Advice Why I have changed my mind on quotas For my entire career I have fought hard for merit-based rewards and promotion.
Advice Five female role models to name and acclaim Today Show co-host Lisa Wilkinson made a point of informing her Andrew Olle Lecture audience that she was only the second woman in 16 years to be invited to make that prestigious speech.
Advice Why it’s critical for Australia’s future to embrace female leadership For the past two days I was a participant in a workshop on The Future of Australia, 2050 at The Academy of Science in Canberra.
Advice Living with the fear of bushfire A couple of days ago it was forecast that today would be the worst for the bushfires burning in various parts of NSW.
Advice Eight things no woman wants to hear If your career is your driving passion then you will expect to be given as many opportunities in your workplace as the guy next to you.
Advice Tokenism is not enough: Thank you Anna Burke for reminding us Most women would love nothing more than a world where promotion was based on merit.
Advice Why it’s important to remove the superwoman mask (unless you really are superwoman) In my twenties I had a client who was a couple of years older than me but already everything I hoped to be.
Advice What does work/life balance actually mean? I read a lot of articles about managing work/life balance because there is a lot of it about.
Advice Why it’s smarter to exit a job elegantly than post a video on YouTube YouTube is full of videos of people quitting their jobs in the most public of ways.
Advice How to develop a strategic perspective Following the piece I wrote last week on the 16 competencies that leaders possess, I have been asked a number of times why it is that women were weaker than men on the ‘develops a strategic perspective’ competency.
Advice The moment when your sponsor falls ‘in love’ with Him I describe it, for humour’s sake, as like falling in love.
Advice Women who help women (and those who don’t) At a WNBA dinner in 2006, Madeleine Albright famously said, “there is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women”.