At a time when Governments appear unable and unwilling to move forward on equality measures, it’s reassuring to see some big businesses giving it a go. We saw this in Australia over the weekend when t…
Employers
It’s time to talk about six-hour days and four-day working weeks
We love working in Australia so much that we do it better than most other developed nations, with each of us averaging around 44 hours a week. Now after years of personally writing about all the inter…
‘I go out of my way to learn from everyone’: Bronwyn Post on career, motherhood and leading a team of more than 1000
Bronwyn Post has worked for Aldi since the German discounter arrived in Australia, first as an area manager in Victoria and currently as Aldi’s managing director for the Brendale region. Bronwyn is re…
The $8 billion gap: Why we need to change how we think about women in our workforce
Women outnumber men in tertiary education, but not in the workforce. That’s a wasted opportunity. Sarah-Joy Pierce crunches the numbers and finds the disparity is costing billions. If someone t…
We’re doing OK, according to new Index launched to track women’s progress
Women’s progress has improved 4.1 points to 106.2 points in the 12 months to December 2016, according to the new Financy Women’s Index, a quarterly partnership launched between our friends at Financy,…
Be Bold and send the men home (along with the women)
The male breadwinner model has passed its expiry date. It’s time workplaces took a bold stand and actually encouraged both men and women to use ‘family friendly’ policies, writes The…
The big employer where ‘Leaders Leave Loudly’ to push flexible work
Shiona Watson was promoted one week before having her son, and then fully supported upon her return to work. Below she shares how PepsiCo supports flexible work for ALL employees, including with its &…
Change the system and stop robbing women of their confidence
When Rhonda Brighton-Hall wrote a blogpost urging CEOs to stop firing pregnant women, she received more than 300 emails from women who’d lost their jobs while pregnant or on maternity leave. As the co…
Leadership must be diverse, not just more female
Sadhana Smiles is one of just two female CEOs in her sector in Victoria. But she wonders if she would have gotten there if she’d worn a sari or a hijab. At the launch of the Women’s Agenda Ambition Re…
Do men just look more promotion ready than women?
If you run a Google image search on the word ‘promotion’ you’ll see a lot of images like the above coming up. It’s a reflection of some of our, oftentimes unconscious, perceptions about promotion – in…
