Fifteen of Australia’s top CEOs have produced a business letter outlining their experiences in elevating the representation of women in leadership, stimulating thought and discussion on the issue. What is unusual of the report though – and what we’ve come to expect from the gender balance debate – is the absence of women contributors. Instead, […]
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Australia’s male Champions of Change share their experiences in promoting gender balance within their business
Posted on 18 October 2011.
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Why we need to engage more men in the gender agenda and where to start
Posted on 04 May 2011.
Last week I attended the Women on Boards Gender Matters conference with a group of sphinxx members and while there’s more coming on the educational outcomes in a subsequent post, the biggest a-ha moment for me was that this gender agenda is on a fast track to no where if we can’t get more men engaged in […]
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Save $700 on Women on Boards conference – the “must attend” board event for 2011
Posted on 18 February 2011.
Are you thinking of joining a board this year? Or already on one? Then you will benefit from attending the 2011 “Gender Matters” conference being run by Women on Boards in April this year. sphinxx is again organizing agroup booking to enable sphinxx readers to receive a $700 discount on the public registration price. This is one event that […]
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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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AICD announces 70 Board Diversity Scholarships for “board ready” women
Posted on 27 October 2010.
John Colvin, CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors is really leading the ranks of good guys and showing his commitment to gender diversity on boards with the announcement of a new Board Diversity Scholarship Program by the AICD. Under the program, the AICD together with the Australian Government Office for Women will award […]
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The stars of this year’s Women’s Forum were the men who promise to change the world
Posted on 25 October 2010.
The predictable topic for discussion at last week’s Women’s Forum Global Meeting in Deauville, France was quotas. Dubbed the Davos of women, the annual gathering attracted a raft of female business and political leaders, and 23 chieftains of industry — 13 of them men — committed to six concrete measures to improve the gender balance […]
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