I got an email this morning with a brief bio of Mary Reibey. She’s the woman on the $20 note, a former convict, a mother of seven and after her husbands death in 1811, she took over and expanded his company Entally House, an overseas trading company and his property interests.

Mary Reibey was both Westpac’s first landlord and one of their first shareholders. Westpac has is celebrating their connection to Reibey by empowering women to follow in her entrepreneurial and successful footsteps. Westpac Women’s Market and the Australian Graduate School of Management  (AGSM) are offering a scholarship for a metropolitan and a rurally based woman to attend a training course from the AGSM Executive Program.

So if you’re an executive manager, or even just aspiring to become one, make sure you check out the scholarship if you’re interested in applying for the NSW scholarship for an AGSM Executive Program (valued at $11,990!) with Westpac, make sure you get the full details of their scholarship here.

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I was very excited about attending the Communities in Control conference next Monday and Tuesday in Melbourne, they have fantastic topics and speakers and frankly the idea of switched on, proactive communities is one of the most exciting untapped resources I see for the future Australian policies. Read More

Why exactly should women aim to get to the top? What are some of the tips and secrets of successful female entrepreneurs and planners? Read More

Well it depends really on who that man is.  If the man is anything like that boyfriend I dated before I met my current husband, probably nothing because he only dated women who were significantly less successful than him - as soon as they got good, he traded down!  And if the man is that bully I worked with a few years back who seemingly hated everything about me, especially when I executed successfully on a problem he'd convinced everyone else that couldn't be achieved, probably not much either! Read More

In life, things often don’t go according to plan. And terrible events can occur and demand complete rewrites of your previous life plans. Read More

Are women’s networking events the new gentlemen’s clubs? If you’re in Sydney on the 18^th of May, Business and Professional Women club are hosting a lively panel discussion on the above topic. Both men and women are welcome, and there are special combo tickets available.
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Innovation is one of the eternal buzzwords you hear floating around our workplaces and it's a theme for our own Ascend events this quarter.Trumpeted as an excellent hireable quality, it is interesting how many innovative ideas with a credible chance of success do not get off the ground.  Read More

If you still haven’t registered for Ascend, you should put it at the top of your to-do list as places are filling fast. We will also give you a free copy of “Secrets of Great Success Coaches Exposed” to jump start your professional development and rethinking of your approach.
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