Like many other professions, sales roles have long been the domain of men who have used their role as a stepping stone for many to launch a successful career as a business leader.
Despite efforts to improve equity between men and women in the workplace, women still earn considerably less than their male colleagues and remain under-represented at the management level. Here are five ways to strengthen the cause of workplace equality.
The digital world offers massive opportunities for skills development in a variety of areas which can ultimately lead to career advancement in leadership roles.
The federal government will next week introduce an industrial relations reform bill it hopes will drive wage growth and secure fairer working conditions.
The federal government must use this year's budget to set an example for how to create the right pipeline for female advancement, and fastrack gender representation in corporate Australia.
The Greens are initiating gender responsive support to women-led businesses, having just announced a new policy that will look at generating more employment and greater economic opportunities.
Champions of Change will be working with the CEOs of Telstra and Microsoft to engineer programs that aim to reduce gender discrimination in the digital economy.