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.
Ed's Blog The woman (you’ve never heard of) who got man to the moon She is quite possibly the most influential scientist you’ve never heard of.
Ed's Blog Why burnout isn’t the price we should pay for success Depleted? Distracted? Unfulfilled? It might be that as the end of the year approaches, you are simply tired and ready for a break.
Ed's Blog The perils of ‘finder fees’ for mates and the ‘blind recruiting’ apps that could help It’s no secret that Silicon Valley has a problem with gender diversity, a problem that spills into much of the tech sector worldwide.
Ed's Blog We’re ‘so busy’ but in December we at least pretend to get along I love this time of year and all its associated madness.
