Senator Claire Moore – Senator for Queensland, Australia Labor Party
On background
“Celebrate your own fortune”
On her family’s approach to education:
“Whether you were talented or not you had to participate in what was going on”
On the public service
“I am a deep, deep fan of the public sector”
On change and opportunities
“As soon as you think that things have changed and it is natural and opportunities will happen, it is vulnerable. You have to be vigilant.”
Innes Willox – Chief Executive Designate, Australian Industry Group
On his daughter:
“She has no boundaries. And that’s what I want for her”
On change:
“Things are changing. It is a slow change. It is slower than it needs to be.”
Holly Kramer – Group General Manager, Pacific Brands Workwear Group
On business:
“Passion and core values are increasingly important for business.”
On brands:
“I believe brands are important to people
On leadership<
“To think that only the head of an organisation is a leader is false.”
“Leaders are people who are looking forward, setting a vision and setting a goal.”
Women in the workforce:
“While business and industries are under an enormous amount of pressure and that’s an auspicious environment for women and minority groups. There will be a war for talent. For people who have the best ideas and are the most innovative. Business won’t be able to afford to operate under their old paradigms. It creates a tremendous amount of opportunity for women by default.
But as a society we are still not set up well enough to allow women to participate in the way that they want.”
‘Macquarie University’s 24th annual Women, Management and Work Conference took place on 12-13 July 2012 in Sydney. If you would like to find out more information please visit the website: http://bit.ly/WMWC12’
