Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo: 'I told everyone that if they don't change, I'd be happy to attend their retirement parties.' Just a few years ago, it wasn't clear whether Indra Nooyi would survive as PepsiCo's chief executive. Many investors saw Pepsi as a bloated giant whose top brands
Beginning in college, years before she planned to have children, Yi Gu began strategising about how to have a career that was flexible enough to fit in family responsibilities. She knew that arrangement wasn't realistic in her first two jobs: banking, in which she worked very long hours, or consulting, in which she travelled often.
We know that we need to act on gender diversity. We know that the workforce could be improved in a multitude of ways if we did. We know that women improve the performance of companies, both at a board level and at an operational level. We do not need to see any more statistics or
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon is pushing a bill on gender equality for government boards.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. The highly conservative Australian coalition-led government has had something of a problem with women, certainly in perception. It has now been handed an opportunity to be at the vanguard of breaking new ground on gender equality. A bill quietly introduced
TASMANIA’S first female premier has called on the State Government to include a 50 per cent quota in a new strategy to get more women on to government boards. Labor MP and former premier Lara Giddings In line with its 365-day to-do list, the Liberals will tomorrow release a five-year Women on Boards strategy. There are
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced a "mix of experience and fresh faces" in her 14-person ministry following the party's first Caucus meeting. At a press conference on Sunday afternoon, Ms Palaszczuk announced her cabinet would feature eight women, including Indigenous MP Leeanne Enoch. All 44 Labor MPs met at Parliament House earlier on Sunday
I heard a joke the other day, it goes something like this, “How many women does it take to change a light bulb in an Australian boardroom? Nobody knows because they’re usually not at the table.” It’s a facetious start to what is a serious topic and while there has been some incremental growth in
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
Researchers at talent management consulting firm Caliper wanted to find out if there are certain personality traits associated with women’s leadership success, as well as challenges that hold them back. They asked 85 women at the senior vice president level or above who managed a functional area like marketing, research and development, and sales, to
If you are a quiet woman longing to speak up, this will confirm your worst fears. When women talk more than men in meetings, there is instant backlash. When women behave the way men behave at work, there is instant backlash. And whether the women work in politics or in business, women are treated harshly
