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Storytelling in STEMM: Women engineers, Disney fairytales & Alstom
Can changing the narrative give women a voice in STEMM? Based on our conversation with Yvette Griggs, Senior Signalling Engineer for Alstom, we think – yes!
How to be an authentic and successful leader at Freightliner
Louise Ward has found owning her identity in the workplace is the secret to getting ahead. She shares how she’s maintained her sense of self in a male-dominated industry.
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3 Key Things to Do To Become a Top Leader
While there are certainly more women in leadership positions these days than there used to be, statistics show that there is still a lack of females in corporate leadership roles across the globe, particularly when it comes to CEO and board positions. Whilst...
What’s your current salary? How to respond to an outdated and inappropriate question
In August, the Male Champions of Change released their report on the gender pay gap. This report not only evidenced the extent of the divide but also included practical and direct advice on how to eradicate the gender pay gap. One of these recommendations was to stop...
QinetiQ Boosts Paid Parental Leave Conditions and Scraps Qualifying Period for Primary Care-Givers
Pictured above is Sarah and her beautiful family- Sarah is the Marketing & Communications Manager at QinetiQ QinetiQ today announced a progressive new parental leave scheme that provides up to 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary care-givers and up to 3 weeks...
Boeing’s Australian Engineers Solving Tomorrow’s Challenges
From fast jet sustainment and factory automation research through to advancing autonomous aerospace systems and customer technical support, Boeing Australia’s engineering community is solving complex problems for the innovation challenges of today and the...
Leaders: Does Your Workplace Work for Women?
Jeff Immelt has some advice for the next generation of corporate leaders: _‘__spend more time in factories and less in Davos.’ _Immelt, CEO of General Electric, is challenging business leaders to get out of their ivory towers and get back in touch with the needs of...
Aurecon Launches Australia’s First ‘Shared Care’ Parental Leave Scheme Among Large Engineering Firms
Aurecon, a DCC* Endorsed Employer for Women and a Flex Able Certified Employer, has recently introduced a new 'Shared Care' scheme to support new parents within its workforce. While momentum builds in the male-dominated property and construction sectors to improve...
Diversity in Marketing?
Following a recent business meeting in the city, my colleague and I needed to de-brief and plan our next steps. It was the end of the day so we decided to take advantage of our location, duck into a bar and enjoy a drink while we chatted. Nothing new here. This...
Four ways to connect and support team members on parental leave
We recently had the pleasure of catching up with Rachel June, Analysis & Improvement Specialist working with the BHP Coal Strategy & Development team in Brisbane. Rachel was instrumental in setting up a parents group for employees who are either on parental...
Why We Don’t Need A ‘Wife’
Adele Blair, Founder and Managing Director of The Concierge Collective contributes a guest post based on her extensive experience providing concierge services to time poor executives. Her commentary is enlightening around our collective unconscious bias around...