sphinxx news alert
4 August 2010 | www.sphinxx.com.au

This week we share with you our take on the critical message coming from the David Jones lawsuit. We highlight the downside of open plan offices, last chance tickets to Ascend + Mastermind Mentoring Groups plus a new guest post from our latest new member – Sally Symonds.

A WORD FROM YOUR SheEO:

1. The message for employers from the $37 Million David Jones Lawsuit - and why it's critical you hear this
2. ANNOUNCEMENT: sphinxx newsletter to significantly change in the following weeks

WORK:

1. New study shows loss of productivity in open plan offices - build it into your business case for flexible working arrangements.
2. Get the most out of your Ascend experience by grabbing one of the few remaining places at Mastermind Mentoring groups in Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane in the Ascend weeks. These will go quickly!
3. Bosses behaving badly: Horror stories to cheer you up, or make you realize it’s time to get a new job! Especially if you start getting defensive of the boss character…

LIFE:

1. Self-Awareness: A Must-Have for every career. This blog breaks the concept down, tells you how to achieve and grow your self-awareness with proven strategies and insights from many women
2. Why weight loss pays – the financial benefits of getting healthy from new sphinxx member and guest blogger Sally Symonds

OFFERS:

1. Sydney Ascend is full, and the other cities will be soon! Exclusive early bird extension for newsletter recipients only. Save $100 on your registration

If you have an idea for a topic we should include in a future news alert, please let us know - we’d love to hear from you!

All the best,

Jen Dalitz
Founder & The SheEO, sphinxx.com.au

Our vision at sphinxx is to see women equally represented in leadership roles, in our workplaces and communities. We provide resources and professional development to support women on their leadership journey; and advice and education to ensure employers find and keep the best women on their teams.

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The message for employers from the $37 Million David Jones Lawsuit - and why it's critical you hear this

In order to look after our thousands of readers in a sustainable and engaging way that suits the long days and low free time we all battle with, we will be switching to a new email distribution tool in the coming weeks… click here to read more.

New study shows loss of productivity in open plan offices - build it into your business case for flexible working arrangements

With ever-increasing workloads and ever-shortening deadlines, distraction is the enemy of office workers and petition walls can be a great way to shut out the distraction of co-workers, passing traffic and all the activity that goes on in a modern workplace, and thereby improve focus.  Open plan offices, however, afford no such protection… click here to read more.

Get the most out of your Ascend experience by grabbing one of the few remaining places at Mastermind Mentoring groups in Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane in the Ascend weeks. These will go quickly!

We have two spaces still available in Adelaide on the 10th of August, three places in Brisbane on the 16th of August and two places in Melbourne on the 19th August. So if you’re keen for an hour and a half of probably the most useful career conversations you’ll have this quarter with women who are in similar roles, and that happen to be held at really nice restaurants and locations… click here.

Bosses behaving badly: Horror stories to cheer you up, or make you realize it’s time to get a new job! Especially if you start getting defensive of the boss character…

The key hated traits in a boss? Micromanaging, lying and aggression (especially passive aggression). One poor women even had a computer monitor thrown at her… click here to read more.

Self-Awareness: A Must-Have for every career. This blog breaks the concept down, tells you how to achieve and grow your self-awareness with proven strategies and insights from many women

I’m pretty sure most of us have worked with, or worse, worked for a person with poor self-awareness. Isn’t it difficult? Whether it’s outright poor behavior or something subtler like asking questions in a way that prescribes and limits the possible answers, I think self-awareness is critical in achieving a rewarding career… click here to read more.

Why weight loss pays – the financial benefits of getting healthy from new sphinxx member and guest blogger Sally Symonds

Gym memberships and pt sessions aren’t cheap. Not only was there was a big investment of sweat; the time and money I spent were also significant. But did they pay off? Anyone who has lost a lot of weight will tell you that the personal benefits are worth any cost. But what would my accountant say?... click here to read more.

Sydney Ascend is full, and the other cities will be soon! Exclusive early bird extension for newsletter recipients only. Save $100 on your registration

We’re so close to our Ascend development days that the office is flat out with last minute registrations, revising the program to ensure maximum value for participants and packing the postage boxes full of attendee gifts. Because of the considerable demand for registrations (places are limited, we’ve already extended Sydney’s capacity) we have decided to extend the early bird discount for newsletter readers only until this Friday (COB 6th of August).

By location:

• Melbourne – Limited places
• Adelaide – Limited places
• Sydney – Full (please contact us if you want to be on the waiting list)
• Brisbane – Limited places

If you’re not sure why everyone else is clamouring for the few places remaining check out this blog. And if you want to come too, register quickly here. All you have to do to receive the discounted rate is enter “newsletter special” in the “how did you hear about us” field.