Free article shared on LinkedIn on how to overcome shyness and increase your confidence
Posted on 30 August 2010.
I’m a member of Executives Women’s Business group on LinkedIn, and wanted to share with you all an article one of the other members shared about how to beat shyness, and become more confident. There is no doubt about it, being shy won’t serve you well in your career. Successful careers today require networking, making […]
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Norway has the worlds leading board diversity initiative, but what can businesses learn from their example? Is it working?
Posted on 27 August 2010.
The woeful state of Australia’s female representation at executive and board level and lack of real action to improve this issue creates a lot of conversation and study about what programs are working overseas. One of the most standard out initiatives is Norway’s 40% quota for board members. Women make up 40% of board members […]
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The power of female voices in the workplace – a guest blog post by Karen Schmidt
Posted on 27 August 2010.
The Times published an article a while back that proves the Prince of Wales was right all along. Plants really do like it if you talk to them. What he did not know is that they prefer to hear a woman’s voice. These are the conclusions of a month long study by the Royal Horticultural […]
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EMPLOYERS: How are you preparing for the introduction of paid parental leave? Share your plans here and get a grip of the debate, the emerging opportunities and get your business ahead.
Posted on 26 August 2010.
There is a lot of discussion happening about Paid Parental leave, as we roll towards January and our first national scheme. I’ve been blogging fairly regularly about PPL and how businesses can prepare and benefit for it, but I also wanted to share this summary snippet from the Diversity Council of Australia’s debate about paid […]
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Sydneysiders – Invitation to attend “Unhappy hour” for Equal Pay Day on September 4th – Women are paid 18 percent less an hour so you’ll get 18 percent off your food and drink!
Posted on 26 August 2010.
The pay gap between men and women workers isn’t getting better, but women are getting more active and better coordinated to tackle this issue head on. Pay disparity is one of the issues, like many in employing women that has many causes but one of them is definitely the lack of scrutiny applied to the […]
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Elizabeth Broderick’s Blue Print For Achieving Gender Equality – what the report proposes for working women – pay equity, targets, quotas, support for parents and better sex harassment policies!
Posted on 26 August 2010.
Elizabeth Broderick, the Sex Discrimination Commissioner has released a report that outlines the inquiries, investments and initiatives to rectify a wide range gendered imbalances Australian face. The issues fall into five priority areas: balancing paid work and family/caring responsibilities, ensuring women’s lifetime economic security, promoting women in leadership, preventing violence against women and sexual harassment […]
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