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This key-note and masterclass will educate and inspire all genders on what they can do to achieve gender equity, in leadership in the Mining & Resources
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This key-note and masterclass will educate and inspire all genders on what they can do to achieve gender equity, in leadership in the Mining & Resources
LEARN MORETHE GENDER SMART LEADER
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GENDER SMART LEADER
See your female employee satisfaction and retention rates soar while male employees understand why and how to support women in leadership and all genders feel better equipped to support each other, to reach their full potential.
Creating Gender Smart work place can be difficult, if you do not have an evidence-based framework that is simple for leaders to implement.
A gender smart workplace is possible, if you inform with facts, explain why change is important to allow leaders to commit and act towards being a Gender Smart Leader.
What We Provide For You
Uncover unconscious gender at an individual and group level
Identify what may be blocking healthy mindsets, boundaries and visibility of female talent
Maximise self-awareness in a safe and effective process
All leaders learn why having more females in leadership is good for them and business
Avoid costly and expensive discrimination and unfair dismissal disasters
See more women stepping up and into leadership
See male and female colleagues learn how to compete and have healthy conflict
Does this sound familiar in your company?
Many industries and organisations are struggling to retain emerging female leaders, and help male and female leaders recognise gender bias, and know what to do about it. This is causing good staff to leave for greener pastures, unhealthy conflict, loss in productivity, not achieving diversity targets, or just ticking a box, and reputation in the industry for not supporting women.
- Ongoing complaints regarding problem behaviours from some leaders
- Female leaders are leaving because they feel unsupported
- Male leaders don’t understand how to support women
- There is a gender pay gap that isn’t being addressed fast enough
- Constant recruitment of key roles
- Time and money spent on bad exits
- Fear that you will be the next organisation in the news because one leader behaved badly
This workshop is specifically designed to help all levels of or your organisation or industry understand what continues to perpetuate the slow shift in female representation at Board, Exec and Senior Leadership roles, and what is within your control to change the status quo and see more gender equality in leadership roles.
How about all genders?
“The Workplace Gender Equity Agency (WGEA) reported that they only received 0.1% of reporting data from employees who identify as non-binary. This suggests that 99% of the working population identifies as either male or female. The data in this report is based on employer submissions for the period from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022. It encompasses information from 4,795 reporting organizations, covering 4,483,123 employees. Of these, 51% were women, 48.9% were men, and 0.1% identified as non-binary.” Mary Wooldridge, CEO of Workplace Gender Equity Agency, December, 2022
Because of this, the Gender Smart Leader program focuses on how men and women operate in the workplace, while acknowledging that all genders can benefit from learning about those who make up the majority of the workforce.
Imagine if you can flip the switch on this ...
What if we told you that both male and female leaders could achieve the following outcomes which would lead to happier, more productive staff, lower turnover and managers with great well-being and confidence
For Women
- Will feel visible and valued
- Be confident to put their hand up for a promotion
- Resilient and able to better navigate male-dominated teams
- Know how to recognise gender bias in themselves and others and what to do about it
- Healthier ways of dealing with stress
- Feel supported by the company
- Find self-worth in their role
- Increased confidence in their ability to manage staff of all genders
For Men
- Know how to recognise gender bias in themselves and others and what to do about it
- Healthier ways of dealing with stress so that unconscious bias doesn’t take over
- Increased skills and confidence to support existing and emerging female leaders
- Find self-worth in other aspects of life outside of work
- Shift in attitude on why women in leadership will help them now, and for future success
Why listen to me?
Hi I'm Margie
I have been helping leaders for 30 years reach their full potential. My first job was in a male-dominated industry. Over the past 10 years I have had a focus on helping leaders in the mining and resources industry, ranging from start-ups exploration companies through to global giants. I have heavily researched and witnessed the differences in male and female leaders in this industry and why women continue to have low representation in leadership roles. I am also on the Women in Mining and Resources Committee for Queensland (WiMARQ), and speak at industry conferences across Australia.
I love what I do, and my goal in life is to help as many people as I can, love their work. We spend so much time working, and my training and life experience has shown me that when we know how to work towards our potential, everything is better. I personally discovered this when I decided to become a registered Psychologist, author and speaker.
After attending my events, or completing my programs leaders tell me they have a new way of thinking and being that is immediately impacting their work and life. That they feel happier and healthier, and have the skills and confidence to always stand in their potential, and take their people with them.
The great news is clients I worked with years ago, tell me they continue to practice the strategies they have learnt as they are practical and effective. My programs not only work, they have been proven to work. Everything I do, is backed by science, but most importantly centred around commercial success and easy to apply. My clients have short and long-term success.
When I present for small and large groups, common feedback is that attendees feel inspired to try something new, armed with the knowledge and strategies on what they can do today, tomorrow and beyond to be gender-smart. And, we have a lot of fun too!
Introducing The Gender Smart Leader
The Gender Smart Leader helps leaders start to recognise gender bias and
create practical strategies to build a culture of inclusion and foster gender smart strategies and leadership.
Key-note Presentation
Introduction to how gender-smart leadership can be key to industry and organisational success and inspire attendees to try some simple and effective take-away strategies
Masterclass
This is a deeper dive into how attendees can be gender-smart by workshopping the 3 key areas that are critical to dealing with unconscious bias, issues of self-worth and and unhealthy boundaries. Attendees will be armed with gender-smart strategies they can implement, today, tomorrow and beyond.
Virtual Experience
Engage with all leaders, not matter their location. This can be provided through a Key-note, Masterclass or Workshop experience.
Would You Like To Be The Next Success Story?
Unlock the secrets to building a gender-smart culture.
