Career stories, inspiration & guidance

Not a single week goes by without someone volunteering a firm example of how they have failed to speak up in a meeting at work, because they froze with intimidation of fear. This week was the same, with one major exception – I heard about it from the most senior...

How often do you ask people if they are doing okay? And when you do ask, do you really listen to the answer? It is such a simple question and as research shows, can be powerful enough to stop that individual from ending their life. The statistics around suicide are...

We’ve all read the stats and we see it every day in the office and on the streets. We want progress, especially in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), to get more women in these roles and leading the charge. And we are making progress. Women are changing...

The second piece of my blog is going to be a little different from the last one. I decided to stalk an Engineering Manager that works at Zendesk. As a Technical Recruiter I spend every single day speaking with engineers, trying to understand how they work, what...

The past few years, indeed even the past few months, have seen huge changes in the way women are seen in the workplace. Gender equality has taken huge steps, and businesses around the world are beginning to take a long hard look at their own workplace practices. As an...

There are a lot of misconceptions about flexible work arrangements – like who ‘can’ take it from a legal standpoint or who ‘should’ be able to access it because of their age, gender, or family circumstance. In my work as the head of the Culture and Capability team at...

Sam Mostyn got hate mail when she was appointed as the AFL’s first female Commissioner. She also encountered negative responses from women. In the early days, she was sometimes seated at games with the wives of other commissioners and she often felt under a different...

Job sharing is a great option for women and men to enable fulfilling lives through balancing rewarding, challenging careers with family and other personal responsibilities. Personally I’ve always been intrigued around how to do this successfully, particularly at a...

Around the time of my birthday, June this year, I started to scroll through in my mind the goals I had set as part of my ‘new year’s resolutions’. Everything from the usual 'lose weight' and 'go to the gym' to 'start writing my novel'. I knew only too well that these...