Posted on 01 October 2010. Tags: Career Management, Diversity, Employers
On Tuesday I delivered a presentation to the CPA Business Women’s network in Sydney on the ASX guidelines and what it means for the War for Female Talent that is really hotting up. I believe that 2011 is shaping up to be a big year for women in business: the new ASX guidelines require companies […]
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Posted on 29 September 2010. Tags: Best Practices, Bias & stereotypes, Career Management, Communication Skills, Courses and Conferences, Directory, Diversity, Employers, experts, Family Motherhood and Home; Flexibility at Work; Health, Happiness and Wellbeing, Life
If you’ve ever been responsible for establishing employee development programs, conferences or leadership offsites, you’ll know just difficult it can be to find fantastic, out of this world, leading-edge service providers. In a sea of social media and spin, my vast network send me calls for help every day – by email, LinkedIn, twitter and […]
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Posted on 23 September 2010. Tags: Ascend Development Days, Career Management, Flexibility at Work, Wins
I was thrilled to receive Kate’s email yesterday announcing she had taken out the ACT Telstra Businesswoman Award for 2010. Many of you know Kate Sykes – she has been a speaker at Ascend – and CareerMums, that seeks to help parents re-enter the workforce. I’m sure you’ll agree with me that Kate is a […]
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Posted on 23 September 2010. Tags: Career Management, Policies Employers Need to Know Legally, Sexual discrimination
One in 12 women has felt sexually harassed in the workplace but less than half have reported it to another member of staff, according to a recent survey of 1,500 women conducted by HR consultancy Reabur. The research found that women often did not report sexual harassment because they felt it would affect their future […]
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Posted on 22 September 2010. Tags: Career Management
For anyone serious about climbing the exec ladder in their career, there is going to be a fair bit of self promotion involved. With so many candidates for every promotion who have the same degree, similar experiences and usually similar skills and personalities thanks to highly competitive recruitment processes, the need to get your contribution […]
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Posted on 20 September 2010. Tags: Career Management
Reputation, performance and possibility of promotion or growth. These 3 concerns are common for all professional workers, but they can hard to gauge the comparative worth of your standing with those around you. This article promotes three key questions for assessing your company’s strategic position simply. The questions are: Would you say your company is […]
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