The Wire

Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female Prime Minister, in contrast to Hillary Clinton did manage to crack the glass ceiling and garner the top political job in the country.

But her journey through politics and the legal profession was a lot harder than she thought it should be, and she lost more than her fair share of skin as she fought her way to the top.

She provides many insights into the way women have to operate in organisations to get past entrenched attitudes in her book Women and Leadership.