Tag: Men

The lack of women in the sector hurts companies and the economy.

Study reveals money issues causes strain in the bedroom.

Stereotypes about the sexes are as old as the hills, and have little proof. If men and women acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses then leaders of any sex will get ahead.

While women are fighting for equality in the workplace and are taking on executive positions in the corporate world, there is a downside to their professional success and it comes in the form of serious health problems, once typically associated with men.

Australia’s business women don’t want gender quotas aimed at ensuring gender equality in the workplace, rather the overwhelming majority believe the mentoring of young women is the best way to achieve equality in Australian businesses.

While the pay gap continues to grow between men and women, the number of women appointed to ASX 200 boards is growing, with female directors of Australia’s top listed companies now close to 10 percent.

Gender equality in the workplace is even further off in 2010 than in 2009, with the wage gap widening over the last 12 months and a new study showing Australians are largely pessimistic about women ever receiving equal pay.

Women are the losers in the 2010 Federal election, with a ‘sharp drop’ in the number of women elected to the House of Representatives according to Claire Braund, Executive Director Women on Boards.

After the decades of participating in training, it has been drilled into me that women usually have greater empathy than men. Females will outstrip men’s ability in putting themselves in a prospects or employees shoes – especially when talking about family issues and challenges.

Well Mr Trainer I now beg to differ, as does one of my friends.

One in five women don’t trust their partner with money, with half believing their partner wastes money, concludes a survey by Westpac Women’s Markets for International Womens Day. Women are being asked to take up money issues with their partners as part of International Womens Day, as compared to the historical average, more women than […]