Posted on 04 February 2011. Tags: Personal brand
Every now and then I receive emails from our sphinxx readers asking for tips and advice for building a public profile. It’s something I’ve spent quite a lot of energy on over the past 5 years or so and I’m absolutely passionate about encouraging other women to do the same. So why is it important […]
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Posted on 02 February 2011. Tags: Employers, Family Motherhood and Home, Feminism, Flexibility at Work, Gender Balance
Do these ‘ladies of leisure’ pose a threat to Australia’s productivity? This is what a recent headline in The Australian newspaper indicated. The blame seems to be on us women – if only we were to choose to work, the danger of the ticking population time-bomb will be so much smaller. I’m not sure that […]
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Posted on 28 January 2011. Tags: Gender Balance, Negotiation, Women in Leadership, Women on boards
By now you’ve probably seen the Sheryl Sandberg video from TEDwomen, and her 3 tips for making it to the C-suite. As COO of Facebook, Sandberg has achieved dizzying heights of career success. Her advice to other women seeking to do the same is as personal as it is practical, yet also acknowledges the social, biological and […]
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Posted on 20 January 2011. Tags: Community
I’m dedicating my blog posts today to those in our community who are focused on helping others… and they really do need our help. This morning I received an email from Eric Allgood with a personal account just how enormous the impact of the Queensland floods will be on locals. I know that many of […]
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Posted on 20 January 2011. Tags: Community
This is a callout for help for our readers in Adelaide … with a Happy New Year message from OzHarvest Adelaide! Many of you had a taste of OzHarvest when founder Ronni Kahn addressed our Ascend development day series in May last year… since then a local team has formed to get OzHarvest Adelaide up and running… […]
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Posted on 20 January 2011. Tags: Community
Jenny Saliba has volunteered to travel to Nepal, the poorest country in South Asia, on 5th March 2011 with a team of 100 Australian women to help improve the lives of families suffering from poverty. As part of the Habitat for Humanity Global Village program the delegation will live and work alongside 250 disadvantaged local […]
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