A lack of willingness by organisations isn’t necessarily to blame for stagnant progress on gender diversity. Nor are the challenges facing women attempting to juggle work and motherhood. Instead…
Why we all need a ‘brains trust’, or group of ex-colleagues who tell it like it is
It’s often said that the colleagues you meet in your first ‘real’ job are the ones you retain as friends for life. That didn’t happen for me. However, I can happily report that…
Male, pale and stale? Not in subscription TV
If you’re looking for female leaders in the Australian television industry, look no further than subscription TV (STV) where many of the local operations of high-profile channels are run by wome…
Why you can never hear enough about unconscious bias
There’s one thing Helen Conway will continually tell you: she’s had enough of reading research about unconscious bias at work. At a CEDA leadership event on Monday, the Equal Opportunity f…
Women wasted in a system that rewards staying at home
We cannot expect a mother to return to the workforce, and for the nation’s productivity to be improved as a result, if her financial incentive for doing so is hindered by childcare-related expen…
Time will not solve the ASX gender gap
When the numbers are so low to begin with, it’s easy for progress on women in leadership to take a significant turn for the worse with just a couple of resignations. Take a look at Britain, wher…
How work will become a thing we do, rather than a place we go
Get set for a serious shift in the way we work over the next 15 years with more of us saying goodbye to peak hour traffic and hello to teleworking, and bricks and mortar progressively disappearing as …
Great ideas from women need women investors
Technology, networking groups, mentoring and a shift in gender attitudes have accelerated the rate of businesses now being started by women – at a rate of twice the men globally. And yet compared to o…
Powerful help enlisted to get more women on government boards
Women considering their first government board position will have some extra help from today, with Finance Minister Penny Wong set to announce a new program aimed at developing the pipeline of talent …
Imelda Roche’s eight words of motivation
Entrepreneur Imelda Roche AO has only ever had one mentor (her grandma), and worked on achieving her personal ambitions along the lines of one key motto: If it’s to be, it’s up to me. For …
