17 May 2018
What’s left to do now?
Darren Sibson |
Marriage equality is now a reality in Australia but there’s still work to do for equality and inclusion.
Diversity
17 May 2018
PODCAST: we cannot be what we cannot see
Dylan Alcott | Australian Open and Paralympic tennis champion
One in five Australians has a disability - so it’s time to include them in advertising.
02 May 2018
bluenotes debate: leadership, diversity & change
Shane White | Senior production editor, bluenotes
A panel of experts share insights into the mechanics of leadership and the importance of reflecting the diversity of your customer base.
27 Apr 2018
The need for Dignity and education
Susana Lei’ataua | bluenotes contributor
Companies can help their staff feel more personally supported in one simple way, says Dignity co-founders.
03 Apr 2018
#WAAD: autism and filling the talent gap
Matt Ormiston | Head of Technology & Corporate Optimisation & TSO, ANZ
How are businesses diversifying their workforces in order to fill the growing talent gap – and what success are they finding?
20 Mar 2018
Accessibility for all
Tony Field | bluenotes contributor
Companies must consider the needs of all their customers when designing products and processes.
08 Mar 2018
IWD2018: Pressing on – bluenotes full coverage
Catherine Fox | Journalist and author
Don't miss a thing this IWD - here's everything you should be reading, watching and listening to.
08 Mar 2018
Why women are pressing for progress
Catherine Fox | Journalist and author
Guest editor Catherine Fox discusses the surge of international activism lead by women since IWD last year
07 Mar 2018
IWD2018 reading list: Jablko, Connick, Dwyer and more
Michelle Jablko, Lynwen Connick, Paula Dwyer & more | Senior executives, ANZ
We can learn so much from each other, so we asked some of our senior women to share what they’re watching, reading and listening to this IWD.
07 Mar 2018
IWD2018: Baby, baby - how workplace pregnancy has changed in NZ
Susana Lei’ataua | bluenotes contributor
ANZ’s new 26 weeks’ paid parental leave is a far cry from the experiences of women in the past.
07 Mar 2018
IWD2018: trekking through the equality jungle
Elaine Bensted | CEO, Zoos South Australia
Everyone has a role to play in driving continual change and encouraging diversity of all types.
07 Mar 2018
IWD2018 PODCAST: bringing success to work
Shane White | Senior production editor, bluenotes
Diversity in business is an asset as unique insights can be drawn from a broad range of experiences.
06 Mar 2018
IWD2018: leaders set sail for the winds of change
Fiona Smith | Leadership journalist
#meetoo changed the world. We speak to four senior leaders about what the new landscape looks like for women.
06 Mar 2018
IWD2018: action, results & equality in start-ups
Carina Parisella | Innovation editor
Females make up over half the population, but less than 20 per cent of all start up founders – what is creating this gap?
06 Mar 2018
IWD2018: leadership, leaning poppies and the Drake Passage
Dr Sophie Adams | Clinical Director, Orygen, The National Centre for Excellence in Youth Mental Health
Could the tall poppy syndrome we collectively create and despise actually help us be better leaders?
05 Mar 2018
IWD2018: how job sharing creates better leaders
Jemma Wight | Production Editor, bluenotes
Flexible working allows women - and men - to create a better work-life balance and ultimately be better workplace leaders.
05 Mar 2018
IWD2018: Japan - diversity & perspective
Maiko Oda | Editor & Staff Writer, Nikkei Dual
On average in Japan, females make up only 6.9 per cent of management positions – something needs to change.
02 Mar 2018
Why ANZ’s saying yay this Mardi Gras
Darren Sibson | bluenotes contributor
It’s been a big 12 months for the LGBTI community, and now it’s time to celebrate.
02 Mar 2018
IWD2018: how safe spaces create inclusion for all women
Jemma Wight | Production Editor, bluenotes
We speak to two ANZ employees about the importance of celebrating all women on IWD.
01 Mar 2018
IWD2018: women throughout ANZ’s history
James Wilson & Peter Marinick | Historical Editor, bluenotes & Archivist, ANZ
As we celebrate IWD, we look back at the women who shaped our history
01 Mar 2018
IWD2018: fake it till you make it
Catriona Noble | Managing Director Retail Distribution Australia, ANZ
In 2018, why is there still a cavernous gap between men and women assessing their own competence and ability to do a job?
