G’Day Mates!
Greetings to all of the new Thin Pink Line subscribers from Australia! I’ve just returned from 12 days ”down under” speaking with 1200+ women in Sydney, Canberra, the Gold Coast, Darwin, and Cairnes. My trip was hosted by the Australia Institute of Management (AIM), a top notch organization devoted to providing professionals with training, ideas, publications, research, and assistance to help them achieve their career and leadership goals. Not surprisingly, our Aussie sisters share the same concerns as their U.S. counterparts for wanting to get their “corner offices” with less hassle, break the glass ceiling, secure work/life balance, and have their say without fear of being called the dreaded “b-word.” As Maya Angelou says, “In the end we’re all more the same than we are different, my friends.”
Australians were very interested in what happened to Hillary, especially since their female acting Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, is poised to lead their country in the not too distant future. Australia is chock filled with other powerful women leaders making a difference in every aspect of society from the arts to securing rights for native aboriginals.
While there I met with the first quarter’s randomly selected winner of the Thin Pink Line’s free coaching session, Dianne Van Berlo (pictured here a bit fuzzy with yours truly). Dianne at first declined the coaching session, thinking the distance would disqualify her, but you never know where we’ll show up and, as luck would have it, Australia was on the horizon. We’ll soon be announcing the winner of the second quarter’s free coaching session so stayed tuned and, if you haven’t already, subscribe for daily updates!
TAGS: Aboriginals, AIM, Australia, Australia Acting Prime Minister, Australian Institute of Management, Australian Women, Julia Gillard, Maya Angelou
