The Australian School of Business has just launched a new AGSM Executive Education Program for Women in Leadership.  The program aims to give women the skills and confidence they need to advance through the corporate ranks, and features a lineup of guest speakers including Jillian Broadbent AO (NED), Ann Sherry AO (EO of Carnival Australia), Sally Macdonald (CEO Oroton Group), Ralph Norris (CEO of Commonwealth Bank) and Michael Ulmer (Deputy Group CEO of NAB).   Read More

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For those of you working in the blokey world of finance, here's an event that might take your fancy.  sphinxx will be there and you might like to join us! Read More

Last week I announced a new service for our readers - a directory of recommended services that have been tried or tested by the sphinxx team and that I think you would benefit from knowing all about.  Each week I will introduce one of my recommendations - and this week it's all about Executive Central. Read More

If you’ve ever been responsible for establishing employee development programs, conferences or leadership offsites, you’ll know just difficult it can be to find fantastic, out of this world, leading-edge service providers.  In a sea of social media and spin, my vast network send me calls for help every day – by email, LinkedIn, twitter and the sphinxx website - all looking for advice about who they should hire for their own professional development needs, or to supplement their in-house women's programs. Read More

Did you know that 2010 is the year of women in local government in Victoria? As part of the aims to increase female participation in local government, and increase women in leadership roles, Indigo training is offering a full scholarship to Certificate IV in Frontline Management. Read More

There has been so much traffic to our blog about the $37 million lawsuit against DJs, and such a media furore around the case that it’s clear that harassment and bullying are hot issues in the workplace right now. If you run a team or company in NSW, this refresher seminar is a must see. Set to start at 5.30 to 7.15pm on Tuesday the 21^st of September, you can book now online. Read More

Congratulations to Karen Stace, Emily Beverly, Rowena Ferrarotto and Sally Symonds who are the lucky winners of our Network Central businesswomen breakfast passes. You will be hearing from the fabulous Wendy McCarthy this week in Sydney and a panel of experts in Melbourne next week on the theme of "my brilliant career" with advice on how you can get the most from your career. Expect to be provoked - these speakers are no wallflowers!  I believe there are still a few passes available - you can register online for the Sydney event on 26 August and Melbourne event on 7 September. Read More

Have you ever felt your networking style was a little too slow? Marvelled at a friend or colleague who could meet double the people you could, and consequently carries a much bigger network, and has access to more expertise and opportunities then you? Read More

I know this is last minute, but if you can make yourself free between 3pm to 9pm and can get to Castlehill RSL, there is a wonderful event full of business people to get involved in. For free! Read More