Image credit: Shutterstock.com The climb to the top can be tough going -- for anyone. But as women, there are particular hurdles that can make the journey upward toward positions of power and influence -- in myriad spheres -- especially challenging. Here, in 50 inspiring quotes, businesswomen, role models, activists, entertainers, authors, politicians and more share
Despite the fact that most women understand the importance of self-promotion for their advancement, they do not intentionally use it. We have been conditioned to take the back seat and wait to be recognized. As a consequence, we often have this inner argument about how to proceed with self-promotion. We know we should do more
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in a female economy. Women are doing the majority of the household shopping. Women are expected to control $28 trillion in consumer spending this year. Women are a growth market twice the size of India and China combined. The above sounds strange when you consider some of the
David Gonski has always had a long queue outside his office – as a Freehills partner, at his corporate advisory firm and, today, as a pre-eminent chairmen. Leading director Maxine Brenner, remembers waiting outside his Investec office at Chifley Tower in Sydney when a young woman – a newly recruited receptionist at the investment bank
Uncertain economic times could impact on Australian companies’ inclination to promote more senior women, warns Diane Smith-Gander, the new president of Chief Executive Women. “We seem to have one shock after another coming through the system,” she said in an interview with The Australian. “First it was the iron ore price and now it is the
The small number of female chief executive officers in Australia is about to get even smaller next week when prominent Westpac boss Gail Kelly steps down. Her seven-year tenure at the top began in 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis and since then the number of women on boards of top 100
Today’s column is one for the women, as I believe we hold the key to the future of enterprise and endeavour in this country. And I don’t mean women who are the CEOs, company executives or the chair of the board. I want to highlight the women who take on all those roles at once,
You don’t have to look very far to come across inspirational female leaders – they can be identified in almost every industry. These ground-breaking women are leading the way and creating change, although it wasn’t always this way. Let’s look at some inspiring women who dared to challenge with great passion and enthusiasm. Eleanor Roosevelt
Illinois-born audit chief Cindy Hook has been elected Deloitte Australia’s new chief executive, making her the first woman in the nation’s history to lead a big four accounting firm. Ms Hook, who transferred from Deloitte in the US five years ago, was elected by the firm’s partnership with a 97 per cent majority in a week-long
The best women in business around Australia were honoured at the Telstra Business Woman of the Year 2014 awards. Here’s their advice on how to achieve success. Telstra Business Woman of the Year: UnitingCare QLD CEO Anne Cross. A Queensland social worker who transformed the UnitingCare health care services over her 11 years as