21 Feb 2018
IWD2018 LONGREAD: 404 - women not found
Christian Venter | GM Digital Technology, ANZ
With so many global programs encouraging women to join the technology industry, the question remains: where are they all?
21 Feb 2018
Go equal, get bigger
Andrew Cornell | Managing Editor bluenotes
There is an indisputable body of evidence demonstrating organisations which strive for equality perform better than those who don’t.
12 Feb 2018
The importance of diversity, inclusion & respect at work
Reina Webster-Iti | bluenotes contributor
As we celebrate Auckland Pride, we chat to an ANZ staff member about how important it is to have support at work.
02 Feb 2018
IN PICTURES: the way we wear
James Wilson | History editor
Relaxed dress codes are a la mode in the corporate world but weren’t always in vogue.
30 Jan 2018
PODCAST: a wombat, post-it notes and a 16 million person survey
Jemma Wight | Production Editor, bluenotes
We talk to the lead of the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey about how being agile helped deliver a ‘yes’ vote in 99 days.
19 Jan 2018
IWD2018 REWIND: Baby or your country?
Jemma Wight | Production Editor, bluenotes
As New Zealand’s PM announces her pregnancy, should anyone be questioning her ability to do her job?
15 Nov 2017
Paying attention to equality
Shayne Elliott | Chief Executive Officer, ANZ
In an ANZ staff message, Shayne Elliott says the result celebrates Australian democracy and allows society to move forward together.
10 Nov 2017
Community & CX in Chinatown, one floor at a time
Shane White | Senior production editor, bluenotes
ANZ’s Peter Cai takes us on a tour of the bank's Chinatown branch, a cultural centre completely designed around customers and the community.
01 Nov 2017
Diversity makes money
Andrew Cornell | Managing Editor bluenotes
Big investors back diversity and sustainability – and they’re right to, results suggest.
05 Oct 2017
Women in sport – it’s getting better
Sue McGregor | Head of Sponsorship at ANZ
The challenges of being elite sportswomen are tricky issues to discuss – but the tide is beginning to turn.
08 Sep 2017
Australia, can we call you fair on equality?
Harsh Vardhan | Manager, Strategic Risk & Enablement, ANZ
As we stand at an important juncture in Australian history advice can be found in the national song.
25 Aug 2017
IN PICS: a carnival of costumes & equality
Jennifer Farmer | bluenotes production editor
In part two of our history series we showcase vibrant costumes ANZ staff have worn at Sydney’s Mardi Gras (with bonus flash mob).
01 Aug 2017
Women > men (when it comes to investing)
Jennifer Farmer | bluenotes production editor
A growing body of data suggest the stereotype around women and investment is out of date.
28 Jul 2017
Catherine Fox recognised with Walkley
Shane White | Senior production editor, bluenotes
bluenotes contributor, guest editor recognised for work on gender equality.
07 Jul 2017
The pregnant pause: are attitudes changing at work?
Sarah Parker | Associate Director, Global Product Management, ANZ
One in two mothers still report discrimination at some point during pregnancy.
16 May 2017
VIDEO: women don’t need fixing
Andrew Cornell | Managing Editor bluenotes
Launching her new book with bluenotes, Catherine Fox explains why women don’t need to be fixed – but the system does.
12 May 2017
Gay leaders and the power of role models
Fiona Smith | Leadership journalist
In business the penalties for being different have been all-too obvious. That’s slowly starting to change.
09 May 2017
PODCAST: The future of work is anti-disciplinarian
David Lewis | Australian business professional and founder of The Mentor List
Work Club founder and CEO Soren Trampedach discusses the future of work – and it is essentially evolve or die.
05 May 2017
Pitch Perfect: be your own point of difference
Carina Parisella | Innovation editor
Only 3 per cent of tech firms globally are founded by females. Which doesn’t just sound wrong but in fact delivers poorer economic outcomes.
