The genius of Aboriginal Knowledge with Mundanara Bayles
Women At Work
Mundanara is the Managing Director/ Co-Founder and workshop facilitator of the BlackCard PtyLtd, a 100% Aboriginal owned business certified with Supply Nation. BlackCard's co-founder is Dr Lilla Watson, a respected Aboriginal elder, artist and educator. BlackCard’s purpose is working with people, not for people, with the genius of Aboriginal Knowledge. In this episode we cover: How to introduce ourselves based on humanness, and who you are is more important than what you do. Mundanara's work with the BlackCard, reducing conflict and racism within organisations Creating a...
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Imperfection and presence with Imogen Hewitt
Women At Work
Imogen Hewitt is Chief Media Officer of Publicis Media and CEO of Spark Foundry, having spent 25 years in creative agencies. Recently, she was named #3 in Mediaweek Australia’s 2023 Agency 50 Power List and has been recognised on the B&T Women In Media Power List every year since 2017. She was also previously named as one of Campaign Asia’s ‘Women to Watch’ in 2017 and 2020. The themes throughout her conversation are presence, imperfection and partnership, to move us towards more happiness on the happy to chaos scale of life. This was a really fun conversation! In this...
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Women and Community with Lisa Grinham
Women At Work
runs the , founded on the idea that when you invest in women, communities benefit. Leaving her corporate career behind Lisa moved into the charitable sector, and loves that her work makes a maningful impact. We talked about the challenges women are facing right now and how SWF supports them, the importance of community and creating solutions from within, the bais women still face, and so much more. This was a really fun conversation, I hope the time flies by for you too! In this episode we discuss: The Sydney Women's Fund's mission to improve the lives of women and their...
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Working for women with Padma Raman
Women At Work
Padma Raman's CV is impressive, to say the least. Currently Executive Director of the Office for Women (OFW) at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, previously CEO of Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety Limited, Chief Executive of the Australian Human Rights Commission and CEO of the Victorian Law Reform Commission, all while raising two daughters with her husband and overcoming the additional barriers of being a women of colour in Australia. Having made a huge difference in her career, she puts it down to 'luck' but I don't imagine anyone makes...
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Why we need more women at the top and Breaking the Boss Bias with Catherine Fox
Women At Work
is a Walkley Award–winning journalist who has spent two decades writing about women at work. In 2022 she was made a member of the Order of Australia for services to journalism and gender equity. She is mother to two adult daughters, and is a beacon of a woman opening as many doors as she can for the women following behind her.
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Mental health and amplifying minority voices with Cathy Ngo
Women At Work
Cathy Ngo is an entrepreneur, sought-after keynote speaker, and presenter. As the founder of , she is on a mission to add more minority voices to speakers and events. She is a mother to two human babies and two fur babies and is open about the peri-natal mental health challenges that have led her to be an ambassador for the Gidget Foundation. A vulnerable, honest discussion, Cathy opened up about the realities of being a working mother. I hope you enjoy this conversation! Find out more about Cathy and her work here:
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The inner game with Yolanda Beattie
Women At Work
Yolanda Beattie is a leadership and high-performance team coach and facilitator. She's a career feminist and self-confessed growth junkie and brings personal development and the inner game into her work creating high-performance teams. Her recent report, Path to Parity, looks at the state of play for women in investments, with insights that reach beyond the industry. Find out more about Yo and her work here:
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Shifting gender norms and how we spend our time with Sally Moyle
Women At Work
Sally Moyle has over 30 years experience in gender equity. She helped introduce paid maternity leave across Australia as part of her work at the Human Rights Commission. She contributed to the HRC's It's About Time research into how men and women spend their time - who works, who does the caring, and how government policy still supports a male breadwinner model. Sally has a lot of energy for gender equality, having already made such an impact on equal rights for women in Australia. I really enjoyed this conversation, and I hope you do too! (listen out for the interruption half way through by...
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Louise Davidson on the barriers women still face and the Mother’s Day Classic
Women At Work
Louise Davidson AM is the CEO of the Australian Superannuation Council of Investors, and has had a huge impact on increasing the number of women on the Boards of Australia's largest companies, from 3% in 2023, to almost 40% today. We discuss merit, the power of collective action, the barriers that working mothers face, and the value of networking. We also talk about her foundation, the Mother's Day Classic, where she has raised almost $48 million for breast and ovarian cancer research. Find out more about ACSI at Learn about the Mother's Day Classic at Learn more about Louise...
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Beyond the 9 to 5 with Samantha Sutherland and Lisa Corduff
Women At Work
The tables have turned in this episode, and Lisa Corduff is interviewing Samantha about her Beyond the 9 to 5 research, and the experience of working mothers right now. Sam shares what the research is all about, and how sharing stories helps us feel less alone in our challenges. Sam explains the motherhood penalty and shares stories of women being sidelined after they have children. She shares the widespread challenges women face, being over stretched, feeling guilty, and worrying they're not putting enough in at work or at home. Sam shares ideas of what workplaces can do to better support...
info_outline- The infrastructure you need to have a big job and a family
- Relationship dynamics when the woman is the primary earner
- Letting go of mother guilt
- Giving yourself permission to receive support
- How to fit self care into a busy schedule
- Stepping back and getting perspective in life