A few years ago I was providing corporate communications support to a company that was about to gain a new director who would be their only female board member. During a meeting I suggested we contact professional women’s publications because they might be interested in running an article on the company’s only female director. A senior leader of the company, who also happened to be the only … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2015
My Dad
A body so strong and yet a heart so tender. My Dad has taught me to rise to the challenge and always speak up, especially when I see things that are wrong. That the path the sheep follow may not always be the right one to take. A man who has taught me the importance of standing in other’s shoes, that there is so much more to a person than the way they are often described by … [Read more...]
Why paid parental leave matters
I’m a double dipper. I confess I once may have gone in for an extra helping of gherkin dip with the same cracker while no one was watching. And I also received maternity payments from both my employer and the government when I had my first child. But it wasn’t the Australian taxpayer I was ‘ripping off’. It was actually the taxpayers of another country I am fortunate enough to share my … [Read more...]