Posted on 05 December 2011. Tags: Events
Ark Group is holding and one-day connected forum in Sydney with an emphasis on getting women and men to work together and engage with each other to achieve greater success and a better workplace for both genders. Bringing together female and male perspectives for workplace equality will feature case studies and strategies from both women […]
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Posted on 05 December 2011. Tags: Giving back, Good Guys
Grameen Foundation helps the world’s poorest, especially women, improve their lives and escape poverty through access to small loans, new ways to generate income, and important information about their health, crops and finances. Founder Muhammad Yunas – who was awarded a Nobel Prize for his work – understood the power of providing women with the opportunity […]
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Posted on 03 December 2011. Tags: Best Practices, Career Management, Flexibility at Work, Mentoring, worklifebalance
Emilio J. Castilla, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stephen Benard, Indiana University published “The Paradox of Meritocracy in Organizations,” in the December 2010 issue of Administrative Science Quarterly. This article won the 2010 Academy of Management’s Best Paper Award in Organizational Behavior. “In this article, we develop and empirically test the theoretical argument that when […]
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Posted on 02 December 2011. Tags: Employers, Research
A new report by the Law Society of NSW was launched in Sydney yesterday by The Honourable Justice Julie Ward, putting the advancement of women in the legal profession under the spotlight. Unfortunately much of its findings read like another how-to guide for “fixing the women”; whereas very little has been said about the culture […]
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Posted on 29 November 2011. Tags: Best Practices, Female Economy
Every now and again I come across a business doing something that I think makes really good sense. This is one of them. So good on you, Virgin Australia, for giving our status credit it’s own parental leave when we take it too. Those of you who travel frequently will understand the benefit that comes […]
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Posted on 29 November 2011. Tags: Events
Those of you who are fans (like me!) of TED.com will be inspired to learn that TEDxUltimoWomen will be held in Sydney for the first time this Friday at Vibewire Hub, 525 Harris Street Ultimo (thanks go to Annie Le Cavalier from Vibewire who has generously provided the space and setup for TEDxUltimoWomen). Do you […]
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