Posted on 16 August 2010. Tags: Diversity, Employers, Policies Employers Need to Know Legally
I’m currently touring Australia for the August series of our Ascend development days, however before I left I attended a debate hosted by The Sydney Institute between David Gonski, Chairman of the ASX and Elizabeth Broderick, Sexual Discrimination Commissioner on the issue of quotas and mandatory targets to increase the number of women on boards. […]
Read the full story
Posted in Blog
Posted on 14 August 2010. Tags: Diversity, News
There is a lot of election conversations happening everywhere, and I was forwarded this video from Get Up, that opens with Tony Abbot’s quote: “I think it would be folly to expect that women will ever dominate or even approach equal representation in a large number of areas simply because their aptitudes, abilities and interests […]
Read the full story
Posted in Blog
Posted on 13 August 2010. Tags: Best Practices, Diversity
Does your company recognise the diversity benefits of having women in leadership roles, and have the business smarts to develop programs now ahead of the competition to fully capitalise on these and put themselves ahead? Then make sure your work is recognised and apply for a Diversity and Inclusion Award from Diversity@Work. Equal Advancement of […]
Read the full story
Posted in Blog
Posted on 12 August 2010. Tags: Diversity, Employers
The stats don’t lie – despite our best intentions, be they real or wishful women still aren’t getting paid the same as their male counterparts. Put bluntly, it means women are not getting paid fairly. Sharryn Jackson MP (member for Hasluck, WA) is promoting a report that outlines why the pay gap is a huge […]
Read the full story
Posted in Blog
Posted on 06 July 2010. Tags: Diversity, Good Guys, Mentoring
Last week I met with a long-time mentor of mine who’s definitely a Good Guy. Tony and I met on a consulting project, he was on the client side and I was external but still he became a mentor. I went on to take a number of roles in that organisation and over the years […]
Read the full story
Posted in Blog
Posted on 29 June 2010. Tags: Diversity
I have recently read a really interesting article on the human resources leader blog by Angela Priestly that investigates if the increasing focus on gender diversity in business distracts attention from other diversity needs such as sexuality or cultural diversity. She recognizes the improvement made in law firms in regards to gender diversity (although women still make […]
Read the full story
Posted in Blog