Posted on 03 November 2011. Tags: Events, Networking
Well it’s been a while… but I’m finally back in Melbourne over the next couple of weeks speaking first on The Female Leadership Journey at CPA Australia networking luncheon next week, and the week after as well at the Executive Assistants Network conference. I’d love to connect face to face with as many of my […]
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Posted on 03 November 2011. Tags: Entrepreneurial Activities, Negotiation, worklifebalance
We need to talk about Qantas. Or at least, everywhere I go, the women I meet are talking about their reaction to the Qantas dispute and what they’re going to do about it. I flew to Adelaide last week for a speaking engagement with CPA Australia (hello to all the lovely ladies from SA who […]
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Posted on 03 November 2011. Tags: Career Management, Communication Skills, Courses and Conferences, Employers, Gender Balance, News
HR firm Randstad recently conducted a survey of approximately 400 Australian workers and found that only 40% of the male respondents say their employers, when looking for new managers, take into account the current number of men and women in higher management positions, compared to 25% of female respondents. Randstad chief executive Fred van der […]
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Posted on 03 November 2011. Tags: Career Management, Communication Skills, Entrepreneurial Activities, Women in Leadership, working women
This article by Nellie Akalp tells us what we already know about women entrepreurs: they are thriving in the new economy and this is why: The growth in women-owned businesses can partly be attributed to sheer necessity: increasingly, families must rely on a dual-income household and many women find escape constraints of paid employment by […]
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Posted on 03 November 2011. Tags: Supporting women worldwide, Women in Leadership, Women on boards, working women
The Australian Women Chamber of Commerce is conducting the first Women in Research national research project is calling for women in business to stand up and be counted! You can poll anonymously or you have the option to win prizes to the total value of more than $8,000 by entering your details. It takes just […]
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Posted on 03 November 2011. Tags: Female_Economy, Marketing_to_women
When I’m in Melbourne this month I’ll be taking the opportunity to invest in my own leadership development via Our Community and the forthcoming leadership development programs with Christine Nixon. This program looked like something I couldn’t miss the chance to attend – having recently seen Christine speak at a Network Central breakfast and been […]
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