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6 essential lessons for women leaders | Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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In a rich conversation full of practical insights, former Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard and former Finance Minister of Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala reflect on their experiences as women leaders in positions of global power — and share six standout lessons on what it takes to lead and build solidarity in the face of gender bias and stereotypes.

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43 Comments

  1. Brian McInnis

    February 2, 2021 at 11:46 am

    Women leaders: People who lead women.
    Female leaders: Leaders who are women.

  2. AlphaUniformSierra Australia

    February 2, 2021 at 12:27 pm

    She was one of the shortest running PMs in Australian history, because she was extremely bad at her job and multiple other reasons. She didn’t even last her full term hahahahahahahahahahaha

  3. StarvingPixels

    February 2, 2021 at 12:47 pm

    Criticism against females does not = sexism

  4. StarvingPixels

    February 2, 2021 at 12:49 pm

    How is Julia giving advice on leading when she’s a failed leader who had to resign?

  5. Beatriz Silfre

    February 2, 2021 at 12:54 pm

    Go for it!

  6. Andrew Seagull

    February 2, 2021 at 1:07 pm

    Can’t think of a better reason to unsubscribe

    • Cinthia Serna

      February 2, 2021 at 5:46 pm

      This isn’t the airport

    • Andrew Seagull

      February 2, 2021 at 5:54 pm

      @Cinthia Sernathat’s nice are you female leader

  7. Thank You

    February 2, 2021 at 1:08 pm

    Leaders? Wouldn’t follow these posers across a street!

  8. Willow4526

    February 2, 2021 at 2:26 pm

    Julia Gillard’s no 1 lesson to woman is stab your coworker in the back as soon as you can to get a promotion.

    then going and destroying all the work they had put in before you took over by force and ultimately accomplishing nothing, whilst also propping up your accomplishment of betrayal as if its a bastion for woman everywhere to rejoice… Yet your the biggest disgrace to woman and the worst example of one you could have bcos you only showed them you needed to use tricks and backstabary to get anywhere…

  9. Big Dee

    February 2, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    Sub Saharan Africa,, has apprx 40 countries … name ONE ,, where peeps wear shoes 👞

  10. Luke Jones

    February 2, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    The hipocrisy is hilarious

  11. Bethany Barnes

    February 2, 2021 at 3:29 pm

    Julia Gillard’s introduction of the carbon tax at a much higher rate than overseas made her very unpopular. And that is honestly what she is remembered for, in part. After promising not to introduce a carbon tax in her campaign, she f*cked over the Australian public and broke that promise.

    • Romanski

      February 3, 2021 at 4:29 pm

      I hope that more politicians are like here and fight for what’s right and necessary instead of aiming for being popular.

  12. JoeTube

    February 2, 2021 at 4:43 pm

    Essential lessons for women leader? Why not just leaders?
    How would you feel about a video titled: “essential lessons for male leaders”?
    You would get triggered pretty hard by such a video I guess.

    • Cinthia Serna

      February 2, 2021 at 5:44 pm

      Most other videos are directed towards males by default. That’s kind of the point? Why are you even here.

    • JoeTube

      February 2, 2021 at 5:55 pm

      Most videos are not directed towards males, why would they? Video creators typically try to reach as broad of an audience as possibe. But if you try really hard you can find sexism is almost everything.
      Why I’m here? To point out the obvious sexism of this video, which is needlessly only directed to one gender.

    • Molly Hughes

      February 2, 2021 at 7:26 pm

      @JoeTube there’s clearly an unequal distribution of men and women in positions of power. This video is encouraging women to step up and balance the scales as we battle sexism in the work place. Its very simple. This video talks about how women are treated differently and held to higher standards than men when they are leaders

  13. MrWadeBarrett

    February 2, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    Couldn’t pick worse female leaders if you tried

  14. Cinthia Serna

    February 2, 2021 at 5:45 pm

    Lots of triggered males here. I wonder what kind of leadership roles those men have had? Go work on yourselves, guys.

