According to the numbers, companies with women at the top make more money. An analysis from Fortune showed that Fortune 1000 companies with female CEOs record better stock market returns than those with male CEOs. Only 51 of the Fortune 1000 companies are run by women. "Fortune 1000 companies with female chiefs outperformed the S&P 500 index
Luck is a word women are often prone to using when speaking about their career achievements. But there's nothing lucky about being a woman in business. In between career breaks, juggling kids with work, overt discrimination and unconscious bias, reaching leadership positions is hardly an achievement that happens by chance. The women who talk about
Confidence is key A longstanding female colleague recently returned from a week-long premium leadership program in Asia. Paid for by her company, it was an obvious investment in her as “high value talent” given her track record of consistent over-achievement. But what she said next is a distress signal for all ASX-listed chief executives. “Now
The ongoing debate about women's role in the scheme of things continues to puzzle me, so I'll risk setting out my take in this article. Former department head Allan Hawke continues his 'People matter' series on managing staff. 1963 In 1963, Beryl Wilson was proposed as Australia's first female trade commissioner - to the Los Angeles post,
What can we learn from women who have made it to the top? Here are some lessons we should all take on board As director of Women 1st, an initiative that aims to increase the number of women working in senior roles, Simone Roche has come into contact plenty of high-achievers, from CEOs to editors,
A new report traces the evolution of the chief executive officer role over the past century, but also looks ahead 25 years to see what the CEO of 2040 will look like. Increasingly the leaders of 25 years hence will be women, and regardless of gender they will be highly educated, have accumulated strong experience
Empowerment comes from you How do you react if someone oversteps your boundaries or makes an inappropriate remark towards you? Your body really is your best emotional compass and it really will give you a clear indication if it is time to take action towards a person who may have stood over your boundaries. Most
UNDP leader Helen Clark calls for the removal of barriers for increased women participation in leadership roles in both the public and private sector. United Nations Development Programme administrator Helen Clark has urged wider society to remove barriers that have held women back from taking leadership roles, pointing out that companies that include women in decision-making
Let’s face it, we all suffer from stress at one point in our life, in fact, many of us feel stressed on a daily (or even hourly!) basis. However, the good news is that we can learn to manage our stress, before it manages us! Within this article, I would like to share with you
The new head of Diversity Council Australia says more must be done to address a "deficit of women in leadership" in the federal parliament while suggesting Tony Abbott should begin by removing himself as the minister for women. Lisa Annese, who will begin her tenure as the council's CEO at the beginning of next month,
