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Geothermal project managementLeadership, ethics and communications
26 March 2019Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir
Environmental and social risksMen and women are affected differentlyWe need sex and age-aggregated data!
Energy: direct use
Upholding standards and mitigating risks
Access; last mile usersRisks associated with different energy sourcesWomen‘s participation in energy distribution
Secondary useHarvesting opportunitiesDiversity, innovation, joint learningBuild capacity if needed
Opportunities, support, funding, build capabilities and know-how
Management
Management
Leadership:We are not only suggesting that women participate – but also for fulland equal participation of womenLet‘s not only count how many women work in the sector, butexamine what they doRemember – leadership traits can be developedPosition and advancement of women within companies often reflectthe situation in society as a whole
• Overall gender gap takes 108 years to close
• 74 years in the theCaribbean
• Economic empowementgender gap will take 202 years to close
As Professors Wilkinsson and Pickett have argued for, and provided evidence by citing years of social research and statistics in their book The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone:
“Almost everything – from life expectancy to mental illness, violence to illiteracy, is affected not by how wealthy a society is, but how equal it is.“
For example: “societies with a bigger gap between rich and poor are bad for everyone in them – including the well-off”
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Leadership Ethics Communication
Note: An integration of a gender perspective does not mean the exclusion of men
Project leadership
• Why does leadership matter?
(1) economics and a prospering society
(2) a more caring society, and
(3) a more just society with women in full participation with men.
– David Gergen
Practice makes perfect
• How to enhance gender-sensitivity?
• Supportive organizational culture
1) Examples show that all benefit
• Ethics tremendously important
1) Can we identify our core ethical values?
2) Do we have ethical standards to rely on?
Examples:
• Participation
• Challenge existing gender norms
• Mentors
• Champions
We have all experienced good and bad traits in the people we work withGood traits can be enhanced; leadership and project management training actually works!
Thank you