A lot has been written about tokenism and diversity on boards. Ann-Maree Moodie, an expert in Boards and Governance, has recently explored the topic in the context of what it means to “lead for diversity”. In other words, what additional sk…
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Flip it: instead of justifying “why diversity on boards?”, let’s ask the current homogenous cohort to prove “why not?”
Posted on 04 July 2013.
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On IWD2013: Be inspired by the success stories of 15 leading women in business
Posted on 08 March 2013.
I love celebrating International Women’s Day. It’s a time to reflect on how far we’ve come since Australia first awarded women the vote back in 1902. Recognition of the progress we’ve made in recent years to get business focused…
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Women on Boards Pt. 5 – Census shows female directors on Australian public companies also at all time high
Posted on 13 January 2013.
To wrap up this week’s theme of Women on Boards I’m attaching the 2012 Census of Women in Leadership produced by the Gender Equality in the Workplace Agency (formerly the EOWA) and launched on 27th November – so you may have already s…
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Women On Boards Pt 3. – Board of Directors Survey shows men and women differ on diversity
Posted on 08 January 2013.
When it comes to gender diversity on boards, it seems that not everyone agrees on what the blockages and issues are to increasing female representation. According to the 2012 Board of Directors Survey, conducted by Women Corporate Directors, Heid…
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Equal Pay Day: Who really cares whether men and women are paid the same, anyway?
Posted on 01 September 2011.
I’m supposed to be at an Equal Pay Day event right now… but I was so cranky that women still earn 17% less than men in equivalent roles that I decided to stay home. Instead of hearing more women speak about how unjust the gap is, and decree another call to action for the female […]
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How do PwC, Bain, Chanel, Cisco, Nokia, Nestle and Xerox tackle gender diversity?
Posted on 15 April 2011.
They are all among the list of companies that call on the expertise of 20-First and benefit from the gender balance expertise of its CEO, Avivah Wittenberg-Cox. Avivah is the author of the best selling books “Why women mean business” and “How women mean business” and she is coming to Australia in May to advise Australian organisations on […]
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