Christine Christian

There’s been a rush of bold leadership in Australia this past week.

On the back of Treasurer, Joe Hockey’s success in getting G20 agreement on a growth target, the Federal Government is revving the engine of reforms designed to boost productivity by cutting red tape.

There’s plenty of talk about committing to gender diversity coming from the top echelons of Australian organisations.

We hear a lot about how women are backward in coming forward, that instead of leaning in they lean out so far they don’t even take a seat at the table.

Westpac has done it, Telstra, Woolworths, ANZ, NAB, CSR and BP are on to it, and even number-crunchers such as accountants KPMG are doing it.

In my years running businesses, one truth stands out.