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
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
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
Leadership is never easy; yet, it is one of life's greatest experiences. The work of a leader is much more difficult today in this ever-changing and distracted world. Leaders need to rise above all the noise to form strong, effective bonds with their teams while envisioning the future and navigating the present. There is always
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
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
Outgoing Westpac boss Gail Kelly is in the running to become the first Australian and the first woman to win the 2014 Morningstar chief executive of the year award outright after being named as a finalist. If successful, she would join the likes of legendary investor Warren Buffet as the best in business. The winner
Mirvac's CEO Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz has been named the Telstra Business Woman of the Year for the private and corporate sectors in the same week as the company reached a 50/50 gender balance on its board. Hurwitz was appointed CEO of Mirvac in 2012, making her one of few women in senior leadership positions in the
Captain Georgina Sutton has been appointed as Jetstar's chief pilot for Australia and New Zealand, breaking the last barrier for female pilots at major Australian airlines. She will be one of very few women in the world to have held the top pilot job at a major airline globally, joining the ranks of Captain Davina
She might not be a feminist, but Australia’s first female Foreign Minister is a huge asset to the government and aspiring women leaders. Julie Bishop has had quite a November. In between outrunning her security detail at the APEC Summit in Beijing and being named "woman of the year" by several magazines, Australia's only female
