sphinxx news alert  
23 June 2010 | www.sphinxx.com.au   

This week we ask what people are thinking about the antics and resignation of CEO Mark McInnes and what it means for employers and women’s careers. Plus we invite you to share in our excitement as we become finalists in the Telstra NSW Business Awards, learn more about the Equal Pay Campaign recently launched and a fun new website that celebrates women.

A WORD FROM YOUR SheEO:

1. What was he thinking? And what are you thinking about the antics and resignation of CEO Mark McInnes after "unbecoming behaviour involving a female staff member"?

WORK:

1. sphinxx has been announced as a finalist in the 2010 Telstra New South Wales Business Awards
2. “The problem isn’t men, it’s women who sabotage each other” True? Do only bitches get ahead?
3. Ideas vs Vision: find out more about the new form of creativity required for business success
4. Is progress for women unnatural? Great blog that compares the business world and the critical diversity of nature.
5. Equal Pay Campaign Launched with National Test Case
6. Regardless of an MBA: Women lag in compensation and advancement. New findings

LIFE:

1. Fun empowering new website that celebrates women
2. Melburnians: Join the Challenge for Change walk for women in developing neighbouring regions

OFFERS:

1. Buy a copy of The Modern Woman’s Anthology and support depression in women.
2. Last chance to apply for Westpac’s $12,000 Scholarship available in NSW for managers and introducing Australia’s incredible first female entrepreneur.
3. 20% of LinkedIn workshop from Social Rabbit on the 30th of June in Sydney

If you have an idea for a topic we should include in a future news alert, please let us know - we’d love to hear from you!

All the best,

Jen Dalitz
Founder & The SheEO, sphinxx.com.au

Our vision at sphinxx is to see women equally represented in leadership roles, in our workplaces and communities. We provide resources and professional development to support women on their leadership journey; and advice and education to ensure employers find and keep the best women on their teams.

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What was he thinking? And what are you thinking about the antics and resignation of CEO Mark McInnes after "unbecoming behaviour involving a female staff member" ?

Sexual harassment is a problem for women and it can get in the way of their career progression. But it’s also a big problem for employers - particularly when it impacts on productivity and if it results in women leaving the organisation to escape the perpetrator … so I was particularly interested in hearing from other business men: what they were thinking about McInnes' antics and to hear from other women who might have been the recipient of unbecoming behaviour as well … click here to see my full article and what some men and women had to say.

Have a thought on this topic? Please post your comments on my blog.

sphinxx, the network for senior and aspiring female business leaders, has been announced as a finalist in the 2010 Telstra New South Wales Business Awards

Making the finals of the Telstra Business Awards is obviously a career highlight for me, but it’s also important recognition and affirmation of the importance of continued lobbying and mentoring of women into management and board roles… click here to read the sphinxx journey.

“The problem isn’t men, it’s women who sabotage each other” True? Do only bitches get ahead? Join me at the AIM “Great Debate” in Sydney and Canberra.

If you want to really discuss those “nice girls finish second” discussions that challenge nice and nasty career women, this is the event for you… click here to find out all the details.

Ideas vs Vision: Great new HBR Blog, find out more about the new form of creativity required for business success

Is it time for a new form of creativity? In the Harvard Business Review, Roberto Verganti has written a thought provoking article on the possibility of transforming the current bountiful harvests of ideas into the focused creative function of vision… click here to read the full article.

Is progress for women unnatural? Great blog that compares the business world and the critical diversity of nature

Catalyst is a force to be reckoned with for the women’s rights cause. They have recently launched a blog and I loved their recent blog about the diversity of nature and the unfortunate fact that progress for women isn’t as natural as we thought it was… click here to read the full article.

Equal Pay Campaign Launched with National Test Case

The Equal Pay Alliance has made 2010 the year for real action on the pay gap for working women… click here to see how.

Regardless of an MBA: Women lag in compensation and advancement. New findings

Catalyst has just published their second report Pipeline’s Broken Promise examines the flawed assumptions in conventional wisdom of the past decades… click here to read more.

Fun empowering new website that celebrates women

The Every Woman Festival is a non-for-profit that is dedicated to celebrating women. It one of the best online pick-me-up reminder of the awesomeness of women… click here to check it out.

Melburnians: Join the Challenge for Change walk for women in developing neighboring regions

If you’re in Melbourne, and want to be involved in a wonderful fundraiser and advocacy activity for women in the developing regions around us then this is the event for you… find out more here.

Buy a copy of The Modern Woman’s Anthology and support depression in women.

This book brings together 22 women revealing a range of insights through personal stories based around what it means to be a woman in today’s world – with all proceeds going to the Black Dog Institute and research into depression in women. I wrote the first chapter titled “Lessons of the Land” and I’m followed by Olympian Cathy Freeman – it’s most certainly the only time in my life I’ll cross the finishing line ahead of her! Click here to purchase a signed copy.

Last chance for Westpac’s $12,000 Scholarship available in NSW for managers

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… click here for more details.

20% of LinkedIn workshop from Social Rabbit on the 30th of June in Sydney

The workshop we promoted last week was a smash success from the reports I’ve heard… click here to register for the next one. There are only 12 places, so if you want in register ASAP!