We asked some of the incredible women trailblazing in all areas of our work: What advice would you offer your younger self and young women of today? 1. "I would tell myself to have a go at everything you can, as every experience is a learning - even the bad ones! I'd...
“I have my dream job!" Nicole Waterman discusses life as an engineer in construction and how Laing O'Rourke's parental leave policy is changing the game. Nicole Waterman always planned to be an architect, until some good advice from her university lecturer shifted her...
Do you love your job? Do you like the way you work? Do you have the ability to manage your work and life commitments? If you answered yes to that, I celebrate you and the actions you have taken to get there. You and I both know that all of the pieces of the puzzle of...
When Emily Duggan, Australian Racing Car Driver was preparing for her first race in 2014, to compete against an all male field, she called the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) to check with officials whether it was within the rules to allow a woman to...
In 2016, BHP set a bold aspirational goal to achieve gender balance by 2025. In the two years since we announced this aspirational goal, the action, debate and innovation it originally sparked has intensified across our company and within the industry. These forces...
Diversity is being invited to the party, inclusion is being asked to dance. It’s with this note from Verna Myers in mind that Bindy Edelman approaches her role as global head of diversity and inclusion at cloud accounting software company Xero. It comes after years...
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