Women & Leadership Australia eNewsletter
March 2010
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 Feel gorgeous all over
Create your own true beauty routine and let your inner magnificence shine through, writes executive coach Indira Kennedy Read more
Is your financial style holding you back?
Many of our money behaviours were formed during childhood, when we took cues from the way our parents handled money. But we can change, writes Lyn Millner, CPA. Read more
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INSPIRING WOMEN
Gemma Sisia
Founder, The School of St Jude in Tanzania
 “I simply love the first day of school – seeing all the new children and staff nervously starting their first day of school. Nothing beats that moment."
The school in Tanzania that Gemma Sisia founded in 2002 now teaches over 1,300 children a year. From a wool sheep property in northern NSW to fostering education in Africa, Gemma’s story is one of hard work, philanthropy and faith. Meet Gemma |
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 Exclusive survey: Across the nartion, leading women speak
In February we invited over thirty of Australia's leading women – including the members of the Women & Leadeship Australia Regional Advisory Board – to share their thoughts on a variety of key leadership questions. Here, we share what they told us. More |
 Key publication: Women Want More
Based on an ongoing survey of over 12,000 women from 22 countries, this groundbreaking publication offers tremendous insight into the purchasing habits and power of women.
Whilst the book is clearly aimed at marketing professionals, the results of this major survey make for fascinating reading by the study’s demographic – women. Read more |
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Book reviews |
 Perfect Phrases for Writing Job Descriptions
A seriously user-friendly guide that gives your brain permission to work through the complex process of writing a job description at about a tenth of its usual the speed. Read the review |
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 The 5 Essential People Skills
From the well-regarded Dale Carnegie Training, a broadly useful book for anyone who wants a good grounding in key people skills for life. Read the review |
 Upcoming Women & Leadership Australia Leadership Programs
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'Taming the email beastie': eNewsletter survey findings
In February, members shared their thoughts on handling their Inbox. It seems email is certainly a topic that gets people either engaged or enraged – sometimes feeling enslaved! Let's see how people manage to 'tame the email beastie'. Full results
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Our 'most unscientific' Facebook poll
Do you support mandatory quotas for women on executive boards?
• 55% voted Yes – It's an idea whose time has arrived
• 18% voted Maybe – It depends on how it was implemented
• 27% voted No – It defeats the merit-based system |
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More women and leadership news |
British blokes get paterntiy leave
In Britain at least, new mothers will be able to transfer the second half of their year-long maternity leave to the father, the UK government has confirmed. More
6th Australian Women’s Health Conference
The 2010 Conference will be held in Tasmania on 18–21 May. The major focus of the Conference, entitled Women’s Health: The New National Agenda, will be to continue the work of getting women’s health as a priority issue onto the public agenda. More |
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Naming names
The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency has just released its annual list of organisations that have failed to comply with the Equal Opportunity in the Workplace Act 1999. More
A young feminist awakening
When Virginia Haussegger blogs, she doesn't dodge the big issues. At a recent talk to ANU students, she spoke wisely about the disparity in wages between men and women. More
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