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
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
Sheryl Sandberg is beautiful, brilliant, a billionaire and chief operating officer of Facebook. Last year, her book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, was a bestseller for months and she is popular for her speeches to women’s groups. She’s also happily married with two small children. So she believes a woman can
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
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
Times have changed, with women in some sectors now equalling the earning power of their male counterparts. But there is still a perception that proper money management and entrepreneurship is the domain of men, and the perception that women seeking the wisest path in investing in the future should hand their financial affairs over to
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
