Posted on 22 June 2010. Tags: Management and Leadership, Sexual discrimination
With the announcement on Friday that Mark McInnes, CEO of Australia’s premium department store brand David Jones, has resigned from his multimillion-dollar job after “unbecoming” behaviour involving a female staff member at two company functions there has been a barrage of media commentary.
Most of the TV coverage has included sound bites from women sharing their opinion. […]
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Posted on 22 June 2010. Tags: Management and Leadership
Is it time for a new form of creativity? In the Harvard Business Review, Roberto Verganti has written a thought provoking article on the possibility of transforming the current bountiful harvests of ideas into the focused creative function of vision. I hear so many good, great and terrible ideas everyday and think his opinions are spot […]
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Posted on 11 June 2010. Tags: Career Management, Management and Leadership, The Glass Ceiling
Ever felt you were the only woman who had the role, responsibilities and challenges you have? Do you feel that you lack the friends and colleagues in similar roles to swap advice with? If so, you’re going to love “She Owns It”, the New York Times new blog all about super successful women. One reader, Julie […]
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Posted on 07 June 2010. Tags: Management and Leadership
If you are thinking of becoming a company director you might want to try out this online test from the AICD… and don’t worry, if you get some of the questions wrong they will send you the correct answers!Many of our readers aspire to be a company director and the Australian Institute of Company Directors is really […]
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Posted on 05 June 2010. Tags: Management and Leadership
Daniel Goleman is the man behind the “emotional intelligence” wave that (thankfully) hit us all in 1995. He has recently analysed the competency models from 188 major companies, and has uncovered a dramatic and critical finding – the EQ proved to be twice as important as cognitive skills and intellect. His findings are listed in […]
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Posted on 01 June 2010. Tags: Employers, Management and Leadership
New research from the Tuck School of Business has shown that 90% of female MBA students prefer a male boss. A 2009 survey of 2,000 British working women revealed 63% would prefer a male over a female boss. And a 2008 survey from the University of Toronto highlighted that women working under a sole female supervisor reported more […]
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