It’s Ok to fire a mentor, according to one of Australia’s most influential women in tech, Dell ANZ Managing Director and Senior Vice President Angela Fox. She says such relationships can come to a log…
Employers
Maternity leave over? 5 things that will help with the return to work
The first day of childcare is the hardest. The tears, the tantrums, the heartache. And then there’s your child’s reaction. Mums returning to work can experience many emotions and apprehensions. How wi…
Employees are adults. Don’t hire them if you can’t trust them
Trust is an issue that keeps coming up when it comes to workplace flexibility, particularly in ‘allowing’ employees to work from home. There’s always the concern from managers that staff might ‘slack …
More #Girlbosses please: How you can help shift gendered expectations at work
Growing up, girls are told they can become whatever kind of #Girlboss they want to be. But the data tells a very different story. Just 21 of the Fortune 500 are led by women, and in Australia, women r…
Would you bring your parents to work, and do they know what you actually do?
Workplaces can seem baffling and mysterious to some, with buzzwords and the key skills required to be successful today leaving many parents confused about what their children actually do all day in th…
How leadership teams can foster or impede a supportive culture of flexibility
It’s time to overhaul the concept of the ‘ideal’ worker. Employers that evaluate staff on performance rather than presence will ultimately win the war for talent, writes Professor Ju…
‘It takes hard work’: How to move beyond male-dominance and increase the number of women
When Lara Poloni joined AECOM 22 years ago, there were only two other women in the office of 120 people: one was an engineer, the other a ‘tea lady’. When Poloni was named CEO of the infrastructure fi…
More men working part time. Now what?
Around 1.2 million men are now working part time, according to ABS stats published in The Australian today. That’s a massive increase of 11% over just two years from June 2014 to June 2016. Bu…
Your workplace needs more than ‘unconscious bias training’ to support women
Unconscious bias. Just mention it and you get a response. Nodding in agreement. People start talking about their experiences with training. A senior man will raise his hand and say it changed his thin…
