career

For women leaders, embracing the parts of their past they once hid can shape how they lead, work and see themselves.

When I was 25, superannuation was the last thing on my mind, writes Sadhana Smiles. Then a separation changed my approach.

After working with asylum seekers, she built a career helping culturally diverse families access the mental health support they need.

I’ve questioned the dream, the guilt and the cost of ambition, but I’d still choose this big, full, hard-won life again.

The future of transport will be stronger, safer and more innovative when women are not the exception, but the norm.

I am calling time on Australia’s overwork addiction. Because I know that you can sprint for years — until the day you can’t.

Many women reach midlife only to realise the work they once tolerated no longer fits their life. Yet the sunk-cost fallacy keeps them stuck.

Women face an identity cliff in retirement, losing purpose and structure but finding strength through intentional change.

We’re surveying women across Australia to understand future career ambitions and what – if anything – might be getting in the way.

As a mum of two, and a manager of about 300 staff at BHP, Ann has never felt more supported by an employer.

More than a third of women working in Australia’s media industry are considering leaving their jobs, as new research shows career dissatisfaction for women has hit a record high.