#Gender Diversity
Last frontier: How the MD of Intact Group is making women feel welcome in construction
Marriage and fatherhood fuelled the desire of Intact Group MD, Scot Pittaway, to ensure his building maintenance services company isn’t the last frontier for women. [Related: Entrepreneur Kate Middleton on rescuing a company in free fall, shaking up the status quo] Pittaway recently took home the Leader in Gender Diversity in Industry Award at the Facility […]
“We’re just like a dating site”: Puffling’s co-founder discusses her job-share platform
Fresh from winning the People’s Choice Award at the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), a pitching competition for female-led startups, Puffling co-founder Sarah Parker spoke to Dynamic Business about the problem her ‘dating site’ for job sharers is solving for return-to-work parents and employers. DB: What is the elevator pitch for Puffling? Parker: Puffling solves the […]
Australia failing at gender diversity in the workplace
A majority of women (65 percent) believe Australia is lagging behind other countries in the push to improve workplace gender diversity.
Why we still haven’t got gender diversity right
Although many organisations are being proactive when it comes to introducing greater gender diversity, Australia still doesn’t seem to be hitting the mark. Here’s a look at what businesses should be doing in the diversity space to ensure they can grow and perform competitively.
emberin’s Maureen Frank: Gender diversity in the workforce
Maureen Frank, author of You Go Girlfriend, which deals with gender diversity, left behind her large pay packet at a US multinational and founded emberin, an organisation assisting companies in attracting and retaining female staff. “Being one of the most senior women in the company, it became apparent to me that perhaps some of […]