For IWD 2023, Be A Jamie.

We need more women like Jamie Lee Curtis in this world. Her now famous reaction to her co-star, Michelle Yeoh's, Golden Globe win for best performance by an actress in a motion picture, is exactly how we should all be celebrating the successes of our female colleagues. We need to trumpet their achievements like they are our own.

Women have extra challenges to overcome to be successful in their careers. The 2023 Tallest Poppy Study¹ was recently released and the findings highlight that successful women need to be resilient because they face aggressions in the workplace that can result in them being brought down.

Tall Poppy Syndrome (TPS) refers to when successful women are being bullied and challenged on their achievements, and made to feel like they are taking up too much space. The results of the Tall Poppy Study are startling, and in a most troubling and disappointing way: