Women & Leadership Australia eNewsletter

November 2009

Your voice, use it wisely

Just because social networking websites allow us to say anything we like, it doesn’t mean we ought to. Think twice before you 'blast your boss' online. Read more

Women, work and the Art of Savoir Faire

Women and men bring vastly different communication styles to the workplace, writes Mireille Guiliano, former President and CEO of Clicquot. Read more

Wake up employers! Mothers make great workers

Whether paid or unpaid, maternity leave is not leave from work if one can't return to one's job: it's dismissal, argues Associate Professor Marian Baird of the University of Sydney. Read more

INSPIRING WOMEN
Suzi Finkelstein
Women & Leadership Australia Facilitator

"If I can be a conduit or a contributor for my learners to be able to take that amazing `aha’ moment in the workshop and apply it to enable transformation, it is such an achievement."

When facilitating others in Women & Leadership Australia workshops, for Suzi the highest accolade is witnessing change in others. Meet Suzi

**Key inspiring Australian story: Stars Over Shiralee – Sheryl McCorry**

Sheryl McCorry's memoir Diamonds and Dust was a runaway bestseller in 2007. As the first woman in the Kimberley to run two million-acre cattle stations, Sheryl faced more than her share of challenges.

Now, in Stars over Shiralee, Sheryl brings her story up to date, picking up from the death of her husband Bob McCorry. Stars over Shiralee is in turn a love letter to the outback that shaped her, and a deeply personal journey back to triumph. Discover more

Enter the November survey competition to win a copy of Stars Over Shiralee

Book reviews

The Voice of Success

An in-depth book on the female voice that provides exercises for strengthening and maximising your voice’s potential. Read the review

Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People

An important and highly practical book for anyone leading people who can really stand out from the pack. Read the review

Upcoming Women & Leadership Australia Leadership Programs

For full details and registrations for leadership programs around Australia, click here

Survey findings: Non-technical skills

Whilst most respondents in the October survey agreed that non-technical skills are preferable (such as strong communication and people skills), almost half said they had missed out on a promotion to someone who had technical skills but lacked nous and finesse. Full results

Review of EOWA and state of play for women at work
Diversity Council Australia is conducting a Diversity Leadership Briefing in Melbourne on 25th November to explore the federal government's EOWA review and its potential impact on gender equality in Australia's workplaces. Leading experts will provide their views and participate in a lively panel discussion. More

Australia's first woman Nobel laureate
Australian-born and educated scientist Elizabeth Blackburn has won the Nobel prize for medicine. Along with two others scientists from the United States, Elizabeth won the 2009 Nobel prize for discovering an enzyme that helps chromosomes in cells stay eternally young. More

Global survey on what women want
As part of a new book entitled Women Want More: How to Capture Your Share of the World's Largest, Fastest-Growing Market, Boston Consulting Group is running a global survey of women. Join the over 12,000 women from twenty-two countries who have already responded to the survey. Take the surve

First woman wins economics Nobel
Proving to be a year of firsts for females striving for Nobel prizes, American-born Elinor Ostrom has become the first woman to win the Nobel prize for economics since it began in 1968. The Nobel prize committee made the award (shared with fellow American Oliver Williamson) to Elinor "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons". More

Women & Leadership Australia Partners

Our 2009 Australian Women's Leadership Symposium Partners:

Visit a full list of our partners, all of whom we thank for their support of the Australian Women & Leadership Forums.

Join our supporters
Are you interested in promoting your organisation's brand to like-minded women? If so, contact Women & Leadership Australia for information on sponsorship opportunities available in 2009: Ph 1300 138 037.