Diversity of Thought Blog

Younger professional men have different understandings of ambition and different ideals of fatherhood. If they’re unable to change their organizations to allow time for family life, they will leave. Today, managing…

The issue of women climbing the ladder in business is big news if today’s Australian Financial Review (AFR) is anything to go by. Today’s AFR contains several major stories centred…

The 100% Project and Leadership Victoria still have a small number of scholarship places for the Level the Playing Field Symposium to be held on Thursday 14th November at the Hilton…

The Business Council of Australia have set a 10 year target of women holding 50 per cent of senior jobs and board seats. Their report Increasing the Number of Women…

By Jill Hufnagel On my way into work this morning, I heard a lyric from Dala’s “Good as Gold” that struck me as a provocative way of thinking about the…

Within the Australian business community, the need to take active steps towards greater representation of women in leadership is well accepted, with the majority of people agreeing that this is…

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of interviewing Marty Linsky about Adaptive Leadership and how it relates to the slow progress of gender equality in Australia. As the author…

By Chloe Kypuros, Fiona Page and Frances Feenstra Despite some meaningful gains over the past decades, in 2013, women at the highest levels of organisations continue to be rare in…

Underlying gender bias is so prevalent that we don’t even notice it! This article explores some of the challenges female writers face. http://www.theage.com.au/comment/take-it-as-read-women-miss-out-20131022-2vz2x.html Another reason to engage in the Level…

Ernst and Young has released a report called Women in Leadership – in his own words. It is based on interviews with nine leading Australian business leaders in the public and private sectors….