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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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The Problem with Returning to Work

The Problem with Returning to Work

Last week I caught up for a drink with a girlfriend, Sally (not her real name) who is returning to work in...

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Worried your parental leave replacement will be better than you?

Worried your parental leave replacement will be better than you?

The reality is, regardless how good your manager or your parental leave policy is, without a plan in...

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Grace Papers champions change in the Victorian Public Service

The results speak for themselves. An independent evaluation of the Grace Papers program shows it is...

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Grace Papers raises the equity bar with Woolworths

Four years ago, Woolworths’ board was 50-50, but this level of equality wasn’t reflected in leadership...

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Origin is Creating Positive Energy – Especially in the Workplace

We take a look inside Origin Energy’s gender-affirming support If there’s one organisation that...

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Viva Energy pays full super benefits to parents in an Australian first

At Viva Energy Australia, our new superannuation policy for working parents demonstrates our deep...

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What I’ve Learned: Sarah Giblin on knowing her value

Sarah Gilbin spends her time making sure everyone else at work is happy. Yet, only recently has she taken...

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Keeping In Touch In A Digital World

“Women have to see that our success is linked to the success of other women… I felt like I didn’t need the...

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Debunking The ‘Baby Brain’ Myth And Using Neuroscience To Empower You

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare...

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How To Tell Your Boss You’re Expecting, In The Strangest Of Times

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Communicating highly...

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A Recipe for Equality

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You...

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Flexibility and Fatherhood

JULIAN Tai is a father of three but it’s often easier and less painful for him to tell people he has only...

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