Reverse mentoring, sharing and bringing the blokes along on the journey
Posted on 06 July 2010.
Last week I met with a long-time mentor of mine who’s definitely a Good Guy. Tony and I met on a consulting project, he was on the client side and I was external but still he became a mentor. I went on to take a number of roles in that organisation and over the years […]
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Get Ready, Equal Pay Day is coming!
Posted on 05 July 2010.
Australian women are (on average) paid 18% less then men. That’s the lowest it’s been since 17.2% in 1994. We’re going backwards, but we’re getting active to reverse this issue. Get a list of the current facts here.Last year it was on the first of September, and this year the date will be announced after the […]
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Feminism makes women more violent? Northern Territory Research Findings
Posted on 02 July 2010.
Dr Peter Forsyth, a senior lecturer at Charles Darwin University claims that studies have found that there is no truth to the argument that testosterone makes men more aggressive, and that social factors such as the rise of feminism have destroyed the inhibition of women to be violent, and the expectation that men and women act differently.Do […]
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Because it’s Friday: a fantastic list of brief, practical blogs to explore on your weekend including how to praise your child, best use caffeine, resist temptation, think, have a long marriage, resist aging…
Posted on 02 July 2010.
Barking up the wrong tree is a great blog. And I recently discovered this digest of a range of his blogs called “How to quickly and easily improve your life.It includes: how to easily be more credible when complaining, how to improve learning while you sleep, how to use the good cop, bad cop technique, […]
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Where are the women? – a guest post from Julia Newbould, Morningstar managing editor
Posted on 02 July 2010.
Where are the women? by Julia Newbould, Morningstar managing editor Women are still noticeable by their absence in senior management and board roles throughout Australia’s top companies. But finally, people are asking why. At a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) forum in Sydney this week, nearly 500 people gathered to hear ASX, Coca-Cola Amatil, […]
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Menstruating Women: Watch this, and then forward it
Posted on 01 July 2010.
I’m a big fan of the MamaMia blog, and was struck by this video she posted, about women and menstruating. It starts with the obvious but often forgotten fact that every 28 days, almost 50% of the world’s population menstruate. Which is not a whole lot of fun here, but goes on to explore what it’s like in Asia, […]
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