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Three reasons your career development program isn’t working for women
Source: WGEA 2024 The National Picture Companies in the top quartile for women...
3 Women in tech share how they’re rewriting the gender rules
Three women at the top of their careers discuss how they’re putting gender stereotypes to bed and thriving in their tech roles.
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The not-so-secret key to wellbeing initiatives that work
Mental health in the workplace begins by understanding what employees really need. From years of consultancy, collaboration, and interviews with leading employers around the globe, it’s clear that conversation is the key to success; organizations must ask what people...
Stronger together — male allies at Ericsson
At Ericsson its leaders and employees are committed to improving gender diversity and they don’t shy away from the work to be done or the team effort required to get there. This means women and men working alongside one another to systematically eradicate structural...
How to protect your flex and lead effectively
Christine Miller has worked flexibly for the past 20 years, creating a multi-passionate career along the way. She joined Cardno 8 months ago as their Business Leader for the South Coast, based in Wollongong. She spoke about drawing on your diverse skills to bring a...
Thriving as a woman in a tech start-up
LiveTiles is a workplace technology company offering expertise and software products designed to boost productivity, innovation and connection in your workplace. We spoke to Gyaltsen Go, their Head of Customer Experience about what it’s like to work for a start-up,...
How a trainee program is the perfect pathway to management
When Katarzyna (Kat) Sumara started at SGN she didn’t know anything about the gas industry. Fast-forward three years and she is now a Trainee Team Manager, learning the necessary technical and soft skills to become a future people leader within the gas sector. Finding...
Reducing the stigma of mental health: Workplace initiatives that really work
"Avoiding or ignoring the subject is really no longer an option." Paul Stevens | HR Business Partner at Air Liquide COVID-19 meant the swift introduction of brand new policies designed to help employees cope with the new ways of working and a multitude of additional...
How to grasp career opportunities
An avid outdoors woman, Jane Bitmead loves adventure sports – travelling, snowboarding, mountain bike riding and camping. So it’s no surprise that her career has taken a non-traditional route. She’s currently a Machine Operator and Leading Hand of a timber yard for...
Episode Six: Bringing Men on the Journey with Julie Moss
Julie Moss believes men need to come on the journey to achieving gender equality. It’s not just a women’s issue. She shared a shocking story of unconscious bias when trying to redress the gender pay gap, the importance of flexible work options for all and how to...
A workplace guide to implementing a family and domestic violence policy
The UN has reported that domestic violence against women, is “one of the most serious, life threatening and widespread violations of human rights globally.” And it’s happening right here in Australia, on a frightening scale. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has...