An online survey of over 300 female managers in February 2009 by Jenny Morris of Orijen, has found that bullying is surprisingly prevalent. She found that 81% of participants have experienced or witnessed of workplace bullying, with 63% of participants having experienced bullying themselves, and an alarming 23% currently experiencing bullying. Over half the bullying […]

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Have you ever read one of our newsletters or blogs and thought “I know! I just wrote an article about that!”? At sphinxx we work hard to make sure we’re writing on a wide variety of topics that boost working women’s careers and help our readers keep their grip on the constant work-life-balance challenge. We’re […]

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Ever wondered what you have to do to be heard over men in meetings and to stop them from hijacking your ideas?  I responded to this question in an article published last week in the Courier Mail. Click here to read the article where I share my top 5 tips for making sure your voice is heard.

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You’re in a meeting and put your idea forward yet it doesn’t make it to the whiteboard, or into the budget.  Until one of your male colleagues picks it up, reframes it and claims it as his own… to the great fanfare from the rest of your team. Does this sound familiar?  And what can […]

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I’ve been hobbling around all week with a crook back (mental note: don’t wrestle alpacas, they are stronger than humans!)  My niece Stephanie has been visiting and working in the sphinxx office, having just passed Year 12 with flying colours, and as she’s also a farm girl we decided to oversee the alpaca shearing together […]

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Deborah May produces the Advancing Women newsletter and has the following tips for how you can use action words to make sure you are heard at work: Deborah advises that women can dilute the impact of their message by being too indirect and avoiding verbs and provides the following tips: 1. Use more verbs. They […]

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