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Quotas for Women on Boards

Susan McGrath — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:48:21 +0000

I’m writing an article about Women on Boards and would love to know what ABN members think about the idea of introducing quotas for female representation on corporate boards.

Would the introduction of quotas be:

A positive move?
Tokenism?
Unnecessary?
Essential?

Is there any other way we can redress the imbalance between male and female representation at the corporate Board level?

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Any input would be greatly appreciated – lateral thinking welcomed!

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Best regards
Susan

Susan Wareham McGrath, Susan Wareham Immigration Services

Susan Wareham McGrath is a skilled and experienced Australian visa and immigration consultant; jobsearch strategist and career management consultant; professional writer, blogger and social commentator.

She holds a degree in psychology, an advanced diploma in human resource management, a post graduate qualification in public policy development, a national training accreditation and registration as an Australian migration agent with the Migration Agents Registration Authority.

Susan is a strong advocate for the personal and professional advancement of women, and after serving as an Advisory Board Member of the Australian Businesswomen’s Network since 2007 is now the ABN’s National Special Projects Manager.

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Spring edition of herVoice: Managing Work/Life Balance

Suzi Dafnis — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:46:46 +0000

herVoice | Striking a Balance in Business

As part of it’s herVoice Public Policy and Advocacy initiative, the Australian Businesswomen’s Network publishes a quarterly business briefing to address issues that impact working women. The Spring 2009 edition of the herVoice Business Briefing is now available.

Our focus in this edition of herVoice is work/life balance.

In our feature article, ABN Advisory Board Member Susan Wareham McGrath interviews life/work balance champions and leaders of the NewNorma Project, Valerie McDougall and Jayne Jennings; and taps into the expertise of Michele Connolly, the creator of GetOrganizedWizard.com.

Click here to download and read the Spring 2009 edition of the herVoice Business Briefing.

Subscribe to future issues of herVoice here.

Meeting with Minister for Small Business

Last week we met with NSW Small Business Minister Steve Whan to discuss government initiatives for small business, and more specifically initiatives that support women in small business. As part of the ABN’s herVoice (public policy and advocacy) initiative we are committed to keeping the government up to date on the issues that you raise.

Visit the new NSW Small Business website for tools and information. (And, you don’t have to be from NSW to access many of these online tools.)

NSW Government Small Business Website

I trust you’ll enjoy the herVoice Business Briefing and I look forward to your feedback.

Suzi

PS I encourage you to raise and comment on issues as they arise by writing to policy@abn.org.au.

herVOICE Autumn Newsletter – ARE YOU THRIVING OR JUST SURVIVING?

hervoice — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:52:25 +0000

The Autumn edition of the herVoice newsletter highlights an issue that affects all of us – the impact of the global economic climate on Australian business.

: herVoice | Autumn 2009

In the feature article, ABN Board member and business strategist, Susan Wareham McGrath writes about the current situation and provides plenty of practical tips and tools to assist your business in surviving the recession through the use of innovation, planning and smart management strategies.

Here’s a link to the Thriving – Not just Surviving Newsletter – for Women in Business .

Let us know your thoughts.