I have accepted an invitation to speak at the 2010 Women's Summit being held by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, Malaysia on 8-9 December this year. This conference offers a platform for women to discuss workplace issues and my job will be to bring new ideas to participants on what women can do to improve their career prospects and position themselves for success - including dealing with the perennial issues of work-life balance and networking effectively.  Read More

Now before you give me a serve for posting a blog with this title, consider this: research from Center for Work-Life Policy published by business insider shows that among director level/professional women 15 percent sleep with their bosses and 37 percent get rewarded for it with a promotion or some form of career progression. Read More

Now more then ever, there is a sense of urgency around making your company a magnet for Australia’s top female talent. Why now? The ASX guidelines revisions have been a tipping point for the growing gender diversity movement that is bursting into boardrooms armed with stats, costs, and solutions to Australia’s woeful female representation. Read More

This month Marie Claire magazine featured a special campaign report... featuring a story first published in 2004 on the gender pay gap.  Nothing has changed since then.  "Here we are six years later, and we're shocked to find ourselves in the same unbelievable position and asking the same question - why are we still fighting for equal pay?" Anna Saunderss wrote.  And I was asked to provide commentary as to why. Read More

There is no denying that we live in a great country. Sure there aren’t enough women in leadership roles, and we work more than the OECD average hours per day and we’ve even got obesity issues to almost rival the home land of fast food’s weight problems. But we’re also packed full of people from all over the world, there is a huge range of exciting initiatives, that talk about and honestly believe in work life balance.  Read More