The SheEO Blog

This was the parting message from Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, the Governor General of Australia in her keynote presentation at yesterday’s inaugural CEDA Women in Leadership series.  “I am very happy about the gender balance here today - it makes my heart sing”, Her Excellency began, acknowledging the collective potential of the mostly-female audience.   Read More

At sphinxx, we're often contacted by charities and not for profit organisations telling us about their new campaigns and initiatives, asking for support or advice. I’ve been thinking for a while about how to support and promote charities and NFP activities in line with sphinxx’s aims of advancing women as leaders, and opportunities to support them in their achieving their goals too. Read More

We’ve been trying the new “Fruit at Work” 2 week trial, and have loved it. The fruit is perfect, they taste great and they seem to glow invitingly across the office, even in the miserable weather we’re having today in Sydney! Read More

Most of you who attended the Ascend series in February this year will remember Suzanne Mercier who spoke on a fabulous topic, the Imposter Syndrome. Have you ever wondered why you’re not more successful, why you aren’t satisfied with your achievements, why you seem to work header than everyone else to achieve the same outcomes, why you ignore compliments and place greater importance on criticism, why you aren’t happier with where you are in life, why your relationships don’t last or why you aren’t any closer to achieving your dreams than you were when you first defined them? Then chances are, you’re suffering from the Imposter Syndrome. Read More

If you’re going to be in Brisbane on Friday the 16^th April, there is a fantastic fundraising event for two great causes – the Red Cross Blood service and an organisation called Mummy’s Wish. Read More

Even if you weren’t at last week’s Chief Executive Women luncheon, you might have read about the highs and lows in The Australian, the AFR and Chanticleer.  I was there among the throng of men and women and enjoyed reconnecting with many women in my network and hearing from the ever passionate panel chair, Wendy McCarthy and panelist federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick who both set the scene and the challenge in proclaiming that the new ASX guidelines will have achieved their goal when 40% of board directors are women. Read More

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If you live in Sydney or Melbourne, would like to learn how to really work to your full potential and want to do so for 10% off, sphinxx has the offer for you. Read More

Just a quick reminder to register to attend the May Ascend leadership development series before 16^th April to receive the earlybird rate of $345 (after 16^th April it will be an extra $100, $445). Read More