I think most of us know by now that men and women in Australia do not get paid the same salary for doing the same job (if you need any proof just click here). Take the industry I worked in: financial services. Women in financial services earn just 60 cents for every dollar their male counterparts make. […]
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Tip for employers: why putting your head in the sand about gender pay equity just won’t help & how changing your UGRs just might
Posted on 08 June 2010.
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Does having more women on an exec create better results? A readers thoughts
Posted on 05 June 2010.
Recently, I received an email from one of many women who attended a May Ascend development day, called Alison. In her thank you email was an interesting observation about her Tasmanian owned and operated private health cover. Alison had noticed that the MD of her health cover fund was a woman, Colleen McGann. And that […]
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Catalyst Awards – get recognized for your pro-diversity work
Posted on 13 April 2010.
The Catalyst Awards are coming up again, and if your organisation has implemented a women’s program and are getting results, don’t miss the chance to get recognised for the work you’ve done for equality. Not only does facilitating more gender diversity create better business results, it also leads the trend to more appropriately employ, promote and retain […]
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New index outlines organisations advancing women at board levels
Posted on 10 March 2010.
Employers looking for best practice on progressing women as leaders, and women seeking board appointments can now access the Boardroom Diversity Index released on International Women’s Day by Women On Boards. The index is Australia’s first comprehensive index that tracks the performance of key sectors in our economy on gender diversity in the boardroom. Women […]
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Targets, quotas and diversity on boards – what’s your position?
Posted on 07 March 2010.
I surveyed 200 women in leadership roles last year and found that 74% of respondents support the use of quotas or targets or both to improve female representation on boards and in leadership roles, and 47% specifically supported the adoption of quotas. I’m expanding the survey this year to include men and women and would […]
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The pros and cons of thinking before you speak before you act
Posted on 15 December 2009.
I’ve been hobbling around all week with a crook back (mental note: don’t wrestle alpacas, they are stronger than humans!) My niece Stephanie has been visiting and working in the sphinxx office, having just passed Year 12 with flying colours, and as she’s also a farm girl we decided to oversee the alpaca shearing together […]
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