  15. Big Dee

    February 2, 2021 at 6:03 pm

    Another victim story 🤪 …. yawn

  16. Aylbdr Madison

    February 2, 2021 at 6:08 pm

    LOLS @ all the misogynists that saw the title _Women Leader_ and disliked the video without even watching it.
    The biggest crybabies in the world are these misogynists, they are literally *afraid* of women having power, and there is no argument against that.

    • denierlexiese

      February 2, 2021 at 7:29 pm

      How about the people who watched it and disliked it? You are projecting your beliefs, or parroted beliefs, on a result you don’t have the raw data for and don’t appear to be trying to understand.

    • Stevo1361

      February 2, 2021 at 9:41 pm

      It’s pretty rich for a woman who was elected as leader of one of the largest modern societies in the world to be saying that women who seek positions of power are treated differently than men. News flash, if you’re a good person who can navigate the world of politics and leadership with class, humility and not take every opposing person as a misogynist then you’ll do well.
      Jacinda Ardern can attest to that. (Anti-strawman statement): no that doesn’t mean Ardern hasnt faced misogonists or issues in general.

    • mars girl

      February 2, 2021 at 10:02 pm

      These men are obsessed with hating women.

    • denierlexiese

      February 2, 2021 at 10:21 pm

      @mars girl Unsubstantiated claim and ironically sexist.

    • Stevo1361

      February 3, 2021 at 1:02 am

      @mars girl great comment. It is what you say it is because you believe it. I and every other man who disliked this video hates women! The relationships we have with women in our lives are all completely fake! We secretly scheme against them and they have no idea….or…maybe the echo chamber in which modern feminism and popular media exist reinforce your unjustified paradigms of men like myself being obsessed with hating women?

  17. Mutant Buzzard

    February 2, 2021 at 7:05 pm

    women just can’t win, commie harris is descended from slave owners and she slept her way to the top of her politics, lets hear it for liberalism

  18. Mutant Buzzard

    February 2, 2021 at 7:06 pm

    rush is right , politics is show biz for the ugly

  19. Molly Hughes

    February 2, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    Its pathetic how many misogynists came to this comment section because they were upset that they saw ‘women’ in the title. Fragile egos.

  20. Train Kinder - Simple Leadership Hacks

    February 2, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    Every woman who steps forward make small space for the women who come next.

  21. UK Lorien

    February 2, 2021 at 9:33 pm

    So artificial

  22. Lisa Love Ministries

    February 2, 2021 at 10:32 pm

    Proverbs 8:17💕

  23. True Crime Queen TV

    February 3, 2021 at 12:40 am

    These videos are amazing! I always click immediately. Stay safe everyone 🙏❤️

  24. Brian Y

    February 3, 2021 at 2:26 am

    They are arguing the case that women don’t have to exhibit “alpha male” characteristics to be a successful leader, but let’s be honest, how many passive “beta” male leaders do you know of?

  25. Nicole Manalo

    February 3, 2021 at 4:09 am

    Yes Go for it… 😊

  26. Citizen Steve

    February 3, 2021 at 7:46 am

    Win the vote legitimately don’t stage a coo. Most Useless and worst pm ever even worse than Turnbull. But in your own words “moving forward “

  27. Allan Johnson

    February 3, 2021 at 8:07 am

    Why is that we white people are doing everything wrong

  28. Allan Johnson

    February 3, 2021 at 8:10 am

    I have an idea let’s put all black people on there own planet with all minerals , water, all of it . Let’s visit that plant in 20 thousand years . My guess absolutely no evolution . A lot of wars hunting each other and a bullshit environment. Your remarks . Or is the racist

  29. Allan Johnson

    February 3, 2021 at 8:12 am

    I’m still trying to figure out why black peoples are here. I’m guessing to piss us off .

  30. 13strong

    February 3, 2021 at 9:26 am

    How about “Don’t lock up innocent refugees, including children, in tropical concentration camps, for years and years”.

  31. Dandaman V

    February 3, 2021 at 9:31 am

    Julia Gillard was treated appallingly during her prime ministership. She did not get a fair go, and was an exemplary leader compared to the despots running the show these days.

  32. SpaghettiMitch

    February 3, 2021 at 6:45 pm

    Lost me at kamala

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