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10 traits you need to engineer success as a leader in STEMM
Senior Director of Engineering at Qualcomm, Pratima Pai, discusses what it takes to get to the top – and what success feels like when you get there.
5 Lessons to find your direction in life and work
At some point, you may feel an urge to seek a new challenge! We spoke to Shelby Higgs about leaning into this desire and finding your direction.
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Six women who reached the top but no one told you
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
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...
How to find a mentor and why you should start today
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...
How to have it all: time management secrets from six-figure moms
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...
Engaging your daughters in STEM: The Great Summer of Engineering
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...
The millennial revolution and what it means for your business
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...
Why we need to think twice before we speak
I received an email the other day, as I do every day from the Herald-Sun newspaper. The email summarizes the main stories of the day and allows me to click on a link and read a story if I choose. Quite normal for any newspaper in these digital days. "However, one...
On Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, what could the future hold?
Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. The date is significant, as it is marks how far into 2018 a black woman needs to work, in order to make as much money as a white male in 2017. As a black woman who is the mother of two daughters, I can’t help but wonder – where...
The benefits of diversity are right in front of your KPIs
If companies want to deliver value for their clients they need diverse talent, strategies and opinions. CEO’s need to foster the development of a business that is inclusive of all and reflects the wider society that their service or product exists to serve. Diversity...