When Anne-Marie Elias was named Agenda Setter of the Year at the 2017 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards, she expressed her surprise saying, “But I’m not mainstream”. So when she told us about how deter…
25 awesome books of 2017, recommended by Women’s Agenda readers
Keen to get your summer reading list sorted? Women’s Agenda readers are here to help. When we polled almost 1000 of you earlier this week about what kind of year 2017 was for women, we also thre…
Jobs, promotions and pay rises: Here’s how 950 of you fared in 2017
We received some fascinating insights into what kind of year it was for our readers, via the 950 responses to the poll we promoted across our channels earlier this week. It’s clearly been a year of mi…
We’re optimistic but ready to see Equal Pay get more attention: Poll
2017 has been a huge year for women, but just a third of respondents to our end-of-year poll believe women are better off now, than we were at the end of 2016. 950 of you responded to the short survey…
How these 7 female business owners plan on spending the holidays
The holidays are here for some, and almost here for others. Others again will continue working during the break (we’re thinking of all those particularly in hospitality, retail and services sect…
Complete our 1 minute poll on how women fared in 2017
Take the survey here. Got one minute? Probably not. But please try and spare us one. We’re looking for as many readers as possible to complete our poll on how women fared in 2017. It was, after …
Business slump? Video content could give you the boost you need
There’s never been a better time to be an Australian woman in business. In the past decade, a number of female-led brands like Boost Juice, Envato, Kikki K, Max Brenner, Canva and ShowPo have stormed …
The reality of marriage equality: 4 couples share what it means to them
The same-sex marriage bill passed through the lower house Thursday afternoon, and it’s been a very, long time coming. Decades, for some couples. We meet four couples, including three who’r…
Marriage Equality has happened, at last: ‘This is Australia’
Marriage equality has been legalised in Australia, following the passage of the same-sex marriage bill through the lower house late this afternoon. “What a day for love, equality and respect,…
We’re failing at leadership: Narcissism & ‘over-inspiration’ could be to blame
Are we failing woefully at leadership? How can we do better? Zoe Dattner from SmartCompany reports back from the recent Future of Work conference. It’s easy to be cynical about leadership. We’re cons…
