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Webinar - 2025 Board Diversity Index: Beyond the Data
Watermark’s 2025 Board Diversity Index webinar brought together a panel of experienced board directors to explore board diversity in Australia. With a focus on practical strategies, lived experien...
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Webinar - The Art and Science of Advisory Boards
Watermark hosted a webinar titled "The Art and Science of Advisory Boards". This session was designed to delve into the intricacies of advisory boards, their strategic importance, and best practic...
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David Evans Honoured for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) Impact
Congratulations to our Managing Partner, David Evans, for winning the AESC IDEA Award for 2024!We are very proud to announce that our Managing Partner, David Evans, won AESC's IDEA Award at their G...
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Webinar - A Decade of Data: Lessons Learned from 10 Years of ASX300 Board Diversity Analysis
Watermark held a webinar where we looked into the findings of the 2024 Board Diversity Index and explored the implications these findings hold for society. Our Managing Partner, David Evans, went ...
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Why are some groups of Australians ‘under-represented’ or ‘marginalised’ on ASX300 boards?
When reviewing the makeup of boards for the Watermark 2024 Board Diversity Index we found it very difficult to gauge the participation of people with disabilities on boards because there is limite...
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Boards are Increasingly Multigenerational – Though They’re Aging
Age. Skills and experience. Tenure and independence … Our boards are a made up of a composite of these factors, so it’s important to look at their impact on the function and effectiveness of a comp...
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Culture Club: Why are Boards Still so Exclusive?
Australia is a cultural cornucopia: according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, our island nation is home to people from more than 270 ethnic groups. But is our multiculturalism inclusive? T...
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A Call to Action for Gender Diversity on Boards
Gender representation on ASX300 boards hasn’t changed much over the last few years – and we’re still a fair way from equality. As long as boards continue to be mostly “stale, male and pale”, compa...
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Webinar - Leaders and LinkedIn: Is social media silence the best strategy?
“The only conversation you can influence is a conversation you’re a part of” - Roger Christie, Propel. Social media is an inescapable reality that affects everyone, even at the leadership level. A...
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Diversity on boards is measurable – so where to from here?
There seems to be a systemic bias against collecting data on underrepresented people. But lack of data should not be seen as an excuse for nominations committees and chairs to fall back on instead...
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