Angela Priestley

There’s one question Megan Dalla-Camina wishes more women would ask themselves: what do we really want from work, life and everything in between? Unfortunately, she finds many of us are instead preoccupied with the much broader consideration of our time: can women have it all? “I think it’s time we moved on,” the author and strategy director at a technology firm tells Women’s Agenda.

Julia Gillard is seriously tough.

Forget the internal bickering and personality clashes – at least for a moment.

Diana Ryall believes women can have a career with purpose.

Procrastination is not a crime but it has killed a lot of things: start-up ideas, business improvements, manuscripts, decent exam results, weight-loss plans and plenty of potential career changes.

Labor’s new deputy leader in the senate, Senator Jacinta Collins, is an example of a woman who knows an opportunity when she sees one and the need to put her hand up to grab it.

When thinking about starting a family in line with managing a career, it’s easy to believe the optimal thing to do is to get on the path to leadership before giving the family a go.

What gets measured gets managed.

Dr Cathy Foley’s CV includes so many accolades and major project contributions it’s intimidating.

A lack of visible female leaders, perceived bias in favour of men and difficulties achieving work/life balance won’t help Women’s Agenda readers stick with their current employer.

During a recent interview with Ann Sherry, who is arguably the architect of paid maternity leave in corporate Australia, she expressed her disappointment that the government paid parental leave debate has been “hijacked by politics” – a debate about privileged women versus ordinary working women.

It’s been a year since Marissa Mayer made international headlines for being appointed CEO of Yahoo, and then informing the world she was six months pregnant.