I’m deeply concerned about by the government’s announcement that the childcare rebate is to be reduced (yes – you read right: reduced!). As you’ll be aware, I recently co-founded the Make Care Fair lobby aimed at increasing childcare support and flexibility for Australian families… and yet the government has just announced plans to cut the […]
Tag Archive | "Women in Leadership"
Why the Government is wrong to reduce the childcare rebate – and why it will mean fewer women in senior roles
Posted on 30 August 2011.
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Women in manufacturing less likely to receive promotions or workplace training than male peers
Posted on 16 August 2011.
Almost 3 out of 4 women working in the manufacturing industry have never been promoted or given a higher paying role, while more than 60 per cent of female workers had never been offered any workplace training, according to a survey report released this week by AMWU titled Breaking the Perspex Ceiling. The survey found that women, who […]
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Spotlight on the leadership journey for women – CPA Australia networking event – book here
Posted on 16 August 2011.
If you have women on your team, you work in the finance sector – or you’d like to do business with people who do – you might like to attend this networking event to be held by CPA Australia in Sydney on 25th August. In this interactive session, you will hear from a panel of […]
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Four things women get wrong when they become a boss…
Posted on 02 August 2011.
Suzy Welch – co-author of Winning with husband Jack Welch – shares these tips on Oprah.com about what makes good women bad bosses. Some of the points she makes are often raised by my own mentoring clientsso I thought it worth sharing. The 4 key mistakes Welch says women make are: Mismanaging emotional distances by mimicking the classic male boss, which […]
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Great infographic on women and the glass ceiling
Posted on 22 July 2011.
Thanks to Lara Solomon from Social Rabbit for sharing this great infographic – a brilliant update all on one page! (albeit from the USA) If you have a comparable local resource – or another idea on resources worth sharing – please drop me a line! to share it.
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Hear Anna Bligh live – and what inspired that leadership we all admired so much in Queensland’s floods
Posted on 22 July 2011.
Last night at The Sydney Institute‘s lecture series Premier Anna Bligh delivered her key takeaways on the role of social media and our communities, in particular the role social media played during the Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi disasters earlier this year. Sitting in a small audience with the Premier I couldn’t help being impressed by […]
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