working women

COVID has increased that domestic load as more people are at home more of the time. This is largely being done by women.

As 2019 kicks off, Trish has resolved to take a glass-half-full look at things and celebrate some of the progress women have made.

Working with sponsors will always trump working with mentors when it comes to climbing the leadership ladder, according to a number of female company directors.

Although Australian employers are feeling more optimistic about business conditions in the year ahead, this doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be getting a nice big pay rise from 1 July.

Yesterday we listed the dos and don’ts when it comes to asking for a pay rise at work.

It’s that time of year again when employees start to gear up for that hard-earned pay rise.

According to the Pregnancy and Employment Transitions Survey, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics last week, 27% of women who returned to work following the birth of a child relied on grandparents as their main form of childcare.

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.

The job-sharing arrangement between Jane Wright and Lauren Barel was going so well at Herbert Smith Freehills that the two thought they could take it all the way to the partnership.

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.

Youth alone won’t provide the energy you need to cut it as a successful entrepreneur.

Nicola Roxon’s valedictorian speech to parliament on Tuesday got me thinking about success and how our definition of success can and should shift according to our changing circumstances.