Posted on 13 October 2011. Tags: childcare, Flexibility at Work, Gender Balance, Media, Women in Leadership
Last week I asked to participate in a panel discussion on Lateline Business (ABC1) on the current economic climate and the challenges for small business and women in business. You can view what I had to say here: I’m often asked how I manage to get this sort of media coverage – and I think […]
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Posted on 13 October 2011. Tags: Career Management, childcare, Family Motherhood and Home, feminine leadership, Gender Balance, Women in Leadership, working women, worklifebalance
It could be just my interpretation, but I loath the term “mother guilt”. It seems to me that labels like this do nothing to support the self-confidence of mothers – and it’s certainly not a draw card for career-minded women deciding whether and when to embark on parenting. My sentiment was evoked when, speaking at […]
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Posted on 13 October 2011. Tags: Gender Balance, Quotas, Women on boards
The Government has announced an extension of its election promise to have women appointed to 40 per cent of government board positions by enforce gender quotas on the boards of its major business operations – including NBN Co, Australia Post, Medibank, Australian Rail Track Corporation, Australian Submarine Corporation, Defence Housing Australia and the Australian Government […]
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Posted on 11 October 2011. Tags: Gender Balance, Women on boards
The Reibey Institute released its annual research last week, noting amongst many findings that for the second year running over the past 3 and 5 year periods, ASX500 companies with women directors on their boards delivered significantly higher Return on Equity (ROE) than those companies without women directors – up to 8.7% higher in fact. […]
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Posted on 11 October 2011. Tags: childcare, Flexibility at Work, Gender Balance, Media, Women in Leadership
This article by Amanda Woodard in Knowledge@Australian School of Business outlines a number of reasons why it’s high time we made childcare tax deductible in Australia. My opinions were sought, along with leading Australian businesswomen including: Michelle Guthrie, chair of aid agency Plan International Hong Kong, and a former chief executive of the STAR media […]
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Posted on 10 October 2011. Tags: Flexibility at Work, Gender Balance, worklifebalance
Thank you to Frances and Kylie at The 100 Percent Project for inviting me to their Sydney research launch on Friday of Men At Work: What they want and why it matters for women. The key take aways for me are that men largely want what most women want too, when it comes to workplace […]
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