career

It is five years and two months since Marius Kloppers took over as CEO of Australia’s biggest listed company, BHP Billiton.

We’ve all heard about the benefits of yoga for reducing stress, but can it directly benefit your career? The founder and principal teacher of Adore Yoga, Nikola Ellis, says yoga has the potential to improve your confidence and performance in the workplace – and not just because it makes you feel less stressed.

Within moments of Labor backbencher Steve Gibbons calling Julie Bishop a “bimbo” on Twitter yesterday morning, he was called to account.

Do we spend too much time waiting on permission from somebody else to ask for what we want? Are we waiting too long to find somebody to support us – as a sponsor, a mentor or simply as a friend? Do we sit back and wait to hear too many inspiring stories from others, before we become part of the story ourselves? These are some of the questions I’ve been thinking about following a number of comments made recently among female company directors at an AICD/Women’s Agenda roundtable.

Women are more likely to negotiate pay deals if a prospective employer indicates wages are up for discussion, a new study has found.

Toro Energy appears have achieved a rare accomplishment with the announcement of a new female chief executive.

A pipeline of female talent is available for board positions, but may appear narrower than it actually is due to traditional ideas of what a “board ready” candidate actually looks like.

Dear business me, You are doing so well.

The word ‘no’ is one of the most common and feared words in the English language.

There have been many satisfying moments in my career.

So, what does your daughter do? It’s the question every Asian mother prepares herself for.

Most afternoons I phone my 14-year-old son at around 5pm to make sure he is at home and safe, following the bus trip from school.