Women & Leadership Australia – Mini Mag
December 2010
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New directions and quantum leaps
When the G-G swore in a new PM, it felt like the summation of a year of firsts for women and leadership in Australia. Whilst the number of female Chairs of ASX 200 companies remains embarrassingly low, 2010 proved to be a year of historical importance.
 New research showed a more mixed picture, however, of women’s success in leadership.
With Australia’s first national Paid Parental Leave scheme commencing on 1st January, 2011 may show itself to be another year of surprises.
In this major review, Women & Leadership Australia looks back on the highs and lows of 2010. We ask: If 2010 brought some truly significant firsts for women in leadership roles, should we expect 2011 to take us in new directions with equally quantum leaps of advances? Read more
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INSPIRING WOMEN
Rhonda Brighton-Hall
HR Leader for the Retail Bank of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia
 “What makes me feel it’s worth the effort? People! Making a difference to someone’s career. Flexing work arrangements to keep a great talent. Making a cynical person optimistic. Where business and people meet: that's exactly where I’m meant to be.””
After working in three continents across four industries, Rhonda Brighton-Hall's passion for HR remains boundless. In 2009 she won the Dave Ulrich HR Leader of the Year, and a day later she received the Telstra Businesswoman’s Hudson Private and Corporate Sector Award. Meet Rhonda |
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 The Leader Who Had No Title
x Convincingly, these pioneers of the Positive Deviance model argue that right now, someone in your workplace has solved whatever problem your business is facing, writes Rebecca Todd. Read the review |
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 The Boss From Outer Space
Built on a robust metaphor that people can be likened to the planet's idiocyncracies, The Boss From Outer Space offers a fantastic avenue for exploring why we do or don't get along with certain types at work. Read the review |
 Eight Steps to Happiness: The Science of Getting Happy and How It Can Work for You
Based on the ABC TV series 'Making Australia Happy', the Eight Steps program gives you no-nonsense tools to make real change in your life. More |
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 Being Happy: You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Lead a Richer, Happier Life
Bestselling author Tal Ben-Shahar provides the tools to help you learn how to accept life as it actually is instead of what you think it should be. More |
Senator Kate Lundy wins international award
At the recent e-Democracy Awards 2010 in France, Senator Kate Lundy won the International Award in recognition of her active and forward-thinking work toward building Open Government culture and practice in Australia. More
Women at the top: Making it happen
CEO commitment and women's education programs are amongst the key measures that increase gender diversity in top management, according to a new international McKinsey & Company research paper. More
Aussie workers not happy with work/life balance
Only one in five Australians are working the hours they want to work, according to new research by The Australia Institute. More
WA miner wins top Business Woman Award
A Western Australian woman who turned around Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt Limited (DSL) business to become the world’s leading exporter of solar salt has been named 2010 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year. More
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Support White Ribbon Day
25th November marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The major strategies of the White Ribbon Foundation of Australia include a national media campaign, education and male leadership programmest. More
2010 EOWA Business Achievement Awards
The federal government's Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplaces Agency has just named its 2010 Business Achievement Awards winners. Employers and individuals across the public and private sectors were acknowledged. More
The changing feminist zeitgeist
On 9th December, Diversity Council Australia will be holding a special event to celebrate what’s been achieved in diversity in 2010, with special guest speaker, Helen McCabe, Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Women’s Weekly. More |
