Posted on 24 November 2010. Tags: News, Offers, working women
To celebrate the arrival of Little Wins for Working Women – 2nd edition – just in time for christmas, we are offering all sphinxx readers a special buy-one-get-one-free offer! Simply order your gift copies of Little Wins for Working Women from the sphinxx shop before 17th December and we’ll double your order at no extra charge. Little […]
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Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: Looking After Yourself, News, working women
Adding to the panty hose and cut and colour routine I wrote about earlier this week, it seems the cost of being a woman in business is about to skyrocket with 85% of women in a recent poll by The Heat Group confirming what we already know: there’s greater pressure on women to be attractive […]
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Posted on 12 August 2010. Tags: Bias & stereotypes, Gender Balance, Sexual discrimination, working women
Gender stereotypes are much more prevalent then many employers would like to think – I could write a gender stereotype War and Peace of the stories I’ve heard from both the women who are discriminated against (or suspect they are) and the employers who have been shocked to realize what was going on int their […]
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Posted on 20 July 2010. Tags: Mentoring, News, Women in Leadership, working women
We had another fantastic, sell out event last week in Sydney thanks to www.bestgiftcertificates.com.au and The Shangri-La Hotel Sydney with 10 women really benefiting from the morning. Within August, not only are we holding our Ascend development days, but we are also running accompanying Mastermind mentoring groups in Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. The Mastermind Mentoring sessions are small group […]
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Posted on 26 June 2010. Tags: Management and Leadership, Supporting women worldwide, Women in Leadership, working women
A while ago I blogged about some McKinsey findings that found girls in developing nations were a better investment then boys. But I was just sent an article by McKinsey that claims that companies who have social investments that focus on women in developing countries also earn themselves “sizeable economic benefits”.83% of executives in a […]
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Posted on 26 June 2010. Tags: Supporting women worldwide, Women in Leadership, women leaders, working women, worklifebalance
The Business and Professional Women’s Network is running a dinner on the 15th of June, with the intriguing topic “Transforming society through social business”. I’m going to this one, and I’m looking forward to exploring the topic with other business women. Given the rise in conversations around creating social value, fostering social creativity and harnessing community connectivity, […]
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