As much as we might love what we do, we can’t always love the people we work with – especially when it comes to our boss. And yet so much of our productivity, happiness and satisfaction at work …
Don’t blame career breaks – gender pay gap starts at graduation
When you’re young and ready to start your first professional job, you don’t spend much time thinking about the gender pay gap. You don’t think about it because at that age you don…
‘Inspirational’ stories of ‘successful’ women can hurt
I recently received an email from a reader that left me wondering if reading about the successful careers of women can sometimes feel similar to seeing those photographs of impossibly beautiful women …
Boys club still strong, leaving women on the outside
David Gonski’s been a longtime supporter of getting more women on boards, so when the serial board member and one of Sydney’s most connected men makes a comment about how key leadership po…
Newtown massacre: Remembering the female school employees killed
The scale of loss following the Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre is so unimaginable that it’s difficult to know where to start in considering the senseless violence. But for a site like Wom…
How to manage 5500 people and still have a life
Managing 5500 employees on multiple continents would be difficult enough for even those who have few commitments back home. So how do you do it with twins? With a bit of help and a very supportive fam…
Self-promotion isn’t sickening, it’s necessary
Successful female entrepreneurs know something many of us don’t: the value of their personal brand and the need to keep promoting it. They talk about their achievements, as well as their failure…
How I met the PM and became part of the ‘strategy’
Last Wednesday I received an invitation from the Prime Minister’s chief spinner John McTernan to attend Christmas drinks at Kirribilli House. The invitation was a little vague, not requesting my…
Why you have to ‘earn’ a sponsor
Working with sponsors will always trump working with mentors when it comes to climbing the leadership ladder, according to a number of female company directors. But unlike with mentors, you can’…
Stop waiting for opportunities and start creating them
Do we spend too much time waiting on permission from somebody else to ask for what we want? Are we waiting too long to find somebody to support us – as a sponsor, a mentor or simply as a friend? Do we…
