Business

Ever get to 4pm and find yourself still in your gym clothes, even on the days you haven’t actually managed to get to the gym? It’s a problem Noa Ries knew well, especially after the birth of her first daughter.

It’s great that women are increasingly leading startups but it’s coming at a cost, with women paying themselves less in the process.

When entrepreneur Siobhan Komander started her own events business back in 2004, she had a laptop, $3000 and no clients.

Wendy Johnstone made a proactive decision to continue her leadership career after having kids, but admits that during the interviewing process for her latest role she never mentioned her family life.

A third of small businesses are now run by women in Australia.

No, ambition is not something that arrives at birth according to your gender.

Ed’s Note: Rhonda Brighton-Hall received hundreds of emails and notes after she posted the below open letter to CEOs on LinkedIn in December last year, and says she’s since heard numerous stories of pregnancy discrimination happening just as she wrote it – women being made ‘redundant’ in their final weeks of pregnancy or in the month prior to their return.

So go ahead and watch the trailer, and get ready for a some serious binge-watching.

Networking is essential for business growth and personal success.

It seems fitting that I should talk to Business Chicks CEO Olivia Ruello about flexibility just as she’s about to take her first stint of maternity leave.

In the past few weeks I’ve been to three female-focused events where the MC or event organiser opened the session by asking the audience to clap for the men in the room.

The representation of women at the top of ASX 200 organisations just took a dive, with Sydney Airport CEO Kerrie Mather announcing her retirement this morning.