Curtin University are pleased to host "Women as Leaders", a residential program for women in senior and executive management roles.
The highly regarded Women as Leaders program is based on 20 years of research and has run successfully at Cranfield University, UK for over 10 years. This year the program will be offered for the first time in Australia by Cranfield University UK’s International Centre for Women Leaders in partnership with the Maureen Bickley Centre for Women in Leadership, a centre within the Curtin Graduate School of Business, Curtin University.
Designed for experienced women professionals and managers that are ready to accelerate their careers, this program provides women with the knowledge and attitudes to overcome barriers and help to develop winning strategies that will increase promotional opportunities. It focuses on thinking positively about ambition, power, impression management and career success. A very participative approach is designed to help participants develop insights about their assumptions, beliefs and behaviours.
For further information and registration details please follow this link
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Pay Equity with Your Porridge
Pay Equity with Your Porridge Breakfast Seminar: Mairi Steele and Philippa Hall, EOWA.
Mairi Steele and Philippa Hall were guests of the MBC for a well attended breakfast seminar on July 2nd.
Recent research undertaken by Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) has highlighted the misconceptions about pay equity which exist in the business community and Mairi’s focus was on how to overcome that. While the research showed that overwhelmingly there was awareness that men earn more than women (94% of business), only 37% of EOWA contacts believed that a gender pay gap existed in their own organisation. The research showed further, that while there was overwhelming support for something to be done, under 40% of reporting organisations conduct any gender pay equity analysis. The data suggest that only 10% of reporting organisations have an action plan to improve gender pay equity.
Mairi noted that for many businesses the argument is that gender pay inequity is ‘not our problem’; it is the result of the award system or of the job evaluation process. Mairi highlighted the steps that EOWA is taking to respond to these perceptions. These include changing the Employer of Choice criteria so that these now include a requirement for a detailed analysis of workforce remuneration and gender equity pay issues. Other highlighted actions include promoting Equal Pay Day - which will be on 4 September 2010, provision by EOWA of an on-line pay equity course, and developing standards for gender inclusive job evaluation.
Philippa, who is the former Director, Pay and Employment Equity, NZ Dept of Labour and now working with EOWA, shared her views on more inclusive approaches to evaluating work and enabling preparedness to implement the remuneration implications. This included the development of resources for business which are accessible on-line.
There was a lively discussion around the issues of causation of and remedies for gender pay inequity. This resulted in some interesting observations (including questions of unionisation and the ‘reluctance’ of women to push the issue) from the diverse audience, which included HR practitioners and union officials.
Mairi Steele and Philippa Hall were guests of the MBC for a well attended breakfast seminar on July 2nd.
Recent research undertaken by Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) has highlighted the misconceptions about pay equity which exist in the business community and Mairi’s focus was on how to overcome that. While the research showed that overwhelmingly there was awareness that men earn more than women (94% of business), only 37% of EOWA contacts believed that a gender pay gap existed in their own organisation. The research showed further, that while there was overwhelming support for something to be done, under 40% of reporting organisations conduct any gender pay equity analysis. The data suggest that only 10% of reporting organisations have an action plan to improve gender pay equity.
Mairi noted that for many businesses the argument is that gender pay inequity is ‘not our problem’; it is the result of the award system or of the job evaluation process. Mairi highlighted the steps that EOWA is taking to respond to these perceptions. These include changing the Employer of Choice criteria so that these now include a requirement for a detailed analysis of workforce remuneration and gender equity pay issues. Other highlighted actions include promoting Equal Pay Day - which will be on 4 September 2010, provision by EOWA of an on-line pay equity course, and developing standards for gender inclusive job evaluation.
Philippa, who is the former Director, Pay and Employment Equity, NZ Dept of Labour and now working with EOWA, shared her views on more inclusive approaches to evaluating work and enabling preparedness to implement the remuneration implications. This included the development of resources for business which are accessible on-line.
There was a lively discussion around the issues of causation of and remedies for gender pay inequity. This resulted in some interesting observations (including questions of unionisation and the ‘reluctance’ of women to push the issue) from the diverse audience, which included HR practitioners and union officials.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Women, Power and Politics
A new era for Australia! First Female Prime Minister
Few people will be unaware that Australia now has its first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Gillard was Deputy Prime Minister (the first female Deputy Prime Minister). She was elected unopposed after the Kevin Rudd stood down from the leadership when it became clear that he no longer had the support of the party. It will be interesting to watch how the media and the population at large react to our first female Prime Minister. We wish her well in her new leadership role!!