19 Apr 2017
Don’t give up on globalisation yet
Charles Wachira | Associate Director, Institutional at ANZ
The times they are a changin’.
18 Apr 2017
Women and careers: a story of choice
Erica Hardinge | Head of Security Enablement, ANZ
Countless times throughout my career I've been counselled that I need to choose - often by amazing mothers and full-time career women.
13 Apr 2017
Bring back the typewriter? Write on!
Leo D'Angelo Fisher | Freelance journalist
There was a time when the typewriter was a marvel of cutting edge technology. But look at a typewriter today and the first thing that comes to mind is “old technology” - with what level affection depending on where one stands on the typewriter affection spectrum, from “good riddance” to moist-eyed nostalgia to retro appreciation.
12 Apr 2017
It’s not all about millennials: consumers are ageing
Gina Westbrook | Director Strategy Briefings, Euromonitor
There’s never been a better time to be old – or to take advantage of the growing mature-consumer market. Life expectancy is rising around the world, having a major effect on consumer behaviour and the way business approach the market.
29 Mar 2017
VIDEO: where real leadership happens
Andrew Cornell | Managing Editor bluenotes
The idea everyone can be a leader is a myth, ANZ director Paula Dwyer says, but that doesn’t mean leadership can’t be found at every level of an organisation.
23 Mar 2017
A tour of Tasmania’s future
Chris Sparks | Regional Executive, Regional Business Banking Tasmania, ANZ
With all the excitement accompanying Hobart’s unveiling of MONA back in 2012, not even the most optimistic among us could’ve foreseen how transformational a privately owned modern art museum would be for the tourism fortunes of the capital or for Tasmania as a whole.
17 Mar 2017
Alcott on role models, barriers & ability
Christine Linden | General Manager, Regional Business Banking, ANZ Australia
Dylan Alcott’s journey is extraordinary, his story inspiring. An elite athlete, Alcott won his first Paralympic gold medal as a member of the Australian Wheelchair Basketball Team at 17.
24 May 2016
This is why men don’t go home to look after the baby
Fiona Smith | Leadership journalist
If you want to know why only one in 50 fathers take up paid parental leave, listen in on the conversations they have with their male colleagues and bosses.
19 May 2016
The surprising cost of mental health in the workplace
Leon Gettler | Veteran and highly regarded management journalist
A mentally healthy workplace is good for business. Research shows it leads to less absenteeism, more-engaged workers, better productivity and morale. It reduces the chances of a company being hit with workplace disability claims and fines for breaches of health and safety laws.
19 May 2016
How innovation for accessibility can help everyone
Darren Baird & Steve Price | Head of Customer Experience & Senior Manager Everyday Banking, ANZ
Many businesses approach acceptance of people with disability as a means to develop a community connection, but the true business case for tackling discrimination is more straightforward. People with a disability are consumers, investors and employees and by addressing barriers a business can increase its market for customers and employees.
26 Apr 2016
Everyone loses: why can’t female entrepreneurs secure funding?
Cynthia Balogh | National Program Manager Women in Global Business, Austrade
Female entrepreneurs are finding it harder than ever to access the capital they need to succeed in business. Meanwhile, the window for traditional lenders to take advantage of this unmet demand is closing amid the rise of new funding methods.
31 Mar 2016
Ten ways to maintain strong corporate culture
Katie Lahey | Executive Chairman, Korn Ferry Australasia
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. After a crisis everyone says they saw the warning signs; the red flags were there, hiding in plain sight, accessible to those closest to them if they had known what to look for.
29 Mar 2016
The secret to leading the perfect team
Jo Mikleus | Former Chief of Staff, ANZ
Many elements make up the perfect team. The key is bringing together depth of experience, global mindsets, external perspectives, gender diversity as well as other dimensions such as leadership, curiosity, passion and drive.
08 Mar 2016
Building a future for women in property
Kate Langan | Group General Manager Property, ANZ
There is a large body of accepted evidence demonstrating companies with higher percentages of women in leadership perform better on a wide range of financial metrics, from return on equity to return on sales and invested capital.
07 Mar 2016
Can 'womenomics' really make Japanese women happy? And save the economy?
