Ed's Blog Is engaging men the game changer for equality? It was barely a week ago and yet, thanks to an eventful election in between, it feels like it took place in a different world.
Ed's Blog Slight uptick in women in leadership but men earning significantly more. Up to $100,000 more. A rise in the number of women in senior management positions is the good news in WGEA’s latest survey of Australian workplaces, but blink and you might still miss seeing such women in your office.
Ed's Blog The marginalization of middle class men like Tony Abbott & Andrew Bolt A President-elect who is a billionaire, in part due to inheriting a vast estate from his father, cast as the champion of the working class: the anti-establishment.
Business 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.
Ed's Blog Is this the winning compromise on paid parental leave? The government is looking at boosting paid parental leave from 18 to 20 weeks.
Ed's Blog Would you give up a flexible, high-profile role to teach trigonometry? There are few jobs I can personally imagine enjoying more than writing a column for the Financial Times.
Business Ensuring employee wellbeing and addressing the billions lost to employee mental health is hardly a ‘soft’ ambition. Many Australians spend more time in an office than they do with their family and friends.
Appointments A tale of three bold women blazing a trail: Dr Anne Aly, Emma Husar & Ellen DeGeneres Three women made headlines yesterday; each of them trailblazers, each in the spotlight talking openly about the shackles that could have stifled them.
Ed's Blog “I believe you”: The most powerful thing to tell a woman trying to escape violence You may be aware that today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Ed's Blog Let her finish: how being interrupted by men undermines women To the women of Australia, if you feel like you (or the women around you) are having your credibility chipped away by interruptions, allegations of being “emotions”, you are not imagining it.
Ed's Blog Who actually cares? Childcare is broken, we need a new system Just thinking about the amount it costs to send my eldest son to childcare churns my stomach.
