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Over-mentored, under-sponsored: the leadership act that moves the pay gap
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Over-mentored, under-sponsored: the leadership act that moves the pay gap

Every year, Equal Pay Day arrives to remind us of two numbers. This year they're 21.1% and 48 — the national gender pay gap, and the extra days the average...

Prue Gilbert
Prue Gilbert Founder and CEO of Grace Papers Lawyer and Gender Equality expert
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A celebration of feminism

For many people, feminism invokes images of women burning bras, growing hair under their arms, and a...

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Tiny dancer

I’ve been anticipating today for a long time. All I really wanted was to be by myself, to indulge my...

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To create flexibility in the workplace, start with ‘Why?’

During the many conversations we’ve been having with employers in recent months, we are constantly asked...

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Who can work flexibly?

In Australia, the Fair Work Act permits requests for flexible work arrangements from individuals if they: – are the...

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Flexibility – it needs a why

Corporate Australia has well and truly adopted the flexible work model for one cohort of employees: working...

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Does your company have an attractive culture?

Every which way you look at it, career progression for women stalls in the “middle years.” In our coaching...

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Podcast from The New Normal – Prue Gilbert

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Say Goodbye To Mother’s Guilt

After coming in to wake me several times during the night, my 4-year-old baby girl stood in front of me,...

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Women its time to Talk Gender Barriers in the Bedroom

A new study by Harvard Business School on 25,000 of their alumna, confirms again “when high achieving,...

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A budget that lacks imagination

If you’ve spent more than 5 minutes with me over the past couple of years, you would know that I am very...

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Empathising with Ellen Pao

Its my business to listen to women sharing their stories of bias, discrimination and harassment in the...

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How Cricket Australia failed on gender equality

You could call me a bit of a cricket tragic. I have been for a long time. I spent Valentine’s Day with my...

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