The theme for 2019 International Women’s Day (IWD) is Balance for Better. This is a theme that resonates strongly with me from many angles which is why I am passionate about sharing my thoughts as the key note speaker at AusIMM’s inaugural IWD lunch events in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth,...
Female Leader, Michelle Redfern, Founder Advancing Women
In 2016 Michelle Redfern made the risky leap from corporate executive to entrepreneur, founding Advancing Women with the mission to improve gender diversity in the business and sporting arenas. She has carefully curated a diverse portfolio career, which includes: Founder of Women Who Get It (WWGI), a professional women’s networking...
Gender Equality Services: The Advancing Woman Way
Advancing Women is an Australian based, globally focussed enterprise providing research, consulting and advisory services on equality, inclusion and gender diversity, in sport and in business. What Problem Are We Solving? Australia is a wealthy, developed country which has had positive economic outcomes for more than 2 decades, bucking the global...
Female Leader, Caroline McCulloch, Founder & Designer FRANKiE4
Caroline McCulloch, Founder and Designer FRANKiE4 is a Physiotherapist and Podiatrist whose shoe venture began because she could no longer bear the distress that the fashion vacuum of healthy shoe options was causing her customers. Like many ‘overnight success’ stories, Caroline has determinedly weathered and overcome 8 years of business challenges...
Femeconomy Retail Gender Equality Progress Report January 2019
Last week, we updated our brand directory. It’s an informative process of reviewing each record against our criteria, re-researching each brand’s leadership composition, and amending our website directory to reflect any changes. Over 890 brands meet our criteria. When we started Femeconomy it was just over 700. It is important to communicate and celebrate the positive...
Busting the Barriers for Women in Sport
What Is The Invisible Barrier For Women in Sport? “Despite the many social and organisational benefits of advancing women in leadership within the sporting sector, Australian sporting clubs and organisations have been slow to catch on. Why? The sporting sector faces a number of cultural and structural barriers that affect women’s...
Have you ever felt stuck?
What the Hell Do I Do Now? I had a WTF moment a few years back. It was just after the Christmas break. I had gone back to work for an organisation that I had been (happily) employed by for 15 years. I was managing the tail end of a restructure...
The Femeconomy Network – breaking down the tall poppy syndrome
Australia’s Tall Poppy Syndrome is impacting women’s path to leadership. Business advisors regularly talk about the benefits of building a personal brand. Yet, when some women do, they are told they’re conceited. Some women don’t want to talk about the awards they have won. Others have experienced negative reactions from...
Female Leader, Stacey Head, Founder & Managing Director she wear
A rusty nail through the foot inspired Stacey Head, Founder and Managing Director of she wear to start her company. Stacey launched she wear in 2013, with her first range of comfortable, well fitting boots designed specifically for women. Her growth has been phenomenal, with she wear now Australia’s largest...
The Economic Contribution of Sport and Women
Lets talk about money, sport and women. These three concepts are intricately linked and right now, its time for sporting administrators to understand those links in more granular detail. Why? Because the sustainable future of sport depends on continuously expanding traditional notions about the role women play when it comes...
Glamour Work versus Office Housework
How I Said No (disgracefully) to Office Housework and Why It Worked About 15 years ago, I was in a meeting with my male boss and two other senior men. The other men were from a supplier company who performance I had responsibility to manage. We were about to have a...
Female Leader Conversations Ebook 2019
Women represent about 13% of quoted media sources when it comes to business. So, the stories of Australian female leaders go largely untold. Femeconomy’s female leader interviews with our community are a way to remedy this imbalance for the women achieving outstanding results in business. Stories of female leaders, who...
