Author: Leonie V. Still- The purpose of this paper is to review the current representational position of women in leadership in Australia, using management and board appointments as the relevant domains. The review reveals that despite 30 years of considerable legislative, policy and social change in the equity area, women have not attained leadership positions […]
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Where are the women in leadership in Australia?
Posted on 26 January 2009.
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EOWA Australian Census of Women in Leadership
Posted on 25 January 2009.
The Australian Census of Women in Leadership measures the status of women on boards and women executive managers in Australia’s top 200 organisations listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Applying the business principle of what gets measured, gets done, the Census is designed to establish accurate statistics to enable international benchmarking. The 2006 census found […]
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When women won’t negotiate…the whole company suffers
Posted on 19 January 2009.
When you landed your current job, did you negotiate your salary or accept your employer’s first offer? If you’re a man, chances are you negotiated. If you’re a woman, you probably didn’t. This article helps managers address a deep-rooted workplace problem: when women don’t negotiate, the entire organization suffers. Left unchecked, gender disparities in negotiation […]
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Women the rising stars of financial planning
Posted on 18 January 2009.
Membership statistics from the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) point to a surge in young women embracing financial planning as a career. Executive director Richard Klipin said that “a lot” of younger female advisers have been joining the AFA over the past two years, which he attributes partly to its recently launched GenX program. Click […]
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Centred leadership – how talented women thrive. A new approach to leadership can help women become more self-confident and effective business leaders.
Posted on 17 January 2009.
Interviews with 85 female leaders around the world have suggested five common themes that all executives can master to improve their leadership skills. Although many of the themes—such as finding meaning in daily activities and building strong networks—are familiar individually, taken together they create a new model for thinking about how to develop leaders. Click […]
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Women Confront a “Grass Ceiling”
Posted on 16 January 2009.
Researchers at the University of New Mexico have identified a link between the placement of women’s tees on golf courses and their professional success. The farther apart men’s and women’s tees are in a region, they found, the fewer women there will be in sales management, general management, and marketing positions in the region and […]
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