Staying on the political theme – Women Power and Politics
A series of new plays ‘Women, Power and Politics’ is currently running at the Tricycle Theatre in north London. The series is part of a wider program examining UK women’s absence in positions of political power, their activism and issues such as pornography and the impact on families of war.
Part One of the series titled ‘Then’ consists of four plays that look at surviving in a man’s world and the choices or lack of choices available to women wanted to engage in political processes. Elizabeth 1, the Suffragettes, the Greenham Common protests and the relationship between Margaret Thatcher and the Queen were all explored. The second series of five plays is titled ‘Now’ and looks at Tony Blair’s rise to power over the Acting Leader of the Opposition Margaret Beckett, student politics and how much people are prepared to compromise (or not) to win an election, pre-selection decisions, the impact of pornography and why people engage or disengage from political processes.
It is a powerful series of plays that have moments of great humour and insight. I think what is the most interesting aspect is that this was a specially commissioned series of plays by the Tricycle Theatre to examine the complexity of women and political power in the UK.
Some books that have caught our attention
‘Women’s Leadership’ (2009) by Valerie Stead and Carole Elliot explores women’s accounts of becoming leaders. Stead and Elliot show the critical importance of the relationship between gender and leadership and how women are perceived and treated differently to men. The book is published by Palgrave McMillan.
Donna Ladkin asks us to rethink leadership in her book titled ‘Rethinking Leadership A New Look at Old Leadership Questions’. The book was published this year (2010) by Edward Elgar.
And finally some shameless self promotion!
“Self-Management and Leadership Development” edited by Mitch Rothstein and Ronald Burke published this year (2010) by Edward Elgar contains a chapter titled ‘Learning from Life Experiences: A Study of Female Academic Leaders in Australia’ by Linley Lord from the Maureen Bickley Centre and Susan Vinnicombe from the International Centre for Women Leaders at Cranfield University, UK.
Few people will be unaware that Australia now has its first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Gillard was Deputy Prime Minister (the first female Deputy Prime Minister). She was elected unopposed after the Kevin Rudd stood down from the leadership when it became clear that he no longer had the support of the party. It will be interesting to watch how the media and the population at large react to our first female Prime Minister. We wish her well in her new leadership role!!
Staying on the political theme – Women Power and Politics
A series of new plays ‘Women, Power and Politics’ is currently running at the Tricycle Theatre in north London. The series is part of a wider program examining UK women’s absence in positions of political power, their activism and issues such as pornography and the impact on families of war.
Part One of the series titled ‘Then’ consists of four plays that look at surviving in a man’s world and the choices or lack of choices available to women wanted to engage in political processes. Elizabeth 1, the Suffragettes, the Greenham Common protests and the relationship between Margaret Thatcher and the Queen were all explored. The second series of five plays is titled ‘Now’ and looks at Tony Blair’s rise to power over the Acting Leader of the Opposition Margaret Beckett, student politics and how much people are prepared to compromise (or not) to win an election, pre-selection decisions, the impact of pornography and why people engage or disengage from political processes.
It is a powerful series of plays that have moments of great humour and insight. I think what is the most interesting aspect is that this was a specially commissioned series of plays by the Tricycle Theatre to examine the complexity of women and political power in the UK.
Some books that have caught our attention
‘Women’s Leadership’ (2009) by Valerie Stead and Carole Elliot explores women’s accounts of becoming leaders. Stead and Elliot show the critical importance of the relationship between gender and leadership and how women are perceived and treated differently to men. The book is published by Palgrave McMillan.
Donna Ladkin asks us to rethink leadership in her book titled ‘Rethinking Leadership A New Look at Old Leadership Questions’. The book was published this year (2010) by Edward Elgar.
And finally some shameless self promotion!“Self-Management and Leadership Development” edited by Mitch Rothstein and Ronald Burke published this year (2010) by Edward Elgar contains a chapter titled ‘Learning from Life Experiences: A Study of Female Academic Leaders in Australia’ by Linley Lord from the Maureen Bickley Centre and Susan Vinnicombe from the International Centre for Women Leaders at Cranfield University, UK.
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