Elizabeth Masamune | Managing Director of @Asia Associates Japan
'Abenomics', Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's 'three-arrow approach' to revitalising the world's third-largest economy has become well known globally, if not always well understood.
04 Mar 2016
Three common business mistakes made in Asia (and how to avoid them)
Leon Gettler | Veteran and highly regarded management journalist
There are many stories of companies failing in Asia because of messages lost in translation. The cultural difference can be stark.
17 Feb 2016
Five ways to adapt to globalisation and the changing workforce
Anouk De Blieck | General Manager, Human Resources, ANZ
We live in a connected world. Companies are expanding internationally and customers expect borderless interactions. Services must be simple, agile and tailored. Customers want to choose how, when and where they will interact with businesses.
26 Jan 2016
The rising rainbow in Vietnam
Helen Clark | Freelance journalist & former Asian correspondent
Communist Vietnam has changed its attitudes to the LGBTI (lesbian gay bisexual transgender intersex) community in recent years, from condemning it to allowing gay weddings, pride parades and transgender people to change their gender on identity cards.
19 Jan 2016
The reality of the role of women in business
Tania Motton | ANZ General Manager, Business Banking Australia
Do we need more women in business? Clearly, yes. The evidence shows a more balanced gender and diversity mix better represents communities and consumers and helps not just business outcomes but governance.
08 Jan 2016
Workplace dinosaurs have nowhere to hide
Catherine Fox | Journalist and author
It was once as regular as the annual corporate Festive season card. Some drunk employee would photocopy part of their anatomy, proposition a colleague or abuse the boss at the end-of-year knees up and word would gradually filter out about the ugly yet familiar aftermath.
15 Dec 2015
Australia needs a massive cultural shift on human capital
Narelle Hooper | Co-Author, New Women, New Men, New Economy
Hubs, incubators and start-ups are all phrases looming large in the innovation policy sphere right now but you have to ask, who is in on them?
07 Dec 2015
'Joking' is no excuse for sexism
Catherine Fox | Journalist and author
Calling a couple of her team over to her desk in an open-plan office, a senior woman in a professional services firm briefs them on the next steps of a project. After the short meeting, a male colleague sitting nearby asks her to keep her voice down in future because she sounds just like his wife nagging him.
25 Nov 2015
Women: visibility a key to success
Amanda Gome | Former head of digital and social media, ANZ
Without visibility and communication skills women, unless taken under the wing of a top male powerbroker, have almost no chance of progressing to the top levels of business.
23 Oct 2015
Three simple ways to lead in a foreign environment
Anouk De Blieck | General Manager, Human Resources, ANZ
Someone once told me Russians are like coconuts. It didn't make sense until I arrived in Russia.
19 Oct 2015
Sir Ray Avery, knight of disruption
Matt Zwartz | Freelance journalist
The first thing I want to know upon meeting Sir Ray Avery, is how to properly address him.
18 Sep 2015
From noodle-shop floor to career banker
Ayesha de Krestser | BlueNotes contributing editor
It's often said Lady Luck plays a rather large role in determining those who make it in life and those who do not. Luck though seems to never have played a role in the life of May Khansyla - yet that hasn't stopped her being named one of the United Nations' most inspiring women.
15 Sep 2015
Hong Kong's female entrepreneur revolution
Su-Mei Thompson | Chief Executive, The Women's Foundation
When you look closely at the big issues around women in business – particularly entrepreneurial ones - they often don't lie with the women. It's the men we need to fix.
05 Aug 2015
Stop asking women to change
Pam Rebecca | Former General Manager of Digital ANZ
Acceptable wisdom seems to be that for women to be taken seriously as business leaders they should only speak on business issues and studiously avoid addressing the so called work-life balance or the challenges of juggling a career and a family.
31 Jul 2015
Five workplace pregnancy tips for mothers (and another five for managers)
Andrew Medard | Founder and Managing Director, amge+
One of the most delicate challenges for female employees and all managers is pregnancy and maternity leave. Sadly it has become a taboo topic women feel they can't be open about and one many managers are afraid to raise with employees.
