Premium Interviews Using creativity and confidence to fashion a career in the public service Community & Social According to one public service leader, bureaucrats can develop more confidence about diving into the deep end with practice and a good dose of curiosity.
Premium Interviews Emails first, then meetings: an insight into the work of a mandarin at IP Australia March 25, 2022 By Melissa Coade Career Advice Paula Adamson’s job is a lot more than electronic communications and meeting agendas, but these tasks usually bookend a day’s work of risk management and
Premium Interviews Leading a government team where tax law reigns supreme March 11, 2022 By Melissa Coade Career Advice Meet the woman working to make the Australian Tax Office (ATO) a respected and trusted source on all things tax law. Kirsten Fish, a second
Promoted Are there gender differences impacting Australian leadership? November 10, 2021 By Peter Berry Consultancy Insights into the similarities and differences between female and male leaders may have important implications when it comes to the selection and development of leadership
PSsst! The Frydenberg tapes October 1, 2021 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Is Defence’s anti ‘woke’ stance morphing into anti women’s leadership? When Peter Dutton ordered defence to quit being so ‘woke’ and ban those ‘silly’ morning
Premium Columnists The 39 steps to department secretary power – no Hitchcock required June 25, 2021 By Virginia Haussegger Editors' Picks There were a rude number of ‘firsts’ for women this week at the National Press Club. Rude because it’s a little embarrassing. In 2021 are
Women in local government eligible for mentoring and leadership development with $600K grant June 24, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Women in local government will benefit from a $615,000 federal grant over three years to support the development of their leadership skills and capabilities. The
Qld government wants more women in leadership roles June 18, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins News The Queensland government will host a program of events encouraging women to pursue leadership and management roles, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced. The events will
Premium Insights and analysis Australia should learn from NZ on gender equality, Gillard says February 24, 2021 By David Donaldson New Zealand Only two countries have had three female heads of government: Finland and New Zealand. Even these are relatively recent achievements. Finnish PM Sanna Marin has
Premium Insights and analysis How women in leadership are helping DFAT deal with the pandemic through a gendered lens October 26, 2020 By Matthew Elmas Features A concerted effort to increase diversity across the most senior levels of Australian diplomacy is helping to shape COVID-19 recovery efforts through a gendered lens.
Are women leaders really doing better on coronavirus? The data backs it up September 2, 2020 By Supriya Garikipati and Uma Kambhampati Career Advice Over the last few months, there has been much discussion of leadership during the pandemic. What constitutes good leadership? Who has performed better and which
Premium Insights and analysis Is women leading in vast numbers our best proposition for sustainability? July 27, 2020 By Fabian Dattner & Cass Trumble Editors' Picks With Australia having regressed to an embarrassing 57th in women’s political empowerment, Dattner Group’s Fabian Dattner and Cass Trumble explain how to address the balance
‘Expect sexism’: a gender politics expert reads Julia Gillard’s Women and Leadership July 20, 2020 By Blair Williams Editors' Picks Why are there so few women at the top levels of politics? This question is at the centre of the new book, Women and Leadership,
DTA seeking provider for EL1 women in digital coaching program June 22, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Digital Transformation Agency is developing a coaching and networking program for women in the Australian Public Service who work in the digital field. Aimed