News & Views From one store to 10 stores: Jimmy Possum founder Margot Spalding shares her growth story Margot Spalding never thought her one-time small business would grow into a 10-store retailer.
News & Views Thriving as a leader when your staff worry that you’re young, female and new Eliza Brown has been CEO of All Saints Wines, a 150-year-old wine business, for eight years.
News & Views Quit focussing on the boardroom and get into the executive: Elizabeth Bryan and Christine Holgate Leading Australian businesswomen claim we need less focus on getting women onto boards and more on getting women into line management and the senior executive of leading companies.
News & Views Stretch International Women’s Day “to a year”: Gail Kelly A focused investment in women and girls is seeing progress in developing countries but must receive ongoing support, Westpac CEO Gail Kelly said at an International Women’s Day breakfast with aid and development organisation CARE on Thursday.
News & Views Female business owners expect better results: survey Female SME owners experienced and are expecting slightly better returns than male SME operators in 2012 and 2013, according to new research released this week by MYOB.
News & Views Successful women not motivated by power and money: Report Stronger leadership is required to tackle the underrepresentation of women in corporate leadership, according to a new report by Ernst & Young, while leadership incentives could be adjusted to the finding that successful women prefer to view success in terms of “making a contribution”.
News & Views Gender diversity reporting strong on ASX200, needs work elsewhere The majority of Australia’s listed companies have implemented or plan to implement a gender diversity policy, according to a new report on the adoption of the ASX Corporate Governance Council (CGC) diversity recommendations.
News & Views How working from home opens new opportunities for Aboriginal artists Alison Page is at the forefront of the remote working revolution.
News & Views 2019 too late for ABS data on unpaid work: Researchers and industry bodies The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ cancellation of the Work, Life and Family Survey (WoLFS), originally scheduled to occur later this year, has been met with serious concern by researchers and industry bodies.
News & Views Dr Kimberley Clayfield’s win for women in science and engineering Dr Kimberley Clayfield took home the gong for Emerging Leader in the Public and Not-For-Profit sector at the NAB Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards.
News & Views Why a planned career is a successful career: Bayer CEO Jacqueline Applegate Jacqueline Applegate knows the value of career planning.
News & Views IBM’s Megan Dalla-Camina a Private Sector leader to watch Megan Dalla-Camina is an author, mentor, coach, international speaker and expert in positive psychology.