When Ronald Lee, Goldman Sachs director of wealth management, accepted his award as a male champion of change at the Women of Influence awards, he imagined a world for his daughter where bias was as anachronistic as whiskey, cigarettes and skirt chasing as seen in the well-known TV series, Mad Men.
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Diana Wu David
I am a former Financial Times executive, author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School’s EMBA Global Asia. I am a female futurist. An educator, author, speaker and advisor rolled into one, I’m passionate about encouraging and empowering individuals, businesses and boards within Asia and beyond to master the capacities they need for inspiring futures that matter. I am privileged to have spoken to or consulted with clients including JP Morgan, AXA, Credit Suisse, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, the World Bank, Asia Development Bank, Expedia and Randstad.
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Have you ever looked at the couple that seems to have it all – lovely children or even lovelier pets, dual incomes, seeming tranquillity? I’ll be honest. These people fascinate me as I imagine the technology breakthroughs, prescription drugs or extreme sense of humour they must have to juggle it all.
Paternity leave has been big in the news lately and on my mind as one of our clients, a man in a big advertising agency in Korea said he was taking a year off for paternity leave.
I heard this some time ago from a protégé referring to her sense of failure or embarrassment for wanting to be closer to family and a potential life partner.
Last night at the Financial Times Non-Executive Director cocktail David Eldon, former Chairman of HSBC, Non-Executive Chairman for HSBC Middle East and Senior Independent Director at Noble Group discussed his views on boards, “the good, the bad and the snuggly”.
Board bashing has become fashionable in certain circles. A sort of “can you believe they did that?” schadenfreude detailing the mistakes of the rich and powerful.
This presentation for StepUp Hong Kong is a clarion call to women who could invest in start-ups to enhance Hong Kong’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Results from a recent survey on LinkedIn echoed an earlier poll at the Asia Corporate Governance Association conference in a panel on Board Behavior, grading the performance of the board without strong leadership at the top is an uphill battle.