13 Jul 2015
The ageing elephant is an advantage
Bruce Hassall | CEO, PwC New Zealand
An ageing population is one of the key megatrends affecting New Zealand, Australia and most other developed countries. Like most megatrends it's often viewed as a threat, an ageing elephant in the room.
30 Jun 2015
Five ways social media is shattering the glass ceiling
Amanda Gome | Former head of digital and social media, ANZ
High-profile recruiter Heidi Mason knows who's who at the top end of business. As managing director of Russell Reynolds Associates she often meets with major companies to discuss candidates for executive and non-executive roles in the financial services industry. One of the key attributes she looks for these days is digital experience and capability. Social media is a key part of that.
23 Jun 2015
How we can all help fill the female talent pool
Marion Fulker | CEO, Committee for Perth & Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
Gender equality is a hot topic nationally and internationally at the moment. In my experience, a discussion about diversity in any form quickly becomes a conversation about gender and this is probably because we haven't yet created an equal playing field for 51 per cent of the Australian population.
19 Jun 2015
Gender balance in boardrooms – canapés or childcare?
Catherine Fox | Journalist and author
It was hard to ignore the talk of paid parenting leave and childcare costs in Australia with federal budget announcements about changing the system and those calls to stop 'double dipping' from employer childcare schemes.
28 May 2015
How do we fix IT's gender problem?
Scott Collary & Maria Garcia de la Banda | Former Chief Information Officer & Deputy Dean Information Technology Faculty, Monash University
The IT industry has a gender diversity problem which starts at the critical education level where enrolments at schools and universities have stagnated. So what can be done about the issue and who needs to act?
08 May 2015
The only way to get more women on boards
Amanda Gome | Former head of digital and social media, ANZ
Global diversity campaign 30% Club has launched in Australia, aiming to lead the nation's most influential company directors in a push to see women make up 30 per cent of ASX200 boards by 2018.
05 May 2015
Forget quotas, diversity campaigns are better for women on boards
Amanda Gome | Former head of digital and social media, ANZ
Global diversity campaign 30% Club is launching in Australia, hoping to lead the nation's most influential company directors in a push to see women make up 30 per cent of ASX 200 boards by 2018.
19 Mar 2015
Lack of women on boards restricts perspectives, outcomes
Amanda Gome | Former head of digital and social media, ANZ
In celebration of International Women's Day earlier in March, one of Australia's leading company directors Paula Dwyer, chair of ASX100 groups Tabcorp, Healthscope and an independent non-executive director at ANZ, spoke with ANZ's head of digital and social media Amanda Gome at Melbourne's Alexandra Club.
17 Mar 2015
What the heck is human capital?
Juliet Bourke | Partner, Deloitte
This week I was giving a conference presentation. I give these a lot. As usual, the MC introduced me to the audience by reading out my bio and stumbling over the standard description that comes after my name: “Partner, Human Capital, Deloitte".
12 Mar 2015
The new world for India’s women leaders
Pankajam Sridevi & Vasanthi Srinivasan | Managing Director Bangalore Hub, ANZ & Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management
Before International Women's Day, the managing director of ANZ's Bangalore hub Pankajam Sridevi sat down with associate professor at the Indian Institute of Management Vasanthi Srinivasan to talk about the state of play for women in the workplace in India.
10 Mar 2015
Food is the common experience that brings us together
Susie Babani | Former Chief Human Resources Officer at ANZ
Successful multiculturalism is obviously a lot more than a taste for foreign spices.
10 Mar 2015
The make-or-break moment for new leaders
Jayne Opperman | Former General Manager Technology, ANZ
HP director and veteran of 30 years in the industry Ann Livermore believes leaders new to the role must remember leadership is about feedback, not running a red line through everything.
05 Mar 2015
Cracking the confidence code – Time to move on from thinking “you were just lucky”
Suzette Corr | Group General Manager Institutional Human Resources, ANZ
“How many more studies do we need to know that men overestimate their potential and women underestimate theirs –when facts show their performance is on par?"
27 Feb 2015
Being visible is key to being a leader
Victoria Kanevsky | Contributing editor, BlueNotes
One of Asia's most influential women in banking and finance has urged aspirational leaders to make clear their value in the workplace if they want to be successful in a tough business world.
