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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More than 25 percent of Australian employees believe their employer would choose a man over an equally qualified woman
Posted on 03 November 2011.
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Women Make Excellent Entrepreneurs in the Digital Age – and this is why!
Posted on 03 November 2011.
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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Do you always sit in the same spot at the meeting table?
Posted on 09 June 2011.
I know I do. I like sitting where there’s natural light but not too glary; where I can get eye contact with people entering the room and roughly in the middle of the boardroom table wherever possible so I’m “amongst the energy”… It turns out I’m not alone and that most people exhibit territorial behavior […]
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Don’t avoid disagreements – Just do it right. HBR guide on how to tackle differences at work, the right way
Posted on 01 November 2010.
Disagreements at work rarely run smoothly, but a successfully fought for idea that leaves your relationships intact can be the just what your career needs to take off. This article contains expert tips, an action plan, dos and don’ts and case studies to empower you to feel confident approaching a disagreement. I really liked this […]
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“You never get a second chance to make a first impression” – missed opportunities in communication
Posted on 29 October 2010.
Think about how many opportunities you get a week to make a first impression, its more often then you think. Especially when you consider that each different point of communication, starting an email conversation, a phone call, writing a cover letter, commencing a meeting is just like a first impression, you set the tone of […]
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Introducing the sphinxx directory of recommended services – our network is about to become yours!
Posted on 29 September 2010.
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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