Why is my biggest income related expense not tax deductible?
Posted on 24 January 2010.
In my business I can claim as a tax deduction a vast range of expenses, except for the most important one: child care. Why shouldn’t this expense be tax deductible? If I’m not returning to work to earn an income, I don’t need to procure childcare at significant expense: full-time child care for my son […]
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An Australian woman making a difference in Haiti – how are you making a difference in your career?
Posted on 24 January 2010.
I received this email today through my networks – it’s a message from Alison Thompson who will be in tomorrow’s Australia Day Honours list, sent yesterday to her parents in Sutherland Shire (Sydney). If you needed a reminder of just how lucky we all are, and just how much we each can do to make […]
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A new year, a new you… is it time you reinvented your leadership style?
Posted on 24 January 2010.
I’ve been catching up on my emails during the lull of January and came across a terrific one by Sue Henry, asking what I’m going to do differently in 2010. Sue has some great tips to help you get more out of 2010 – and so do we at sphinxx. In fact we’ve put together […]
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Want to put your brand in the hands of 500 senior women in business?
Posted on 24 January 2010.
We’re in the process of collating goody bags for participants at our Ascend leadership development days in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Participants at Ascend are senior women in business including managers, senior associates, directors and partners; and middle and senior managers, GMs and MDs from organisations including: Allens Arthur Robinson, Austrade, Australian Institute of Company Directors, […]
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The Best-Performing CEOs in the World
Posted on 20 January 2010.
Who would you rate as the best performing CEO in the world – now and over time? This month’s Harvard Business Review includes of the best performing CEOs in the world. Given a lot of people have blamed short-term thinking for causing our current economic troubles, debate has ensued about what time window should be […]
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Love to bypass those annoying salesmen when making your next consumer electronics purchase?
Posted on 20 January 2010.
We know that women control an estimated 80% of all household purchasing decisions… so why don’t the salespeople we encounter get that and treat us as the intelligent consumers that we are? Because until now they could! But if you’re planning on making any consumer electronics purchases – from DVDs and plasmas to hair straighteners […]
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