Posted on 19 August 2010. Tags: Life Balance, Research
Work life balance is talked about a lot these days. Whether its study leave to flexible working hours, or shorter days for new dads to job sharing there are lots of innovative ideas floating around that can benefit employees and the businesses they work for. I got a sneak peek at some brand new findings […]
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Posted on 18 August 2010. Tags: Employers, Family Motherhood and Home, Flexibility at Work
The survey: Does choosing flexible working arrangement prove you’re less serious and committed to your job, and damage your career prospects? This question was posed to 800 female solicitors in the UK, with surprising results. The Results: One third were dissatisfied with their access to flexible work arrangements. Half said they believed that using such […]
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Posted on 18 August 2010. Tags: Heroes (women leaders), Networking
Simply post your comment here, about your number one tip or story about what you think women bring to business – just because you’re a girl. Best ones received by this Friday win the tickets! Many of you are familiar with Network Central events – they’ve been around connecting women in business for 10 years […]
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Posted on 17 August 2010. Tags: Management and Leadership
This management tip of the day was full of the buzz words used when describing female leadership – so I wanted to share it with you all to make sure we’re making things as simple and effective as possible. So if you’re looking for simplicity and want to streamline your management work, make sure you […]
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Posted on 17 August 2010. Tags: Career Management, Health Happiness and Wellbeing
There was an interesting question recently posed on the sphinxx Linkedin group that got me thinking. I’m going to paraphrase here but it was something like, “How important is emotional control in the work place?” While this could mean controlling (not expressing) the emotions that you feel (anger, tears, etc.) I chose to interpret it […]
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Posted on 16 August 2010. Tags: Diversity, Employers, Policies Employers Need to Know Legally
I’m currently touring Australia for the August series of our Ascend development days, however before I left I attended a debate hosted by The Sydney Institute between David Gonski, Chairman of the ASX and Elizabeth Broderick, Sexual Discrimination Commissioner on the issue of quotas and mandatory targets to increase the number of women on boards. […]
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