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In their own words
Women in leadership
“While we have seen a positive increase in the number of female directors, the number of female CEOs and executives has not similarly increased… women are [still] being excluded from roles that would position them in the pipeline to leadership.”
Helen Conway, Director of Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace
2012 Australian Census of Women in Leadership
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In their own words
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Women in leadership 2012 marks the tenth year of the Australian Census of Women in Leadership — a decade of measuring whether our listed companies include women in their board, executive and management teams. We are now at a point where corporate
Australia is fully aware of the business imperative for advancing more women into leadership positions, with many organisations proactively working towards gender equity.
Yet, according to the 2012 Census, last year women still held less than 10% of executive positions in the ASX 200, and only 6% of line management positions.
This is in contrast to the public sector, where, according to Ernst and Young’s
Worldwide Index of Women as Public
Sector Leaders 2012, 37% of leaders are women, giving Australia second place ranking 1. Even these public sector statistics are not as good as they might appear at first glance. Governments have had equal opportunity and affirmative action policies as well as meritorious appointment processes in place for many years and there is at least anecdotal evidence from women public sector leaders suggesting that the numbers of women in leadership roles are actually declining.
Q: What do you do when, despite ten years of focused effort, significant and sustainable change fails to materialise or be sustainable?
A: You find the successful women, and ask them: What enabled your success? And you share their stories with the business community to generate discussion to support the change