News & Views We can make the workplace and society fair We often hear that millennials are cocky or not engaged, a weird perception that has no foundation.
News & Views ‘Feminism’: Why it might be time for a rebrand Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says she is not a feminist.
News & Views Gina Rinehart in, Julia Gillard out: TIME Magazine’s most influential people list Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is one of 37 women to claim 33 places in TIME Magazine’s annual 100 most influential people list.
Ed's Blog On declaring you’ll be number one: Would you do it? Do you ever tell yourself that you’re going to be the number one person in your field? The CEO of a large company? The most important person in your organisation? A key elected official? The best at a particular activity? It’s a question Sheryl Sandberg raises in her book Lean In and one she asked during a recent lecture to female college students where just a small percentage of those in the room stood up to declare their ultimate ambition was to be “number one”.
Ed's Blog Female introverts: Getting more of us into leadership positions Having a quiet temperament, disliking small talk and thinking before you speak can quickly lead to being misunderstood.
News & Views Success doesn’t make women less likeable, research finds Does career success make women less likeable and men more so? According to Sheryl Sandberg, who catapulted the “likeability penalty” conversation into the spotlight with her career memoir Lean In, the answer is yes.
Ed's Blog Wellbeing the ‘second revolution’ for women in the workplace It’s now been decades since a significant number of women trailblazed their way into organisations, industries and leadership positions that had previously been the domain of men only.
News & Views How more women could get heard in the media The number of female sources we hear, see and read in the media does not correlate to the number of women in managerial positions in Australia.
Advice Create your own career bucket list A bucket list is that list of things you keep in the back of your mind to tick off before you die — or “kick the bucket” as the saying goes.
Advice What would you do if you weren’t afraid? I finally found time on the weekend to start reading Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In.
Ed's Blog The tech company with female quotas for grads Lindy Stephens is not afraid to use the ‘Q’ word: quotas.
Ed's Blog Can ‘feisty’ women make it when they fake it? Gillard’s attack If you need a lesson in workplace confidence, look no further than our Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
