A fantastic book: The Difference “Difference” Makes – Women and Leadership
Posted on 30 January 2009.
Despite the USA references, the core of this book rings true here in Australia. This publication from Stanford University Press poses the question: Why are women so dramatically under-represented in formal leadership positions and what can be done to improve the situation? This unique collection takes up these questions in the crucial […]
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Act and plan as if you are a CEO. How to develop a CEO’s strategic acumen
Posted on 29 January 2009.
This is great article about developing and the importance of strategic acumen regardless of what level you lead at, ‘Plan Like a CEO At Any Management Level’, written by Susan L. Colantuono and Laura J. Colcord. Women leaders consistently rate higher than men as managers of people but are consistently rated lower in the area […]
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Stepping off the career fast track is easy. What’s hard is getting back on. Careers, companies, and economies suffer when highly skilled women cannot get back where they belong (a fantastic article from HBR)
Posted on 28 January 2009.
This is a fantastic article from Harvard Business School that is well worth a read, ‘Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success’. Subjects covered include Career advancement, Careers & career planning, Families & family life, Women executives, Women in business, Working conditions.Most professional women step off the career fast track at […]
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I Do’s and Don’ts : How Changes in Marriage, Divorce and Childbirth Are Redefining the Workplace
Posted on 27 January 2009.
According to a new study by Wharton professors Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, marriage and divorce rates in the United States are both at historic lows. When Stevenson and Wolfers began to analyse the changing market forces behind these new statistics, one thing became clear: The same forces that play a role in marriage and […]
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Where are the women in leadership in Australia?
Posted on 26 January 2009.
Author: Leonie V. Still- The purpose of this paper is to review the current representational position of women in leadership in Australia, using management and board appointments as the relevant domains. The review reveals that despite 30 years of considerable legislative, policy and social change in the equity area, women have not attained leadership positions […]
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EOWA Australian Census of Women in Leadership
Posted on 25 January 2009.
The Australian Census of Women in Leadership measures the status of women on boards and women executive managers in Australia’s top 200 organisations listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Applying the business principle of what gets measured, gets done, the Census is designed to establish accurate statistics to enable international benchmarking. The 2006 census found […]
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