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Welcome to The Australian Salary Chronicles, where we’re bringing transparency to negotiation and salaries, one story at a time. Very little attention is given to the good news stories and we want to highlight these to inspire and support other women. We ask women to share their experiences negotiating their salary and what their advice …

THE AUSTRALIAN SALARY CHRONICLES #2 – Salary and Flexibility are not Mutually ExclusiveRead More »

Last week was International Women’s Day and we held our annual conference where, as always we tackle some of the big and heavy hitting issues facing women in leadership. In a perfect storm, my favourite topic of confidence has come to the forefront of the conversation as we saw new research released by CEW & …

Boss or Bossy?Read More »

More Australian women than ever are starting their own businesses, with new mums in particular leaving corporate jobs to become ‘mumpreneurs’. As a 2015 study by the Office for Women and Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed, the number of freelance businesses run by Australian women grew by almost 50 per cent over the past twenty …

Rise of the ‘Mumpreneur’ is leaving a corporate skill gapRead More »

There is lots of discussion about globalisation, technology and the impact that it will have on the future of many professions. Without a doubt we are seeing qualified professionals having to reskill and reframe their experience to identify new career pathways and opportunities. Regardless of your technical skills or professional orientation the ability to navigate …

The Future of Work – What will define Success?Read More »

With statistics showing that one in three Australian women will experience domestic abuse at some point in their lives, domestic violence is clearly a major societal challenge no longer simply confined to the home. According to a report released by KPMG in 2015, “around 1.4 million Australian women are living or have lived in an …

Domestic violence: a workplace issueRead More »

Welcome to The Australian Salary Chronicles, where we’re bringing transparency to negotiation of both remuneration and progression opportunities for women, one story at a time. Very little attention is given to the good news stories when it comes to the gender pay gap in Australia and we want to highlight these to inspire and support …

THE AUSTRALIAN SALARY CHRONICLES #1 – The Disappointment of a $40,000 PayriseRead More »

At International Women’s Day in March 2016, NSW Premier Mike Baird reflected that non-flexible working “makes no sense in the modern workplace”, and that the option to work flexibly should “be the norm for both men and women”. 24/7 consumer demand has led to 24/7 customer service and for those that operate in multinationals this …

Redefining flexible workingRead More »

I had the pleasure of sitting on a panel discussion some months ago focusing on career development and guidance for young women in the media industry. After the formality of the session was over, I joined one of the tables for some discussion about what was shared through the session and more importantly what the …

It’s better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permissionRead More »

Men and women have very different brains and they do network differently, says Helen Fisher, Ph.D., biological anthropologist at Rutgers University and author of Why Him, Why Her. “The male brain is more compartmentalized; they get straight to the point, they know the goal. They tend to decide right away, with little to no small-talk, …

The His and Hers of NetworkingRead More »

According to Timothy Wilson, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and author of the book Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious, we are faced with over 11 million pieces of information at any given moment. The brain can only process about 40 of those bits of information, which is why it develops …

Are you Enlightened? Or do Unconscious Biases Impact how you Interact with Others?Read More »