My Millie has been sick.  Most of you know she’s the alpha in my pack and it’s unusual for her to be struck down with illness.  This is a dog that will go to any length for her passion – chasing kangaroos at the farm! – and on this front she’s a high achiever if I’ve ever seen one.  She can go for 12 hours straight, dashing and darting across the countryside non-stop chasing ‘roos.  None of the other beagles are faster or more determined than her.  So what could bring her down?  Would you believe it was a tiny grass seed? Read More

I was chatting the other day with a woman I really admire when she asked me: “why don’t businesswomen just support each other more, like the blokes do?”  Read More

Last week I reported on the very disappointing outcomes of the 2008 EOWA Census of women in leadership.  Unless you’ve had your head in the sand or been focused on more pressing issues, you would have seen the Census coverage in all of the newspapers, business mags and practically every website relating to women in business.  In the main, the media has centred around the failure of corporate Australia to bridge the gender divide in leadership ranks.  On the flip side, a handful of articles features interviews with the 4 female CEOs who’ve made it to the top of the ASX200. Read More

Every 2 years the EOWA produces its Census of women in leadership.  The recognised benchmark for gender diversity in corporate Australia, the Census is the most quoted statistic in Australia relating to women in the workplace.   Read More

This week I spoke at the finale event for the NSW Women in Finance mentoring program for 2008.  No doubt the program participants will look back on 2008 in years to come as a time when many great lessons were learned – both from their mentors and the financial crisis unfolding around us. Read More

These here are tough times.  The path is getting rockier and it's manifesting in many ways. Read More

Last week I was on a friendtoring call - you know, one of those phone calls you get from a friend who rings to ask your professional opinion (like the term? My friend David Lee came up with it and gifted it to me when he told me to stop mentoring for free and to turn it into a business!).  It started out the usual way: how are you going, what have you been up to.  But within a few minutes she launched into her dilemma. Read More