Posted on 12 June 2012. Tags: leadership, Offers
This is exciting news: The Origin Foundation is sponsoring a Fulbright Professional Scholarship in Non-Profit Leadership, and applications are now open!! This scholarship is designed to boost the long-term leadership and management capacity of the Aust…
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Posted on 31 May 2012. Tags: Career Management, emotional intelligence, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health, leadership
It’s been a horrible week. The worst. And I’m the kind of person who really doesn’t sweat the small stuff. One of the first string of words my son uttered as a baby was “not to worry” (amazing what you le…
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Posted on 31 May 2012. Tags: Gender Balance, leadership, Offers, Women in Leadership
Work in Professional Services? Want to sharpen your leadership skills? Have the XX chromosome? Then you might be interested in the scholarships of up to $3,000 available to women professionals for the WLA Emerging Leaders Program. At a time when …
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Posted on 02 March 2012. Tags: Bias & stereotypes, leadership, Women in Leadership
A lot can happen in a week! Although it seems like much more than a week has passed since Kevin Rudd arrived back in Australia after his abrupt resignation as Foreign Affairs Minister to announce his intention to run again for the top job. Apart from all the rain and flood warnings (I’m ready to […]
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Posted on 22 February 2012. Tags: leadership, Women in Leadership
New evidence suggests that women may be better than their male counterparts in improving employee morale, motivation and performance – crucial factors that can enhance chances of organizations survival in turbulent times – according to Shabeer Ahmad on ChiefExecutive.net Ahmad says that during turbulent times, “a management style that is more characteristic of women leaders […]
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Posted on 02 February 2012. Tags: Gender Balance, leadership
I received this article from Carol Schwartz of the Women’s Leadership Institute of Australia… So it turns out only 17% of Davos participants this year were women, despite a new quota system demanding that the largest members send one woman for every four men. According to Saadia Zahidi, the WEF’s head of constituents who is […]
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