Posted on 13 October 2011. Tags: Career Management, Employers
This year 7,100 people voted to determine Australia and New Zealand’s top 20 Dream Employers of choice. So who made the list? Here’s the Top 10: Google Self-employed Virgin Group Qantas Apple Microsoft OMD The Walt Disney Company BHP Billiton Getaway (And you can access the full list here.) Did you employer make the list? […]
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Posted on 11 October 2011. Tags: Gender Balance, Women on boards
The Reibey Institute released its annual research last week, noting amongst many findings that for the second year running over the past 3 and 5 year periods, ASX500 companies with women directors on their boards delivered significantly higher Return on Equity (ROE) than those companies without women directors – up to 8.7% higher in fact. […]
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Posted on 11 October 2011. Tags: Family Motherhood and Home, Flexibility at Work, worklifebalance
I remember my excitement during my pregnancy when I discovered I was having a son (and amazement, quite frankly, being from a family of 4 daughters and no sons!!!) My thinking was that with a son, my dear husband would be more likely to spend time with our new family member… and it seems there’s […]
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Posted on 11 October 2011. Tags: childcare, Flexibility at Work, Gender Balance, Media, Women in Leadership
This article by Amanda Woodard in Knowledge@Australian School of Business outlines a number of reasons why it’s high time we made childcare tax deductible in Australia. My opinions were sought, along with leading Australian businesswomen including: Michelle Guthrie, chair of aid agency Plan International Hong Kong, and a former chief executive of the STAR media […]
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Posted on 11 October 2011. Tags: Events, Networking
It’s spring time… time for renewal and for business that means networking! Did you know that you can enjoy the sphinxx member discount of 25% at Network Central’s networking breakfasts in Sydney and Melbourne? If you’ve not yet attended a Network Central event you can expect a warm reception with likeminded women in middle management […]
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Posted on 11 October 2011. Tags: Awards, Media, News
Oh dear in my excitement about being in the same room as George Clooney (sigh!) I made an error in my post yesterday about the amazing Unwrapping Genius Global Leadership Forum on 12th December in Sydney, being held by The Growth Faculty. Now that I’ve regained my composure, the correct price of $880 per person […]
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