17 October Lunch Hour Talk
Speaker: Kate Ramsay
Topic: Smashing the glass for women at work
The focus of Kate’s talk will be her recently published book A hell of a lot of glass – achieving gender equality in the workplaces of Australia.
Kate will describe her reasons for taking on this huge project and how she went about it. In particular, she will draw on her own career experience, her research in the area and the experiences of other women she interviewed. As well, Kate will explore a range of topics including the ongoing gender pay gap in Australian organisations and why some women are still having to navigate not just glass ceilings but class cliffs and glass labyrinths at work.
Kate will also share her recommendations for what else is needed to achieve the goal of fully gender diverse workplaces in Australia.
Kate Ramsay is the managing director of AnD Leadership Consulting and has had over 35 years’ experience working as a consultant specialising in gender-based equal employment opportunity and in leadership coaching and mentoring. She is the author of Go with Love – a memoir about love, loss and learning, the co-author of Barriers to Women in Corporate Management and, most recently, A hell of a lot of glass – achieving gender equality in the workplaces of Australia.
Kate is also a mother, a sister, an aunt, a friend, a great aunt and the proud grandmother of 5 granddaughters to whom she dedicates this latter book.
