Podcast – Women in Leadership

Women in Leadership is a podcast about inspiring women in Ireland. Each week Angie Mezzetti speaks to a special guest to discuss their experiences and answer listener submitted questions.

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Julie O’Neill

Julie O Neill a proud Wexford woman, is former Secretary General of The Department of Transport in Ireland and a board member of both Ryanair and Permanent TSB. Julie is a terrific example of authentic leadership and of leading in a way that values feminine characteristics like emotional intelligence without being too ‘girly’. Julie learned to […]

Apr 29, 2015•56 min

Niamh Bushnell Dublin Commissioner for Startups

Females make great leaders and operators. So says Niamh Bushnell the new and first Dublin Commissioner for Startups. Female entrepreneurs in Dublin she says are very calm and collected, very focused, knowledgable about their business and they are taking risks. She started her first company in her mid twenties. Niamh says she would have loved to […]

Apr 27, 2015•33 min

Julietta Firerro UNAM, Shining a Light on Women in Science

Julietta N.Fierro is an astrophysicist and full time researcher at Mexico’s National University UNAM. In this podcast she talks about her life and her science work in outreach and has plenty of advice for women especially women scientists. I spoke to her after her talk when she spoke to women scientists last week in Trinity […]

Apr 22, 2015

Margaret Considine

Bullying and Harassment advice from Margaret Considine of EQUITA Consulting ‘Jawdroppers‘ are those comments that women sometimes face in the workplace. They are usually offensive and totally inappropriate in the workplace or learning environment. The reaction of the person on the receiving end is often one of stunned shock at the audacity and rudeness of […]

Mar 31, 2015•32 min

Biased Who Me? Joyce Yen Ph.D University of Washington

Unconscious Bias is something we all have, yes even you! Unconscious Bias is our way of categorising people automatically without our even thinking about it. For example we may think of men as leaders in traditional male roles and of women in traditional female caring roles, and we ascribe certain attributes to women as typically […]

Mar 13, 2015•16 min

Danuta Grey

Danuta Gray features in this podcast from Women In Leadership. It was recorded in 2014 as part of the ‘Leading Women’ Radio Documentary funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Her advice to both men and women on developing their careers and stretching yourself outside your comfort zone when it comes to leadership, is very […]

Mar 06, 2015•38 min

Joan Burton

In this interview Táiniste Joan Burton TD she talks about gender diversity and women in leadership and how nice it would be to see more women engaged at leadership levels in politics and in society in general. She talks about the particular challenges women face in politics and in society and says there is nothing wrong with ambition and that we need to hear more womens' voices at the tables where decisions are made. Her advice to women is not to be afraid of failure, that as her mother used to ...

Feb 07, 2015•33 min

Women in Leadership on Newstalk

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Angie Mezzetti hears from ‘Leading Women’ in Ireland about what it takes to make it through the glass ceiling and investigates what’s stopping women from making it to the top, first aired in July 2014 on Newstalk. Shownotes Host: Angela Mezzetti Guests: Joan Burton, Patricia King and many […]

Dec 05, 2014•47 min

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