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How to grow your career and travel the world: Q&A with Nufarm
People at Nufarm are growing their careers, and crops that feed the world! Here’s how Nufarm leader Martha grew her experience and traveled the globe.
The 9 male CEOs stepping up to accelerate gender equity
Discover how CEOs from 9 leading companies are coming together to break down barriers and champion gender equity.
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Sara Tweedly from Canstar gives her 3 tips for pursuing a leadership role
After a short conversation with Canstar’s Group Executive, Digital & Marketing, Sara Tweedly, we’re left feeling inspired and energised. Here’s a woman whose personal and professional development over the last six years has been intrinsically connected to the...
You are Not Your Job Title: Professional Tips on Successful Career Transitions
Cath Jones (People Operations Manager at Buildkite, a platform for running fast, secure, and scalable continuous integration pipelines on your own infrastructure.) has had a career that’s taken them from fashion, to multimedia design and coding, to engineering, to a...
Getting Back on Track After Parental Leave in a Purpose Driven Role
Donna O’Neill started with KPMG thirteen years ago, has been supported through parental leave and returning to work, and is currently managing the inaugural firmwide volunteer day in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in her role as Associate Director,...
Driving Diversity at nbn
John Parkin is the Executive General Manager Customer Field Operations at nbn, and is a passionate, vocal supporter of building a diverse workforce. We chatted with John about achieving 50-50 gender balance in his leadership team, strong targets for diversity at nbn...
Schneider Electric’s Karen Lyons on the most challenging and exciting aspects of her role as a Director
Subscribe to our fortnightly Women at Work newsletter to get inspiring stories, career building resources and exclusive network invites delivered to your inbox. Karen Lyons, Director of Field Services for Ireland at Schneider Electric. 1.) How would you describe...
Flexible Working stories from the WORK180 partner network: PepsiCo
NAWO (National Association of Women in Operations) knows that flexible working is not only positively linked to increased work satisfaction, it also supports gender equality, enabling women's participation and supporting their success in the workplace. Across the...
Flexible Working is possible! (Our Endorsed Employers tell you how)
Flexible working provides employees with a healthy work-life balance and promotes a happy and loyal workforce. It encourages diversity, attracts great talent and reduces business costs. It also helps employees stay focused on their work, leading to improved...
How Cisco is providing a ‘soft landing’ through major life transitions
Paula Gacesa is a mother to a ‘blended family’ of four, ranging from two to nineteen, has worked in the technology sector for a bit over twenty years in the UK, US and Australia, (possibly an unlikely direction after gaining a degree in German language and literature)...
How flexible work makes employees happier
Flexible work arrangements can no longer be passed off as an employee perk or privilege. In our increasingly competitive world, it’s the new normal, and it’s driving big wins for both employees and employers. Some of WORK180’s Flex Able Certified employers share the...