Posted on 18 February 2016. Tags: Gender Balance, Supporting women worldwide, Women in Leadership
Hi everyone just a quick note to update you on a couple of things…. Firstly, I’m a bit angry at the moment because I feel like International Women’s Day is being dumbed down. Have you noticed? I’ve written more about it over at my new personal blog – here’s the link. And there’s an excerpt […]
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Posted on 28 January 2016. Tags: Employers, Gender Balance, Management and Leadership, Sexual discrimination
You may have been following the storm in the teacup that has been brewing as a result of litigation involving ANZ Bank, strip clubs and certain (allegedly) badly behaved traders who it turns out are paid more than their Bank’s CEO. In case you missed it, here’s a snippit. In response, ANZ, Westpac and Commonwealth […]
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Posted on 12 November 2015. Tags: Business, Gender Balance, investing, leadership
Do you invest in shares? Would you use your vote to demand that companies you invest in act now to capitalize on the opportunity women present? If so, I want to hear from you. (And if not, you should and you can!) As a shareholder, I attended the Fairfax Media annual general meeting in Sydney […]
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Posted on 19 October 2015. Tags: Career Management, Family Motherhood and Home, Management and Leadership, Parenting, Research
Are you following @manwhohasitall on twitter? I’ve concluded this satirical (and scarily familiar) account of “top tips for men juggling a successful career and fatherhood” could only be authored by a woman. The basis of my assumption? Career men wouldn’t think about spending time on social media sharing the ins and outs of their work […]
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Posted on 21 September 2015. Tags: leadership, politics, Women in Leadership
Is it just me, or is anyone else wondering “where were all these women a week ago??” Amazing isn’t it what you can find sometimes, when you put your mind to it and really go looking? Just goes to show that, sometimes, all it takes is a leader willing to back those who have talent […]
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Posted on 18 September 2015. Tags: Career Management, Family Motherhood and Home, Good Guys, Women in Leadership
A friend of mine recently shared that his female boss had – in a team meeting – commended the men on her team for leaning in on the home and family fronts. It was in response to an article quoting Elizabeth Broderick, Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner who had received a text message from her son […]
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