In a past life I worked in a global consulting firm and I think that if you’ve never worked in professional services it can be hard to visualise some of the obstacles women face in forging professional careers. At the time there were no female partners I could turn to for advice. The firm was […]
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How can we attract and retain more women in professional firms? The realities of being a woman in professional services and driving change from within
Posted on 04 December 2010.
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Why we need to become more proactive about gender diversity, and avoid 70s style conscience-raising when tackling female advancement blockers – as observed by female architect – plus what it is the role of women only networking events
Posted on 30 November 2010.
What happens when you gather together 200 female architects to discuss the advancement of women in this archetypal “old man’s profession”? They “trade horror stories” and sympathise with one another, as described by event organiser Sandra Kaji-O’Grady, a professor at Sydney University. Sure, this is one of the wonderful elements of all women’s events – […]
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Corporate Express CEO leads by example in the advancement of women
Posted on 28 November 2010.
I was delighted to learn that Paul Hitchcock, CEO of Corporate Express Australia Ltd was announced the 2010 winner of the EOWA Award for Leading CEO for the Advancement of Women. I have watched Paul elevate the status of women at Corporate Express ever since I was invited to present to an internal gathering for International Women’s Day […]
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Yes I still want to receive your tips and recommendations on good ideas and articles to share!
Posted on 26 November 2010.
Thank you to all of you who continue to contact me with ideas, articles and good news to share. I love receiving your tips and guest blogs and I’m very happy to publish them. If you’ve sent something during November that hasn’t appeared yet on The SheEO Blog, I send my apologies. It is coming […]
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Guidelines for the Formation of a Mastermind Group – a guest blog by David Solomon – Part 2
Posted on 17 November 2010.
In Part 1 last week we looked at both the obvious and not-so-obvious benefits of being involved in a Mastermind group. Today we’ll look at how to set up and run an effective Mastermind. The ideal size of a Mastermind ranges from four to nine members: any more than that can be hard to manage and hard […]
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NZ study on Workplace Flexibility in the Accounting Sector finds partnership and having children are mutually exclusive
Posted on 08 November 2010.
A new study into the flexibility practices of the accounting sector has been undertaken to determine why this profession – in which women have long dominated at the graduate level – is still failing to attain significant female representation at partnership ranks. The study was undertaken by the New Zealand Ministry for Women and reviewed workplace practices […]
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