Advice

It’s not uncommon to hear business leaders name their mentors as an integral part of their success.

This week was my birthday, and it led to a great deal of heartfelt thinking – not least because I was submitting my very first manuscript to a publisher, and as a result I had been bearing in mind amazing business books that have had an impact on my life.

There is a growing number of organisations and networking groups in Australia that are making it easier than ever for professionals to establish and maintain a mentoring relationship – many of which charge a fee for their services.

Emotional dumping is when you verbally offload the intense rage or fear you feel onto someone you think should care and fix it NOW.

Early in her career, Maxine Rich (pictured above), now the managing director of investment banking at Investec, worked at the law firm Freehills.

As organisations look to address the gender gap in the workplace, more and more companies are launching internal women’s networks.

When Boral dumped its hard-driving chief executive officer Mark Selway earlier this year, its board was sending a signal to the market about the kind of management companies need today.

Women who are hunting for part time work to fit around their family schedule know the feeling all too well: there is no job out there that suits me.

Business mentors are invariably described as “invaluable” and “priceless” by the entrepreneurs and business people they work with, but a growing industry now surrounds what was traditionally an unremunerated position.

It doesn’t matter whether you work for Australia’s biggest bank or a boutique designer, the same irritations crop up in every sort of workplace.

Professor Nadia Badawi credits her mentor, Professor Fiona Stanley as the inspiration behind her professional development and success.

Egos.