=IE&aw_0_azn.planguage=en-ie&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Fwomeninleadership.ie%2Fcategory%2Fpodcast%2Ffeed%2FPodcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:02 — 75.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | RSSDr Joanne Kenney Champion of Women In Research Dr Joanne Kenney is one of the Co Directors and leaders of WIRI, Women In Research Ireland, with Dr Susan Fetics. They are an innovative group who support women […]

Rachel Hussey The Serious Business of Gender Equality

https://media.blubrry.com/womeninleadership/mc.blubrry.com/womeninleadership/Rachel_Hussey_PODCAST.mp3?awCollectionId=31529&awEpisodeId=8944419&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Business&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=IE&aw_0_azn.planguage=en-ie&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Fwomeninleadership.ie%2Fcategory%2Fpodcast%2Ffeed%2FPodcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:05 — 71.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | RSSRachel Hussey Gender Equality is Everyone’s Business When Women Thrive, Everyone Thrives Gender equality is now a serious business matter and one that both business men and women are on board with. “It’s really important to remember, […]