Posted on 17 June 2011. Tags: Employers, Gender Balance, Heroes, women leaders
This week I spent a morning with Catriona Noble, CEO of McDonalds Australia, gathering insights for my new “how to” book for leaders wishing to attract, develop and retain more women in their business. You might be surprised to hear that the “Golden Arches” employ a workforce of 85,000 individuals here; across 820 restaurants with annual […]
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Posted on 17 June 2011. Tags: Media, News, Women on boards, working women
The Winter edition of emPOWER magazine has just hit the news stand… but if it’s too cold and wintery for you step out and buy a copy why not just grab a coffee and a Tim Tam and kick back in the comfort of your ergonomic office chair to view it online here. There’s something for everyone, from how […]
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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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