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Challenging Personal Stereotypes in Spotlight at Women Icons Network Collective for Equality Summit

Singapore, Mar 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Their gender itself is reason enough for much of the corporate world to be biased against women. However, working women face all kinds of subtle and overt biases as they navigate their way through their careers. From their age to choosing to be a mother, anything could be the basis of unconscious biases. The need to talk about, address and overcome such biases formed the basis of the discussion during the first virtual session of the Collective for Equality Summit on earlier on Thursday evening. Hosted by Singapore-based Women Icons Network (WIN) to mark the International Women's Day, the two-day summit aims to bring senior corporate leaders from Asia-Pacific on the same stage to discuss their personal experiences, the current state of the gender equality initiatives and the way forward. The topic for the first day was "Breaking The Bias - Challenging Personal Stereotypes". The session was moderated by WIN founder director Vishwesh Iyer, and the panelists were Malayasia based strategy, innovation and leadership consultant Dr Marcella Lucas, head of corporate sales of Google Cloud for Singapore-Malaysia, Sophie Wong and ge...

Avoiding three common biases in investment decisions

SINGAPORE - Getting your finances in order can be hard. Sometimes your emotions derail sound, rational assessment; at other times, you will need to do extensive research to be confident of the decisions you make. To complicate matters further, humans are also affected by cognitive biases - habits of thinking developed over many years that are hardwired into the brain and can give rise to errors of judgment. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month Latest headlines and exclusive stories In-depth analyses and award-winning multimedia content Get access to all with our no-contract promotional package at only $0.99/month for the first 3 months* Subscribe now *Terms and conditions apply.