Women in business
The successful Australian woman is passionate, driven, focused, determined and resilient – but she has had to make a number of sacrifices in the name of success, and while regret might be too strong a word, she is fully aware of these sacrifices and is striving to ameliorate them.
This week Fleur Madden-Topley chats to Sherrie Storor as part of our Women in Business blog series. What makes Sherrie’s story so different? Read on…
Employers should use the paid parental leave scheme as a prompt to review their other parental leave entitlements and obligations, says Lisa Berton, Employment Lawyer at Kemp Strang.
The brightest and most innovative of Australia’s professional business mums will be named the winner of the 2011 Connect2Mums AusMumpreneur Awards in Sydney this August.
It was day 273 (week 39) of what seemed like a never-ending second pregnancy, and Rebecca was trying to finish off the last of her client work before taking a few weeks off. Unfortunately, that was all she could manage with a growing client base and ever increasing ‘to do’ list.
Colette Hayman tried to retire after selling tween jewellery success story Diva but found it too boring. She tells JEN BISHOP how she’s back and starting from scratch, putting her name to another retail jewellery concept, Colette Accessories.
Kellie Hill’s story lies at the very heart of Australia’s mining boom. Her business Kellie Hill Consulting (KHC) is a legal consultancy specialising in native title and heritage approvals for mining projects. Their job is to find the middle ground between the traditional owners and her clients, the mining companies.
Hot on the heels of this week’s Pru Goward and Jackie O controversy, business owner Fleur Madden-Topley shares her forthright views on running a business vs. running a household. Just last week she and her husband were told they can adopt a baby from Korea following a three-year wait.
Trying to crack the fashion industry and wondering where to start? You can now ask accessories queen Samantha Wills. The jewellery designer is giving fans the chance to post their questions and she’ll answer them via video.
Last year the ladies from Sass and Bide jointly picked up the coveted title. Could it be you next year? Nominations opened this week.
Small business owners are hard workers, full stop. Magazine editor Jen Bishop shares her thoughts about women in business and her at times conflicting views about women’s networks.
Australia’s business women don’t want gender quotas aimed at ensuring gender equality in the workplace, rather the overwhelming majority believe the mentoring of young women is the best way to achieve equality in Australian businesses.
Denise Goldsworthy, the managing director of the world’s leading exporter of solar salt was named as the 2010 Telstra Western Australian Business Woman of the Year.
Women on Boards and UBS Investment Bank today launched The Next Generation of Female Corporate Leaders mentoring and development program for 2011.
Melissa Mellen, a chartered professional engineer who is the owner and sole director of Murray F. Young & Associates (MFY) has been named the 2010 Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year.
Women have made no significant gains in their representation among ASX 200 companies or in key executive positions over the last eight years concludes new research by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA).
Karin Adcock, the Danish-born entrepreneur who first introduced the popular PANDORA collectible charm bracelet to Australia was named today as the 2010 Telstra New South Wales Business Woman of the Year.
The NSW Anti-Discrimination Board has granted an exception to the Anti-Discrimination act to Trivett Automotive which will enable the company to recruit females only.
What stands in the way of most businesses are complicated strategies, overwhelming thoughts of how much work is involved and, sometimes, just not knowing where to start or, in fact, if we are even headed in the right direction.
While the pay gap continues to grow between men and women, the number of women appointed to ASX 200 boards is growing, with female directors of Australia’s top listed companies now close to 10 percent.
