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Business and Government Boardrooms : Women C reating V alue 2012 Leadership Conference Voices of Pacific Women October 2012. Judith van Unen Melbourne Australia . Joint CEO & Joint Founding Director Justice Equality Rights Access International - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Business and Government Boardrooms :Women Creating Value
2012 Leadership Conference
Voices of Pacific WomenOctober 2012
© JERA (2012) unless otherwise stated on slide
Judith van UnenMelbourne Australia
Joint CEO & Joint Founding Director Justice Equality Rights Access International ( JERA International ) Not for Profit NGO
BPW International Oceania Sub Regional Co-ordinator
National President, BPW Australia 2000 - 2004
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MY JOURNEY
SERIAL ENTREPRENUER• 17 years old : Started 1st business while still at school• 20’s: Married, 3 businesses, 3 children, ran our rural
property• went on to own numerous businesses including
design, retail, wholesale, import, export, manufacturing, construction and a business performance consultancy
INQUISITIVE• Always like to know as much as I can about anything
that I am in any way associated with.• I Need to Know !!!
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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT• Panton Hill Pre-school Committee• Regional Board of Education: Works Priority Review Committee• Regional Board of Education: Cluster and Regional Board• Eltham Shire Community Care and Recreation Program• Crime Prevention and Education Project• Araluen Disabled Workshop Annex • Women’s Federal Constitutional Convention Planning Committee Member and Delegate• Federal Office for Women; Federation Conference Planning Advisory Committee• Probus Women’s Housing: Board of Management• Assisting Women from Isolated Indigenous Communities Program: Project Leader• Melbourne University, Office Gender & Health, MidLife Health Project• Combined Charities Association: NorthEast Region: President• Southern Cross Aged Care: Committee• Women for Workplace Justice: Committee • Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society: Vice Chair• Red Shield Appeal: Regional Committee• Industries Review Team Leader, Office Regulatory Reform• Business & Professional Women Victoria: President• Entrepreneurial Women National Study Working Committee
Numerous local youth and community organisations
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BOARDS & ADVISORY BODIES - PAST • Standards Australia: Small Business Advisory Panel• United Nations CSW Australian Government Delegation _ NGO Expert
Advisor on 3 occasions • Australian Tax Office: Personal Tax Advisory Group / Capitol Gains • Australian Tax Office: Advisory Group / Child Care Tax Rebate Group• Dept. Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Forum • Business & Professional Women Australia: National President• Federal Attorney General’s Human Rights Forum• Victorian Government: Work, Family and Community Life, Advisory
Committee• Fed Govt, Office for Small Business: National Small Business Forum• Employment Advisory Service• Affirmative Action Agency, EEO Industry Review Facilitator• Riding for the Disabled Victoria (RDAV)• Riding for the Disabled Victoria Foundation
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BOARDS & BODIES - CURRENT
Voluntary:• Council of Small Businesses of Australia – COSBOA• National Foundation for Australian Women – NFAW• economic Security 4 Women: Founding Chair
Expenses Paid:• Australian Tax Office, Micro Business Partnership Forum -MEI
Renumerated:• Australian Defence Reserves Support Council
Retiring:• Asia Pacific Diversity Foundation • Riding for the Disabled Association Australia –RDAA, Chair
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CERTAINLY NEVER IDLEBUT BE DISCIPLINED – DEVELOP GOOD HABITS
You can have everything you want …. Just not all at the same time
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A SLOW START TO RECOGNISING VALUE
Last century the arguments focused on gender equality in the workplace and promotion by merit
Recent studies show a correlation between the proportion of women on boards or in senior management and an improved bottom line
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The UN adds it’s weight
2010 United Nations publication
“Women’s Empowerment Principles:
Equality means business”
… commitment to the empowerment of women,
and the importance of diversity and inclusion to its
business strategy
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AUSTRALIAN CONTEXTAustralian Government – (Labour Party)set targets to achieve greater representation of women on government boards and committees40% women appointment to government Boards and bodies
AppointWomen - is a free, confidential registration system for women for appointment to a variety of Australian Government boards and decision-making bodiesState Office for Women also have registers for women
Australian Stock Exchange Improve or else !!!ASX Corporate Governance Council Corporate Governance Principles and RecommendationsPublicly disclose Corporate Diversity Policy / Establish measurable objectives for diversity and report progress / disclose Board skill mix needed
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QUOTAS: AS MANY GOOD WOMEN
The fear is that women who are appointed under quota systems will be under-qualified or inappropriate
In jurisdictions where quotas currently apply the evidence does not support those fears
LAWS:France: 2011 - establishing 40% of executive board of largest publicly traded will be female by 2016.Belgium: 2011 – 1/3rd male – 1/3rd femaleIndia: 2011 ratio of 1 woman to 5 menNorway / Malaysia / Italy / Nederland / Spain
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‘Our Brains See Men as Whole and Women as Parts ‘Evolution might underlie the different processing of female versus male bodies. Both genders do it.University of Nebraska, LincolnStephanie Pappas and LiveScience
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COMMON SENSE IS NOT THAT COMMON
Why it makes sense to include women;
• Half the population• Make most of the household purchasing decisions• They influence other customers • The more diverse the input into any debate – the
better informed decisions are made• Studies repeatedly acknowledge the ‘improved
bottom-line’ results
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KNOW WHO YOU AREBE WHO YOU ARE
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RESPONSIBILITIES
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NEVER FORGET WHO YOU ARE THERE FOR … YOUR STAKEHOLDERS
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PLAY TO STAYTHE ‘RULES ARE THE RULES’
You cant change anything if you are not on the team
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GETTING STARTED – ADDING YOUR VALUE
Where do I begin … Making the choice:
Community / Business
Local - Regional-State or National Government Body
Group discussion
– purpose ; what is yours
– skill sets ; inherent or learned
– traits ; becoming invaluable
– values ; leading the way
– knowledge vs wisdom; knowing what you need to know
– how to choose where to start: advantages and disadvantageous
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EVERY TRADE HAS ITS TRICKS
Group discussion
• Tips
• Ideas
• Challenges
• Opportunities
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HAVING A GAME PLAN
• Not being noticed or heard• Someone presents your idea differently
and you are overlooked• Inappropriate discussions take place
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FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT !!!
If you ….
Waddle like a duckQuack like a duckLook like a duck
………..Then you MUST BE a Duck !!!
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You can never cross the oceanunless you first have the courage to lose sight of the shore
Christopher Columbus, Thank you for your gracious attention