Posted on 31 December 2010. Tags: Heroes, women leaders
Every time a woman breaks into a new role, and makes the historic move to step into a position previously held exclusively by men, women all over the country cheer. When Julia Gillard became Prime Minister, despite the stunning way it occurred or her politics, women all over Australia were cheering, tweeting, status updating, hi-fiving […]
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Posted on 31 December 2010. Tags: Heroes, women leaders
There are many success stories of powerful women who are committed to their work and their family out there, and I still find them encouraging because everyone’s life and story is a bit different. I found this article about Robyn Holt enormously encouraging. This is a woman who has worked in the notoriously competitive magazine […]
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Posted on 25 November 2010. Tags: Career Management, Heroes, The Glass Ceiling, Women in Leadership, women leaders, Women on boards
Many women search for new challenging opportunities, present ideas to their managers, suggest innovations to their bosses and network enthusiastically to progress their careers. But all too often women find that even with all this exemplary career investment, they aren’t offered the opportunities they know they are ready for. Elizabeth Alexander is the chaiman of […]
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Posted on 16 November 2010. Tags: Ascend Development Days, Career Management, Heroes, The Glass Ceiling, Women in Leadership, women leaders, Women on boards
Meek and mild is not how I’d describe Lynn Ralph, board performance specialist with Cameron Ralph and non-executive director of the Sydney Swans and The Sydney Institute. In past lives she was also a successful investment manager and ran the Sydney Dance Company. And those in attendance at Ascend in Sydney on Friday would agree: this is a woman who pulls […]
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Posted on 02 November 2010. Tags: Heroes, Management and Leadership, women leaders
If you are a NSW resident you can nominate a member of the public for the NSW Woman of the Year Award, which is run by the NSW Office for Women and announced at a Premier’s Reception on International Women’s Day, March 8. Any member of the public in New South Wales can nominate a […]
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Posted on 02 November 2010. Tags: Heroes, women leaders
Thanks to Georgie Somerset for sharing the news that Labor Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy has been named the winner of the International Top 10 People Changing the World of Internet and Politics at the 11th World eDemocracy Forum held last week in Issy-les-Moulineaux, (Paris, France). Senator Lundy was presented with the International eDemocracy […]
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