27 Feb 2015
Virtual leadership requires real leadership
Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ
I recently enjoyed a coffee with a treasurer of a major US firm in Dubai. She is a leader I admire (and in fact I'm trying to encourage her to write the next version of 'lean-in' or 'pull out' :) ).
We became involved in discussing how we both lead virtual teams located around the world and what we have learned.
30 Jan 2015
It is always your turn in digital
Claire Rogers | Former Head of Digital Strategy & Business Performance, ANZ
As a senior female leader in the digital world it’s difficult to avoid thinking about gender politics, even when you don’t want to. We like to believe the world has changed for women and it has most definitely. I could tell you some stories from early in my career that would probably draw a gasp. This would be cathartic for me but not entirely relevant!
29 Jan 2015
A bar-room brawl on gender diversity
Jonathan Harvey | Former Group General Manager Executive Development, ANZ
Gender would be irrelevant when hiring if we lived in a perfect system where unconscious and conscious bias didn’t exist. But we don’t, Jonathan Harvey writes. So what can be done?
22 Jan 2015
Asia through the looking glass: history a check-point and signpost to business opportunities
Elizabeth Masamune | Managing Director of @Asia Associates Japan
I know this is said often in passing but it is critical I should start by repeating it. It must be recognised the term “Asia” has little meaning beyond a geographical blob on a map – it is a Western colonial concept.
01 Dec 2014
ASEAN leads gender parity charge to drive economic growth
Eugenia Victorino | Economist, ANZ
Good news: economic participation within ASEAN is higher than the global average, according to a world Economic Forum report.
26 Nov 2014
Beware badly-heeled advice in planning your career
Nicole Franklin | BlueNotes contributing editor
As a young woman in the early stages of my career, I’m often drawn to articles and studies produced by high calibre institutions that give career advice. At a time when I’m both excited and anxious, these sources help to provide certainty, reassurance and inspiration for what might be possible over my working life.
14 Oct 2014
Employers investing in mental health can get more out of employees
Jennifer Farmer | bluenotes production editor
Almost 45 per cent of Australians between the ages of 16 and 85 experience a mental health condition at some point in their lifetime. That's almost half the population.
10 Oct 2014
Why being visible matters to women in leadership
Suzette Corr | Group General Manager Institutional Human Resources, ANZ
I would rather break a leg than do self-promotion. So when I was invited by ANZ CEO Mike Smith to take part in a new program called Notable Women, I felt a bit uncomfortable. Even the title made me cringe.
26 Aug 2014
Where are all the women in the Aus media?
Belinda Gaskell | Communications Manager
BlueNotes Debates will bring together important voices across the business, economics and social spectrum to thrash out where the issues lie. They’ll be important but colourful affairs – and Monday’s first stoush was a case in point with Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick, company director and gender activist Carol Schwartz, the Australian Financial Review’s Mike Smith (with the event opened by his namesake from ANZ) and BlueNotes associate editor Amanda Gome.
25 Aug 2014
Why aren’t we recognising notable women at work?
Mike Smith | Former Chief Executive Officer, ANZ
When I signed up to the Male Champions of Change (MCC) initiative, along with a group of other Australian CEOs and Chairs, I wanted to contribute my influence to help improve gender equality in business.
25 Aug 2014
Aus sex discrimination commissioner: six ideas for better gender equality and better companies
Elizabeth Broderick | Former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner
Six themes for better gender equality in companies – and better companies
18 Aug 2014
Why the bamboo ceiling is holding back corporate Australia
Lisa Annese | CEO, Diversity Council Australia Limited
For Australian organisations operating in today’s Asian Century, focusing on Asian talent and Asia capability is now a strategic business and talent management issue. So why are there so few people of Asian background in leadership positions in Australia today? This is what Diversity Council Australia wanted to find out through its latest research project, Cracking the Cultural Ceiling.
22 Jul 2014
New Zealand's Māori economy: a powerful force in the Kiwi success story
Bernard Hickey | Publisher at Hive News
This year's Matariki or Māori New Year Festival marked a major milestone for both Māori business and the New Zealand economy.