Posted on 17 June 2011. Tags: Community, Family Motherhood and Home, Media, News, Supporting women worldwide, Women in Leadership
Congratulations go out to Natalie Isaacs and the team at 1 million women on yoursecond birthday! Since Nat started 1 million women just two short years ago, over 45,000 daughters, mothers, sisters and grandmothers have committed to protecting our climate, our communities and our future, leading change for the better. 1 Million Women is a perfect example […]
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Posted on 17 June 2011. Tags: Personal brand
Well that’s exactly what Jessi Arrington took with her to TED where she delivered this presentation on creating your own unique personal brand entirely from… wait for it… thrift shop purchases! When was the last time you bought an entire outfit for $50? Or dressed like a kid? Or expressed yourself in full colour? There’s […]
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Posted on 14 June 2011. Tags: News, Women in Leadership
At sphinxx our vision is to see women equally represented in leadership roles, in our workplaces and communities. If yesterday’s announcement of the 2011 Queen’s Birthday honours is anything to go by, we have a way to go, with only one third of recipients being women. Why so few? It’s quite simple: too few women […]
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Posted on 09 June 2011. Tags: leadership
I’ve spent time over the past week supporting the campaign to ban the live cattle trade to Indonesia following the ABC’s Four Corners expose into the horrific conditions of cruelty faced by Australian cattle in a number of Indonesian abattoirs. I was horrified and distraught by the investigation led by Animals Australia that revealed countless beautiful Australian Brahman cattle receiving the […]
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Posted on 09 June 2011. Tags: Family Motherhood and Home, Heroes, women leaders, worklifebalance
After my son was born my M.I.L. (who’s career like mine was in the finance industry) gave me a copy of this book with “must read!” instructions. After one-and-a-half chapters I was depressed! Now I guess you know it’s actually a best selling comedy, but it hit a few too many raw nerves for me […]
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Posted on 09 June 2011. Tags: Communication Skills, Management and Leadership
I know I do. I like sitting where there’s natural light but not too glary; where I can get eye contact with people entering the room and roughly in the middle of the boardroom table wherever possible so I’m “amongst the energy”… It turns out I’m not alone and that most people exhibit territorial behavior […]
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