We put a lot on young people when we expect them to choose a career upon leaving school, or even in their early twenties after finishing tertiary education or some other qualification. They are pressu…
Ed’s Blog
Record number of women on boards but has momentum been lost?
The percentage of women on ASX 200 boards is at an all time high at 18.1%, but the upwards trend of the last few years may be slowing. In an interview with Women’s Agenda prior to releasing a re…
What if a billionaire got in a fight every week?
Violence is featured on the front pages of every major newspaper this morning, with the Daily Telegraph dedicating a special nine-page section to the fight that stopped a nation. The “biff”…
Kristina Keneally shows sometimes the teenage years requires a step back
This week former NSW premier Kristina Keneally announced she was stepping down from her role as CEO of Basketball Australia to spend more time with her family, especially her two teenage sons. Clearly…
A man’s place is in the playground
When it comes to women’s workforce participation there are two core elements that need to be challenged: the first concerns assumptions about women at work. The second concerns assumptions about…
Why we should all ‘indulge’ in women’s writing
Stella Prize winning author Clare Wright spent ten years researching her book, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, culminating in a 500-page tome of captivating storytelling sharing the lives and experien…
What makes a Real Role Model for women?
At some stage in your life, you will have been influenced or affected by women who could be labeled as ‘role models’. These may have been celebrities or well-known leading women in busines…
Seeking a job in the trades as a woman? Change your name on your CV
Camille Agerbeek says that when she applied for 330 jobs in two and half years, she received just two responses. One noting that she was, “Being given an opportunity and you should not let me do…
Women in power keep disappearing
NSW has joined the ranks of the Federal, Queensland and other state governments in seeing the representation of women in Cabinet go backwards. Just five women are featured in new NSW premier Mike Bair…
Proof that actions can speak louder than quotas for women in leadership
At Best & Less women are now predominantly running the business. In less than two years senior management and key-decision making positions have swung from being largely dominated by men to the ma…
