Companies that intentionally pursue the appointment of women to their top leadership ranks are better positioned to outperform competitors. Firms with the highest gender diversity show stronger stock price growth (70%) and having at least one woman on the board...
Blameless culture has been on my mind recently. Aspects of it can be seen in the Toyota Production System, however, only more recently did “blameless” start to be used to describe it. Across the software engineering profession, it seems to have become the gold...
Earlier last month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Ashurst Sydney Women's Internal Mentoring event on "The Importance of Mentoring for Career Success". Mentoring has helped me significantly throughout my career both as an employee, as well as over the last three...
Having it all. Juggling career and family. Work/life balance. These phrases likely conjure images of career women rather than men. Society’s obsession with whether or not woman can “have it all” implies that the answer is “no.” After all, if we believed women could...
Review of London Transport Museum ‘Summer of Engineering’ London museums are catching up to the importance of engineering and STEM being the focus of their exhibitions. When I picked up a leaflet at my local library, I was surprised to see London Transport Museum were...
By 2020, millennials will make up 35% of the global workforce & Gen Z will make up 24%. Together, that's more than half the entire workforce population. It’s essential that businesses adapt their workplace policies to hold onto these powerful employees who are...
Sandra Alves is the kind of leader everyone wants — pragmatic, humble, and deeply engaging. She’s enjoying her career as an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan.
Thoughtworks enable people to work beyond their job title, and Pam Rucinque has leapt at every opportunity.
Throughout her 25 years with Cummins, Sarah has utilised several different kinds of flexibility. Her story offers real world examples and tips.
At BOC there is the opportunity to make a positive difference, and to see behind the scenes with many different businesses.
BHP is filled with opportunities – including for people without a mining background. They have a huge focus on supporting families, and Megan Ewing’s story is proof of that. She made a career change, and now the sky is the limit with all the possibilities at BHP.
For many women it can feel like it’s one or the other – management or motherhood. Not for Sandra Miles, not at DHL. Find out how she’s supported to be both.