Women in Leadership Series: high performing organisations

SA: 4 Apr

Topic: Women in leadership
Venue: Intercontinental Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, SA
Event Type: lunch (11.45am for 12pm to 2pm)

Speaker(s): Barbara Pocock, Director Centre for work + life
Catherine Fox, Deputy Editor AFR Boss
Jane Caro, Author, ABC's Gruen Transfer

Please contact Sharon Simmons on 08 8211 7222 if you would like to register

CEDA welcomes members and guests to this Women in Leadership Series event leading discussion around the benefits to organisations in having more women in senior management roles. CEDA is delighted to welcome Jane Caro, Catherine Fox and Professor Barbara Pocock back to the CEDA lectern for 2011.

OVERVIEW

CEDA in partnership with nab is delighted to continue our highly successful women in leadership series with our first event in this series for 2011 focussing on high performing organisations. CEDA welcomes back Jane Caro from the Gruen Transfer, Catherine Fox from the AFR and Professor Barbara Pocock from the Centre for Work + Life to lead discussion around the loosely kept secret that organisations with more women in senior management and leadership roles perform better than their competitors.

While it is clear that companies whom actively promote the employment of women, by providing maternity leave, pay equity and a positive workplace culture, receive cultural benefits and access the full potential of the labour market, there is evidence emerging that these organisations also perform better in other key business measures.

Join CEDA as we discuss, debate and dissect this critical workforce development issue, which the AFR highlighted this week where women make up:

2% of ASX 200 Chairmen
2% of ASX 200 CEOs
6% of ASX 200 Line Managers
11% of ASC 200 Board Seats
11% of ASX 200 executive managers
46% of the labour force
51% of professionals; and
>50% of university graduates

Yet the AFR reports that there still exists a significant pay inequality, where women earn less than 85% of what men earn.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Jane Caro
Author, Business women, Lecturer
Panelist, ABC's The Gruen Transfer

Catherine Fox
Author and Journalist
Deputy Editor, AFR Boss Magazine

Professor Barbara Pocock
Director, Centre for Work + Life
University of South Australia

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Registration fees (including GST)
CEDA Members and Guests	$145 per person $1100 table of 8 $1350 table of 10
Non Members	$195 per person $1500 table of 8 $1850 table of 10