by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Mar 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you ever need a non-fiction bestseller, write a book on women in leadership. Every ambitious woman in middle and senior management will buy it, as will well-meaning men. The launch will be packed by women and men wanting to be seen to support the cause of...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Mar 15, 2023 | Data, Ideas, Writing
In the quest to improve the number of women on boards, we often focus on the individual. We police women’s CVs and tell them their personal characteristics (or personality) are the reason they haven’t reached leadership roles. Tertiary and postgraduate qualifications,...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Jul 8, 2022 | Ideas, Publishing
July is conference time. It’s been a few years since we have had a genuine conference season, and I’ll tell you what it is exhausting and joyful! I have just come back from the Australian Historical Association conference in Geelong, where I convened the...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Jul 4, 2022 | Awards, Data, Publishing
My co-authors (the fabulous Associate Professor Corinne Cortese, Dr Abdullah Al-Mamun and Dr Searat Ali) and I were delighted to be nominated for best paper at the 2022 Academy of Management conference in Seattle, Washington. The paper explores rhetorical decoupling...