Coming with family tradition, Sydney’s Jenny Morris was awarded an OAM on the King’s Birthday honours roll. We missed her. We found her. Jennifer Lea Morris, Roseville NSW 2069 Jenny Morris For service to women through leadership and mentoring roles. Women for Election (Australia) Emeritus Chair, since 2021. Former Chair. Founder, 2014. Women and Leadership [...]
Jenny Morris has been awarded the prestigious Order of Australia Medal in recognition of her outstanding contributions and dedicated service to the community in the areas of leadership and mentoring. The Order of Australia Medal is a fitting acknowledgment of the significant impact she has made throughout her career and her lasting legacy. Her work stands as a shining example of what can be achieved through [...]
In the world of professional development, sometimes unexpected moments make us rethink our decisions. Recently, as we wrapped up the final session of the 2023 Collaborative Learning Circle, something remarkable happened that made us reconsider our plans for the future. Amid budget constraints in the industry and across the APS (Australian Public Service), we initially thought 2023 would mark the end of our open program offerings. [...]
Over the past 2 decades, I've observed the real power of women coming together to grow themselves and their generosity in supporting other women in their quest for personal and professional growth. I've seen women help each other find their unique voice as leaders, support each other to drive change within their workplaces, and build a more inclusive culture. These changes spread via a ripple [...]
Jenny Morris, CEO of the Orijen Group and Founder and Chair of Women for Election Australia spoke with ABC NewsRadio's Thomas Oriti about the barriers women come up against when they decided to enter politics. You can sign up for the Women for Election Newsletter and follow them on social media via their website. https://youtu.be/ofIiuYtXF3M It is vital that we close the gender gap in [...]
It is a perfect storm. The 2 reports that have consumed and angered us this week can be conflated into one nasty and uncomfortable reality… in Australia there exists an acceptance of pervasive misogyny and toxic masculinity. We have on the one hand, a distinct lack of empathy from our political leaders and on the other, reports of private school boys degrading and denigrating women. And [...]
It’s great to see confirmation of what we have seen over the past 14 years in our executive mentoring programs - that even when the woman is the mentee, reverse mentoring occurs. We have seen significant changes in workplace practices in IT departments where CIO’s (mostly male) have mentored senior women in the Dell WITEM programs. The below article was published on The University of Michigan's [...]
A heartfelt congratulations to our WITEM mentee and mentor for their WIC 2020 Awards. There are times in life when it’s good to sit back and bask in the success of others. This is where I found myself as I saw the announcement of the WIC Winner of the WICked Woman of the Year Award for 2020 – Jade Carson from Department of Skills Education and [...]
This article appeared in Women's Agenda, you can read the original article here. A new study from the University of Melbourne has revealed that subconscious gender biases from a range of sources leads to unfavourable outcomes for female job applicants. The study was commissioned by UniBank with an aim to deepen understanding of how artificial intelligence (AI) influences the likelihood of women being hired in finance industry roles. The findings revealed that gender [...]
Taking a moment to reflect on the amazing women we’ve met and mentored. We were proud to run this Orijen program for the NRL back in 2016. Senior women in the National Rugby League are mentoring young women within the game to aspire and support them in their career progression. 25% of staff at clubs are now female and most clubs have a female on their executive team. [...]