Delivers the facts, science, and actionable steps you need to become a confident and inspired gender-smart leader.
Introducing my G-S-L Framework
The G-S-L Framework is based on the 3 key areas that are blocking gender equity at a leadership level. This framework is based on years of research, evidence. failing and winning when it comes to being gender-smart. This approach provides a simple and effective way for individuals and teams to understand the interconnection between the facts, why change is hard, and what can be done to create gender-smart-leaders and teams.
Struggling to hire gender diverse leaders within your company?
Proven strategies and resources will help attract and retain gender-diverse leaders who bring fresh perspectives and innovation to your team.
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Boundaries
Without healthy boundaries, problems of unfair work practices, problem behaviour and bad exits occur. Respecting and setting healthy work boundaries is not easy for many, but with some simple strategies, attendees will go away with how can they can start. In the half-day masterclass they will get the opportunity to workshop these at a deeper level.
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Visibility
Not being seen or valued, leads to many women not pushing for promotion or leaving. Many men do not know about, or understand how to fix this problem. There is also the visibility dilemma. Sometimes we don’t want to be visible! All attendees will begin to understand how they can tackle this problem with some simple steps. In the half-day masterclass, we will do a deeper dive and workshop strategies to be more visible and how to support women to achieve greater visibility.
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Mindset
Unconscious bias and confidence lives within our mindset. All genders will uncover how their mindset is negatively impacting their ability to be gender-smart and what they can do about it. In the half-day Masterclass attendees will get the opportunity to do a deeper dive on their mindset, their blocks, and time to workshop these towards a healthier mindset and how to be gender smart.
Boundaries
Without healthy boundaries, problems of unfair work practices, problem behaviour and bad exits occur. Respecting and setting healthy work boundaries is not easy for many, but with some simple strategies, attendees will go away with how can they can start. In the half-day masterclass they will get the opportunity to workshop these at a deeper level.
Visibility
Not being seen or valued, leads to many women not pushing for promotion or leaving. Many men do not know about, or understand how to fix this problem. There is also the visibility dilemma. Sometimes we don’t want to be visible! All attendees will begin to understand how they can tackle this problem with some simple steps. In the half-day masterclass, we will do a deeper dive and workshop strategies to be more visible and how to support women to achieve greater visibility.
Mindset
Unconscious bias and confidence lives within our mindset. All genders will uncover how their mindset is negatively impacting their ability to be gender-smart and what they can do about it. In the half-day Masterclass attendees will get the opportunity to do a deeper dive on their mindset, their blocks, and time to workshop these towards a healthier mindset and how to be gender smart.
3 Ways To Get Started
Key-note Presentation
- High-level, inspiring and entertaining presentation of this topic
- Perfect for industry conferences, or corporate events
- Attendees are encouraged to consider new thinking on gender-smart leadership
- Everyone receives practical strategies they can implement immediately
Masterclass - 90min or 1/2 day
- A team building experience where attendees are taken on a deeper dive into gender-smart leadership
- More time to interact with fellow attendees and workshop new thinking and strategies for the 1/2 day masterclass
- Attendees are encouraged to consider new thinking but also act
- Everyone receives practical strategies they can implement immediately
- Everyone receives access to free resources, and guides on the day or after the 1/2 day masterclass event
- More time for Q&A with Margie with the 1/2 day masterclass
Virtual Experience
- High-level, inspiring and entertaining presentation of this topic.
- Perfect for industry conferences, or corporate events
- Attendees are encouraged to consider new thinking on gender-smart leadership
- Everyone received practical strategies they can implement immediately
NOW is the time to help your leaders overcome gender bias and create practical strategies to build a culture of inclusion and foster workplace diversity.
ENQUIRE HEREI guarantee you that ....
This program is unique as you get the facts, the science, and the very practical steps to create a gender-smart culture. You and your team, will be inspired and confident to be a gender-smart-leader.
What They're Saying
The Gender Smart Leader is for you if ...
- You are in a senior role, board member, CEO or executive in a mining or resources company
- You are in a HR or Diversity & inclusion role
- Your current onsite programs are not working
- Your employee satisfaction scores are low
- You are struggling to hire gender- diverse leaders in your company
- You are losing key people from your organisation
- Your leaders are struggling with gender-diversity and inclusion daily
- You are failing to hit gender equity targets
- Your leaders are dealing with a lot of unconscious bias
- Any others to add.
FAQs
Is this for all genders or just women?
This is for all genders. While the research on non-binary if very light on the ground, you will learn how males and females can show up differently at work, particularly under stress and when wanting to advance in their careers.
Is this for all levels or only leaders?
My work focusses more on leaders of all levels, however this program would suit employees who have potential or a passion to be in a leadership role.
Does this service come with handouts or worksheets?
Yes, you will receive a workbook that covers each step of the program and a couple of very helpful bonus guides
Is there a limit to how many people can do this event at one time?
No. However, room size and capacity will be discussed for in-person workshops. For Virtual delivery we will discuss the best way to set this up for the best experience. Typically, everyone is connecting via their own laptop or device. I prefer not do Hybrid events were some people are in a room and some are not.
Is this program a live or recorded program?
At this stage all events are Live. However for Virtual Experiences, we will discuss if recording the session will be of value to you.
Is this program better done as a group or individual?
Both. This will suit associations wishing to bring individuals together or for organisations wishing to bring teams together.
Is there any next steps following this workshop to get the best value?
As your principal facilitator of this course I will organise a post course discussion with the key stakeholders to discuss feedback on the program and identify what could be the next steps for you or your organisation. This is always unique, which is why we recommend you have the follow up discussion.
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