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
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
Suzanne will be attending the The 2nd Annual Women in Finance and Accounting Leadership Summit 2015, held at The Amora Hotel Jamison Sydney. The event will feature a Pre-Summit Workshop on 16 February, with the Summit to run across 17 & 18 February, concluding with a Post-Summit Workshop on 19 February. Suzanne's involvement will include the INTERACTIVE CLOSING ROUNDTABLE on the topic 'Future directions for emerging
I am a feminist. Not because I’m a whinger, or a victim, but because I understand how very fortunate I am. And I’m grateful to the women (and men) who’ve made that possible. If a footballer runs onto the field to a barrage of racist abuse, should he ignore it? Or should he call it
There are many ‘truths’ espoused by both men and women about the gender pay gap. This is not a ‘men don’t get it debate’; rather, an opportunity to hold up the mirror to ask why this is so. And it can be changed. Our community has an unconscious bias regarding pay equity. It does not matter
Speaking at a Women in Media event at the National Press Club this afternoon, Julie Bishop has raised a number of controversial topics. She started by commenting on being the only woman in cabinet, in saying “I pay tribute to all the women who have been cabinet ministers before me. The challenge I have set
Today, everyone’s talking about egg-freezing. Because apparently, it’s the silver-bullet for women who want a big career in the glimmering, money-encrusted compounds of Silicon Valley. Breaking new ground in the employee-perks department, Facebook and more recently, Apple, are offering to fund retrieving and freezing a woman’s eggs as part of her employee benefit scheme, effectively allowing
So it’s been a week since the Channel 10 premier of the highly anticipated Madam Secretary, right after the somewhat abrupt end to the season finale of The Bachelor, which still seems to be making headlines for the wrong reasons. Or maybe they’re right when you consider the old adage any publicity is good publicity.
