Advice In politics or business, this is the one thing you should do every day I’ve been thinking about kindness lately.
Advice Let’s make 2017 the year of making noise #CelebratingWomen Whilst I have always been active on social media, I particularly enjoy engaging on Twitter.
Advice Men and women need to take responsibility for the sexism status quo Have you ever felt judged by your physical appearance ahead of your intellect or accomplishments? If you work and have children, have you ever felt harshly judged for your ambition? Ever been derided for assertively expressing your opinion? Ever been cat-called in a public space? Ever had someone touch you in a way that felt uncomfortable, even threatening, in your workplace or elsewhere? If you’re answer to any of the above was yes, it’s likely you’re a woman.
Advice How to start managing overload and anxiety at work Our current era may be digital and sexily “disruptive”, but there are undoubtedly widening fault-lines in people’s capacity to cope.
Advice Introverted? 8 ways it can make you a great leader Susan Cain’s TED talk and book Quiet: The Power of Introverts brought to light the amazing qualities of introverts.
Advice ‘It takes hard work’: How to move beyond male-dominance and increase the number of women When Lara Poloni joined AECOM 22 years ago, there were only two other women in the office of 120 people: one was an engineer, the other a ‘tea lady’.
Advice Great founders are ‘tall poppies’: Tips from a leading female entrepreneur Anyone can be a world-leading entrepreneur, according to “hacker, entrepreneur and investor” Susan Wu, Wu, who has worked with tech giants like Twitter, Square and Reddit, and is the founder of Ohai, FreeAgent.
Advice Michelle Bridges on building a business and saying ‘no’ The world knows about Michelle Bridges’s fortune – the fitness star entered BRW’s rich women list in 2015 with a net worth of $53 million – but her success is a product of decades of work both on and off camera.
Advice Love your female tribe and challenge what’s ‘normal’ Susan Harris Rimmer is helping to set a new agenda for women across the world.
Advice Seven female entrepreneurs on the price of passion Are entrepreneurs born or are they made? A bit of both, if the entrepreneurship panels at Women World Changers is anything to go by.
Advice Three career lessons from Melinda Gates When Melinda Gates entered the tech industry, the world was very different to what it looks like today.
Advice Three social media lessons from someone who’s seen inside a US presidential campaign During digital strategist Rahaf Harfoush’s first trip to Australia, she did some media appearances and discussed her experience as a full-time volunteer for the digital strategy team on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
