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Sphinxx – connecting to make life richer

www.sphinxx.org is Australia's first web portal dedicated to advancing women in leadership and home of the only online national networking calendar for women.  The goal of sphinxx is to support women in and outside of their professional careers, by connecting them with targeted products, services, information and events.

In providing information about professional awareness, personal services and connections in one place – www.sphinxx.org - busy career women have everything they need to be successful leaders within their reach.  And the time saved from leveraging sphinxx information sources can be redirected to the things that matter most to them. 

Log on to www.sphinxx.org and connect to make your life richer.

LinkMe.com.au is a new take on the old concept of a search firm.Established by Geoff Morgan (of Morgan & Banks fame), LinkMe allows you to upload your resume and market yourself to thousands of recruiters and employers who are looking for staff. You will receive calls about jobs you might not have known about, from employers who might not have known to contact you. LinkMe gives you the chance to review opportunities as they come along, whether you’re employed, or not.

Women on Boards is promoting LinkMe to its members who are interested in changing job - or just seeing what else is out there. Joining is free and Women on Boards receives a fee for every referral. 

Click here to access Link Me.

Kerry Chater - Dolphin Consulting

Have your CV overhauled by a professional to improve your chances of making it to the short list for a Board. Kerry Chater will assist you to develop your CV into one that can be presented for board positions rather than a job interview.

Cost: $110 p/hour

Once your CV gets you the interview with the Chair, Kerry can coach you in presentation skills, to help you make the best of your opportunity.

Cost: $330 p/hour (ideally face-to-face in 1-hour sessions)

WOB Subscribers receive a 10% discount on Kerry's fees.

Further information
Phone 0417 228 393 | Fax 02 9398 5170 | Email kchater@ihug.com.au | Read more about Kerry

Director Training Organisations

A number of survey responses asked about Women on Board's involvement with Director training organisations and courses. We have listed several organisations we are aware of below.

  • Australian Institute of Company Directors
    Leading national organisation for the provision of director training
  • Chartered Secretaries Australia
    Provides an alternative to AICD courses, including an 18 month graduate diploma in Corporate Governance.
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants-Directors Online
    Austrlia wide Director and Corporate Governance training program (University backed). Own pace (5 months to 3 years) -professional qualification. 

Not for Profit Sector assistance

  • Enterprise Care provides a range of services for the not for profit sector. Enterprise Care MD Damien Smith has recently launched the Enterprise Care Governance Accreditation Program; which aims to assist not for profits and their  boards to improve their corporate governance and to maintain that improvement. 

     

    More information is at  http://www.enterprisecare.com.au  or contact Damien Smith at 1300 659 613

 National Women's Organisations

Government Registers for Women

  • Commonwealth Office for Women
    Comments: The Federal Government does not support targets. The online Appoint Women database is being upgraded and will soon have the same functionality as Women on Boards.
  • Victoria
    Comments: Worth registering as the Bracks Government has an annual target of 40% for new appointments and reappointments to government boards and committees being women, working towards a longer-term goal of 50%.
  • New South Wales
    Comments: No stated target on website, though Government has stated 50% elsewhere. Clear statement of the need for diversity. Online register, which is good to see.
  • Western Australia
    Comments: No stated targets, but you can register your interest in a WA Board or do a search on WA Boards. It’s good to see that a State Government has put up good information in one place.
  • South Australia
    Comments: Clearly stated targets of 50 percent women on Government boards and committees by 2006 and 50 percent of Government boards and committees to be chaired by women by 2008. Paper based system which is a bit backward given the Government has such a progressive policy towards women.
  • Australian Capital Territory
    Comments: No targets, but a clear statement of the need for diversity. A paper based system which could be improved.
  • Tasmania
    Comments: No stated targets, but an understanding of diversity. Online register which is good to see.
  • Queensland
    Comments: No stated targets, but a strong committment to increasing the number of women on government and private sector boards. Register is paper based - again, backward for a large State.

International Research websites

Victorian Search Consultants

WOB has been asked for a list of Victorian search consultants. Here are a few that are personally known to us.

National Search Consultants

Some that do Board work are Egon Zehnder, Korn Ferry, Spencer Stuart , Boardroom Partners and Boyden International. They are easily found via Google.