Posted on 24 February 2010. Tags: Ascend Development Days, Diversity
Every year as March 8 roles around, it’s a chance to reflect on the status of women in our workplaces and – I think – a chance to celebrate our achievements and advancements. Sure, men still far outnumber women in our leadership ranks. But in Australia we’re making progress. We now have a female Governor […]
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Posted on 16 February 2010. Tags: Diversity, Employers
Have you ever been interviewed on air for TV? This was one of my tasks last week and I have to tell you I haven’t felt so nervous for a long time! It was an on-air promo on SkyTV to promote the International Women’s Day event I’m guest speaker at on 10th May for ClubsNSW. But leaving aside […]
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Posted on 06 January 2010. Tags: Diversity
Another article in today’s Sydney Morning Herald projects the fears of every (male) director of the board: that a quota may be introduced to improve the level of participation by women in leading our companies. This time it’s Michael Pascoe talking about The board’s next fear: the female quota. We already know from the Women […]
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Posted on 03 November 2009. Tags: Best Practices, Career Management, Diversity, Employers, Management and Leadership
A global survey of leadership by McKinsey published in October 2009 shows that executives have markedly changed their leadership styles in the past year—but not their views on which ones will help companies most in the long term. And it may come as no surprise to sphinxx readers that many of the most needed leadership […]
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