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The consulting Director who mastered caring and career
iscover how Meiske Sompie is using her professional skills in project management to grow her career, and care for her family
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Opening your eyes to a fintech career
With dreams of being the next Einstein, Crystal Downie never considered working in financial services technology, but a chance event opened her eyes to an industry she loves. Fifteen years on and Crystal is an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan, with global...
Bonus Episode: The Financial Benefit of Women in Leadership with Libby Lyons
This week bringing you a special Bonus episode of Equality Talks. Exciting new research was released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency in June about the causal relationship between women in leadership and bottom line earnings. We spoke to Libby Lyons, Director...
A career with creative chemistry
Sonya Ryan’s son entered the room while we were talking about leadership and creativity on Zoom. Sonya joined Lion 10 years ago, and unexpectedly found a way to cultivate both her technical skills and creative flair at work, all while raising a chatty little boy. We...
Return to work: How a culture of flexibility helps the transition
"During my time at CGI, I have been lucky that the company’s flexible and supportive return to work process has allowed me to successfully balance the needs of motherhood and my job." Lauren Davis | Project and Service Delivery Manager | CGI I have taken two rounds of...
Driven by Kaizen Lifestyle
Jane Owen is constantly challenging herself and trying to grow. So it’s no surprise that the Toyota culture of Kaizen – continuous improvement – inspires her daily. With a love of sewing, rock climbing and mixed martial arts, a car she saved from the scrap heap, and a...
Spotlight on companies working to address domestic violence in the workplace during COVID-19
Last month, the Sydney Morning Herald reported almost one in 10 Australian women in a relationship experienced domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, with two thirds acknowledging attacks worsened during lockdown. It’s a devastating narrative, and one that...
Episode Five: Board Careers and Supporting Women with Diane Smith-Gander
Diane Smith-Gander, AO is a professional non-executive director who maintains a diverse portfolio. She's an advocate for gender equality and past president of Chief Executive Women. Diane is the national chairman for the Centre for Economic Development of Australia...
How to live your passions and grow your career through relationships
Seema Hyne is the Customer Success Manager for the Australia & New Zealand Regional IT Team at Cisco. After 13 years with the company she says; “It’s a great environment and you get to do a lot of innovative work, but it’s really the people that makes Cisco a...
The flexibility to live a double-life: Meet the Engineer/Magistrate
After more than two decades across a number of teams, Jade McCready’s career with BAE Systems is still thriving. In her current role as Head of Discipline, Electromagnetics, for Air Sector, Jade is responsible for leadership, management and governance of the...