Angela Priestley

When Lara Poloni joined AECOM 22 years ago, there were only two other women in the office of 120 people: one was an engineer, the other a ‘tea lady’.

On her first day of leading CBC Television, Canada’s equivalent of the ABC, Kirstine Stewart was mistaken for an assistant.

Earlier this year, Kate Middleton obtained VC backing to acquire Censeo Engineering.

This is one of the most inspiring career stories we’ve ever told, and proves that success really can come at any age.

It’s been a big 24 hours for Cyan Ta’eed.

Sophia Amoruso proudly owns the term Girlboss.

Workplaces can seem baffling and mysterious to some, with buzzwords and the key skills required to be successful today leaving many parents confused about what their children actually do all day in the office.

It’s been 24 hours since Sophia Amoruso’s Nasty Gal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, a business Amoruso started building ten years ago, which went on to become one of the most powerful and successful online retailers in the world.

Nicola Wakefield Evans has been appointed to the national board of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, which will see the 12-person board go 50% female for the first time.

It’s Ok to fire a mentor, according to one of Australia’s most influential women in tech, Dell ANZ Managing Director and Senior Vice President Angela Fox.

What happens when one of the country’s most in-demand male speakers makes a public promise to never again appear on a male-dominated panel? Well as I learnt sharing a panel with Dr Adam Fraser recently for an Xplore For Success event, many people will celebrate the move, but others will question it.

When Natasha Stott Despoja was appointed Ambassador for Women and Girls in late 2013, a certain (now former) Financial Review columnist described the appointment as a ‘cynical piece of politics’, which would see the ‘leftie sweetheart touring the diplomatic cocktail circuit’.