Leith Mitchell

In our house, school holidays are yearned for; we love having everyone home and sharing a break from the routine of school and extra-curricula commitments.

The week from the 18th to 22nd of November 2013 is National Telework Week.

To address any business pain point, a strategy is required along with targets to measure progress.

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Minister Stephen Conroy frequently reiterates that the NBN’s implementation can double the level of teleworking (or ‘anywhere working’) for Australian workers, while also boosting GDP and creating the equivalent of an additional 25,000 full-time jobs; 20% of those in regional Australia.

Recently I had the opportunity to attend a hiring day: a showcase of the best and brightest graduates applying to IBM.

This month I had the opportunity to again chair the Women in Leadership conference in Brisbane, showcasing some of Australia’s most successful and highly influential female and male leaders discussing the challenges and opportunities for women in the workplace today.

This year Twitter, Google, Yahoo and LinkedIn, have shared their statistics on low representation of females at every level of their organisations, declaring much work ahead to make changes.

Yesterday morning, the Sydney Morning Herald released details of leaked documents damaging to Tony Abbott’s prime ministership, via a letter from the Liberal Party’s honorary federal treasurer Philip Higginson.

The report – Not Now, Not Ever: Putting an End to Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland – was handed over to the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Saturday by the The Honourable Quentin Bryce AD CVO, chair of the Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence.

Recently, over 60 people gathered at Deloitte’s Brisbane offices to hack ideas for accelerating more ICT women into leadership roles.

Last week’s release of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s report found just 8.