Three lessons from intersectional politics for leadership diversity

In this blogpost, we suggest that leadership can advance diversity and equality in organisations by incorporating a more radical and transversal politics.

Solidarity is not dead: how workers can force progressive change

This article was originally published at Aeon and has been republished under Creative Commons. Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty. Google employees in Dublin, Ireland, join others from around the world in protest over claims of sexual harassment, gender inequality and systemic racism at the tech giant. By Carl Rhodes In November last year, … Continue reading Solidarity is not dead: how workers can force progressive change →

Leadership and ‘relational intersectionality’: Developing a politically relevant and research-based approach to leadership diversity

We have been working on a way to bridge intersectionality research and relational leadership research to better register the complex intersections of difference that shape how identities are developed and enacted in organizational settings, with a focus on how leadership practices can create and perpetuate regimes of inequality, discrimination and oppression.

Did Westpac just mansplain gender diversity to its competitors?

There is much more work that really needs to be done before gender equality at work becomes ingrained in Australian business values on its own terms.

CEO pay is more about white male entitlement than value for money

Do CEOs really add so much to a company that they deserve these gargantuan salaries? Rhodes argues that the level of CEO pay reflects an elitist corporate culture of privilege and entitlement, dominated by middle-aged white men whose singular responsibility for corporate success is hugely overstated at best.

The Journey Begins

Research investigates the complex intersection of cultural and gender differences and develops a theory on leadership diversity.