Posted on 25 May 2010. Tags: Career Management, Courses and Conferences, Mentoring, Networking
We’re trying a new style of event called the Mastermind Breakfast sponsored by de Groots media. If you’re a businesswoman, and have an idea, obstacle, issue or challenge at work you want to discuss with women who hold a similarly senior role, then this is the event for you. As you will benefit from the experiences of 9 […]
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Posted on 21 May 2010. Tags: Career Management
Evaluations by your boss, especially in big companies are critical for advancing your career. How can you support you boss to give you a good one? If your boss has ever given you a years worth of feedback at once, given you a review for essentially the last 2 months rather then 12, given you […]
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Posted on 14 May 2010. Tags: Career Management, Looking After Yourself
A couple of weeks ago I published a blog summarizing the findings of a new study in workplace bullying. The study by Jenny Morris of Orijen found that 23% of her survey participants (women in management) were currently experiencing workplace bullying in some form. Marie Claire magazine is currently running a petition calling for a review of […]
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Posted on 10 May 2010. Tags: Career Management, Looking After Yourself, Sexual discrimination
MEDIA RELEASE: sphinxx (www.sphinxx.com.au), the network for senior women in business recently polled 264 women in mid to senior positions who attended the sphinxx Ascend events for women in leadership in order to determine the development needs and experiences of women in senior positions. 68 per cent of those women said they had observed or […]
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Posted on 10 May 2010. Tags: Career Management
The Harvard Business Review has published an article this month on “How to Keep Your Top Talent”, and has some great insights on how to ensure that the investment your company is making in your rising stars gives you a satisfactory return on investment and effort. It’s also a great article to study if you’d […]
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Posted on 08 May 2010. Tags: Ascend Development Days, Career Management, Communication Skills, Courses and Conferences
Everyone wants to know what others are saying about them. And I’m sure most of us have had moments where we know we’re perfect for a role, project, promotion or job but just haven’t had the opportunity spell out why to the people making the decisions. Or maybe you’d just like more offers that enable […]
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