Australian Centre for Leadership for Women
The Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW) in 2009 conducted an online survey in 2009 about the difficulties women face getting into boards. 317 women participated in the survey, with 92% being Australian. The findings reveal key insights into why there are so few women on boards and the effectiveness of resources to […]
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ACLW Leadership Achievement Award for Women Information ACLW’s Leadership Achievement Award for Women (LAAW) ran in 2006 — 2009. It was established to recognise women in the community who use their own initiative to create and implement projects for the benefit of the community and in collaboration with the community. ACLW was known as CLW at
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The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) conducted a national telephone survey between July and September 2008 to investigate the nature and extent of sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Two thousand and five telephone interviews were conducted with people aged 18 to 64.[ 1] The sample of survey respondents was representative of the Australian population
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There are many definitions of leadership. Leadership literature abounds with many theories of leadership including the Great Man Theory, Trait Theory, Behavioral Theories, Situational Leadership, Transactional and Transformational Leadership. However, what do we know about the leadership perceptions held by Australian women who practice it and venture out on their own to achieve for the
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This report analyses the gender dimension of climate change and the policies enacted to mitigate and adapt to its impacts with the aim of developing gender sensitive approaches with regards to mitigation measures, adaptation projects and national regimes. According to the report, natural disasters and environmental damage associated with climate change are worse for vulnerable
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In 2000 CLW launched a Leadership Questionnaire to explore women’s definitions of leadership, their perceptions of how leadership developed and how its development in the workplace was encouraged. It was also designed to be a reflective tool enabling the respondent to identify their vision and what they needed to do to make their vision a
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Social Entrepreneur: Leaders who inspire people to take risks, who find clever ways of using abandoned assets, who give others the confidence to develop their skills and potential. Botsman and Latham, 2001 Effective community leadership is increasingly recognised in Australia as elsewhere, as an important contributor to local social development. The leadership approach is based
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