Powerful Speaking for Powerful Women

Tricia Karp

Assume equality

I’m fortunate to regularly present to different groups of women who feel safe to share with me their frustrations and struggles at work. From personal and executive assistants to future leaders and those in executive leadership roles, there’s a theme that’s come up time and again these past few weeks.  It goes like this: I […]

The art of the ask

A favour.  A pay rise.  A new project.  An opportunity. Want it?  Then ask for it.  Be bold. I work with a lot of women, and know quite a few more, who don’t ask.  They don’t like to.  It’s as if they believe that if they ask, they’re being a nuisance, or making life difficult […]

Pleasing Prowess & Pushback Charm: An interview with Diane’ Ranck

Diane’ Ranck is a woman who means business.  (Her name is pronounced Dee-arna). Her most phenomenal achievement?  Being an Australian Education International Counsellor at the Aussie Embassy in Thailand, where she turned around the trend of international students going to England and the USA.  She created a fantastic brand for Aussie education, and took a […]